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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 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 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1862-12-04 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister, Lura, dated December 4, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, the Confederate army, his girlfriend, Emma, religion, and the status of friends on the front.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; Lura Huff; Huff, Lura; Zelura (Crane) Huff; Huff, Zelura (Crane); Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Fredericksburg (Va.); regimental history; Confederate Army; courtship;...
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1861-09-22 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated September 22, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, finances, and religion.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Arlington (Va.); health; illness; finances; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1862-11-21 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated November 21, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the transfer of his infantry from the 3rd Army Corps to the 9th Army Corps, his opinions on McClellan and Burnside, and religion.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Fredericksburg (Va.); George McClellan; McClellan, George; Ambrose Burnside; Burnside, Ambrose; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1862-12-02 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated December 2, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, his opinions on General Burnside, finances, and religion.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Fredericksburg (Va.); regimental history; Ambrose Burnside; Burnside, Ambrose; finances; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1863-04-12 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated April 12, 1863. In this letter, he discusses religion, his father's health, and bringing his brother's body home.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Lebanon (Ky.); religion; health; John Emory Crane; Crane, John Emory; death; burial;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1863-01-04 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father,William Crane, dated January 4, 1862. In this letter, he discusses rations, diarrhea, his opinions on the war and General McClellan, religion, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the weather.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; rations; food; diarrhea; George McClellan; McClellan, George; religion; weather; Emancipation Proclamation;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1861-06-01 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated June 1, 1861. In this letter, he discusses getting vaccinated, his opinions on the officers, soldier behavior, and religion.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; steamer; vaccination; officers; soldier behavior; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1863-06-22 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated June 22, 1863. In this letter, he discusses his opinions on Louisiana, not getting a furlough, and religion.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Vicksburg (Miss.); Louisiana; furlough; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1862-11-13 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated November 13, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the change in leadership from McClellan to Burnside, his opinion on the war, the status of friends on the front, and religion.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Waterloo (Va.); McClellan, George; George McClellan; Burnside, Ambrose; Ambrose Burnside; religion;...
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1862-10-29 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated October 29, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, food, finances, the weather, soldier life, religion, farming, and his girlfriend, Emma.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Whites Ford (Va.); Arlington (Va.); regimental history; food; finances; weather; soldier life; soldier...
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1862-06-15 Letter from Alphonso Crane
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his parents dated June 15, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his parents health, the family garden, and the Sabbath.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Yorktown (Va.); health; illness; religion;
Civil War Manuscripts

MS 69-121: Grace Dunham Collection
1863-07-06 Letter from Lorrison Taylor
Letter from Lorrison Taylor to William Crane dated July 16, 1863. In this letter, he tells of the death of Alphonso Crane.
American Civil War; Alphonso D. Crane; Crane, Alphonso D.; William Crane; Crane, William; Second Michigan Infantry; Lorrison J. Taylor; Taylor, Lorrison J.; 2nd Michigan Infantry; Jackson (Miss.); death; burial; 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 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
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

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