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MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1862-05-03 Letter from Sam Benson
Letter from Sam Benson to Mack Ewing dated May 3, 1862. In this letter, he discusses religious services.
American Civil War; Ewing, Mack; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Henry McKendree Ewing; Mack Ewing; Benson, Sam; Sam Benson; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1862-03-30 Poems by Nan Hank
Poems by Nan Hank dated March 30, 1862. Most of the poems discuss religion.
American Civil War; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); Hank, Nan; Nan Hank; Nancy (Hank) Ewing; poems; religion
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1864-07-31 Letter from Mack Ewing
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated July 31, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses Fairfax Seminary Hospital, his health, thoughts on the war and religion.
2nd Michigan Infantry; American Civil War; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Ewing, Mack; Ewing, Nan; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); Fairfax Seminary Hospital (Alexandria, Va.); Mack Ewing; Nan Ewing; Second Michigan Infantry; Henry McKendree Ewing; Nancy (Hank)...
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1864-08-05 Letter from Mack Ewing
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated August 5, 1864. In this letter, Ewing describes Washington, D.C. and the status of family and friends serving on the front.. In an attached undated letter, he discusses religion, his health, furloughs, and...
2nd Michigan Infantry; American Civil War; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Ewing, Mack; Ewing, Nan; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); Henry McKendree Ewing; Mack Ewing; Nan Ewing; Second Michigan Infantry; Nancy (Hank) Ewing; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2004-23: Bush Family Collection
1862-10-08 Letter from Edwin A. Bush
Letter from Edwin Bush to Frederick Willard Bush dated October 8, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment and religion.
American Civil War; Edwin A. Bush; Bush, Edwin A.; Frederick Willard Bush; Bush, Frederick Willard; 17th Michigan Infantry; Seventeenth Michigan Infantry; private; regimental history; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2004-23: Bush Family Collection
1862-08-17 Letter from Edwin A. Bush
Letter from Edwin A. Bush to Frederick Willard Bush dated August 17, 1862. In this letter, he discusses soldier behavior and religion.
American Civil War; Edwin A. Bush; Bush, Edwin A.; Frederick Willard Bush; Bush, Frederick Willard; 17th Michigan Infantry; Seventeenth Michigan Infantry; private; soldier behavior; religion; prayer meetings;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2004-23: Bush Family Collection
1862-09-28 Letter from Edwin A. Bush
Letter from Edwin Bush dated September 28, 1862. In this letter, he discusses religion, soldier behavior, and the status of his regiment.
American Civil War; Edwin A. Bush; Bush, Edwin A.; 17th Michigan Infantry; Seventeenth Michigan Infantry; private; soldier behavior; religion; regimental history;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2004-23: Bush Family Collection
1863-04-06 Letter from Edwin A. Bush
Letter from Edwin Bush to Frederick E. Bush dated April 6, 1863. In this letter, he discusses prayer meetings and slavery.
American Civil War; Edwin A. Bush; Bush, Edwin A.; Frederick E. Bush; Bush, Frederick E.; 17th Michigan Infantry; Seventeenth Michigan Infantry; private; prayer meetings; religion; slavery; African Americans;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2004-23: Bush Family Collection
1863-05-15 Letter from Edwin A. Bush
Letter from Edwin Bush dated May 15, 1863. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, Columbia, Kentucky, and religion.
American Civil War; Edwin A. Bush; Bush, Edwin A.; 17th Michigan Infantry; Seventeenth Michigan Infantry; private; regimental history; Columbia (Ky.); religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2004-23: Bush Family Collection
1863-07-27 Letter from Edwin A. Bush
Letter from Edwin A. Bush to Frederick Willard Bush dated July 27, 1863. In this letter, he discusses religion, soldier behavior, the morality of gambling and dancing, Vicksburg, and the status of his regiment.
American Civil War; Edwin A. Bush; Bush, Edwin A.; 17th Michigan Infantry; Seventeenth Michigan Infantry; private; religion; soldier behavior; dancing; gambling; Vicksburg (Miss.); Jackson (Miss.)
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2004-23: Bush Family Collection
1864-02-18 Letter from Edwin A. Bush
Letter from Edwin A. Bush dated February 18, 1864. In this letter, he discusses General Longstreet's movement in Tennessee, religion, his impressions of the South, General Schofield, General Foster, and the weather.
American Civil War; Edwin A. Bush; Bush, Edwin A.; 17th Michigan Infantry; Seventeenth Michigan Infantry; private;James Longstreet; Longstreet, James; John McAllister Schofield; Schofield, John McAllister; John Gray Foster; Foster, John Gray;...
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2004-23: Bush Family Collection
1864-03-13 Letter from Edwin A. Bush
Letter from Edwin A. Bush to Frederick E. Bush dated March 13, 1864. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment and religion.
American Civil War; Edwin A. Bush; Bush, Edwin A.; Frederick E. Bush; Bush, Frederick E.; 17th Michigan Infantry; Seventeenth Michigan Infantry; private; religion; regimental history; James Longstreet; Longstreet, James;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2004-23: Bush Family Collection
1864-01-29 Letter from Samuel Willard
Letter from Samuel Willard to Cynthia Bush dated January 29, 1865. In this letter, he discusses agriculture, religion, and his furlough.
American Civil War; Samuel Willard; Willard, Samuel; Cynthia (Willard) Bush; Bush, Cynthia (Willard); 136th New York Infantry; One Hundred and Thirty-sixth New York Infantry; private; agriculture; furlough; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1864-10-09 Letter from Lib Ewing
Letter from Lib Ewing to Nan Ewing dated October 9, 1864. In this letter, she discusses the status of family members serving on the front, family news, men recently drafted from Woodbridge Township, Michigan, and religion.
American Civil War; Elizabeth (Smith) Ewing; Ewing, Nan; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); Nancy (Hank) Ewing; Ewing, Elizabeth (Smith); Nan Ewing; Lib Ewing; Ewing, Lib; enlistment; religion
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 55-7: William A. Barnard Collection
1862-10-20 Letter from William Barnard
Letter from William Barnard to his father, Edward Barnard dated October 20, 1862. In this letter, he describes his surroundings, battle strategy, religion, and his impressions of civilians.
American Civil War; William A. Barnard; Barnard, William A.; Edward Barnard; Barnard, Edward; Twentieth Michigan Infantry; 20th Michigan Infantry; Sergeant; Harpers Ferry (Va.); nature; civilians; battle strategy; religion; southern society;...
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 2008-46: Civil War Letters of Mack and Nan Ewing
1864-11-04 through 1864-11-06 Letter from Mack Ewing
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated November 4, 1864 through November 6, 1864. In this letter, Ewing discusses family news and religion.
2nd Michigan Infantry; American Civil War; Ewing, Henry McKendree; Ewing, Mack; Ewing, Nan; Ewing, Nancy (Hank); Nancy (Hank) Ewing; Henry McKendree Ewing; Mack Ewing; Nan Ewing; Second Michigan Infantry; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 56-22: Alpheus Wood Collection
1861-07-24 Letter from E.J. Fish
Letter from E.J. Fish to Abram Wood dated July 24, 1861. In this letter, he discusses Manases (Bull Run), religion, and the men of Sturgis, Mich.
American Civil War; Wood, Abram R.; Abram R. Wood; E.J. Fish; Fish, E.J.; Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 70-102: Charles Smith Papers
1861-09-07 Letter from Charles Smith
Letter from Charles F. Smith to his mother, dated September 7, 1861. In this letter, he discusses a scouting expedition, a skirmish, seeing dead soldiers, religion, and alcohol.
American Civil War; Charles F. Smith; Smith, Charles F.; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Arlington (Va.); private; scout; regimental history; skirmish; death; religion; alcohol;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 70-102: Charles Smith Papers
1862-09 Letter from Charles Smith
Letter from Charles Smith to his mother, not dated. In this letter, he discusses the Battle of Antietam and his comrades.
American Civil War; Charles F. Smith; Smith, Charles F.; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Fairfax (Va.); Alexandria (Va.); hospital; private; Battle of Antietam; Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 61-25: George Arnold Collection
1863 Diary of George Benton Arnold
Diary of George Benton Arnold dated 1863. In this diary, he describes the movements of his regiment, chores, finances, deserters (March 28), religion, books, the weather, a slave auction (May 4), burning railroad stations and cotton (July 18), The...
American Civil War; George Benton Arnold; Arnold, George Benton; Twentieth Michigan Infantry; 20th Michigan Infantry; regimental history; chores; finances; deserters; religion; weather; African Americans; slavery; railroad; Battle of...
Civil War Manuscripts

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