Manuscripts
1846-1863 February
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Samuel F. Gay correspondence
Manuscripts
Correspondence between Samuel F. Gay and his father Jabez J. R. Gay (born 1809). Samuel F. Gay's letters were chiefly written while in camps in Washington, D.C., Downsville, Maryland, Warrenton, and Brandy Station, Virginia, with several letters describing the battles of Williamsburg, Antietam, and Fredericksburg, and the Peninsular and Rapidan campaigns. The letters depict various aspects of life as a Union soldier including officers, Confederate prisoners, payments, rations, reviews and drills, diseases, and medical care. Also present is information on movements of the troops and discussion of war and political news. Jabez R. Gay's letters contain news from home, discussion of political issues of the day, such as slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation and the nature and course of the war. Also included are letters from Edwin C. Bragg to Jabez J. R. and Samuel F. Gay, including an account of the Battle of Roanoke Island in February 1862. There are also individual letters that concern other family members and Gay's post-war life. Ephemera includes a clipping from the New York Herald, 1862, containing an article on the battle of Fredericksburg, and a printed sheet containing: A poem composed by a pious woman, soon after the taking of Cape-Breton, the first time : upon Christian love and peace. joined with united fervent prayer, / Composed by Mrs. Deborah Field, 1745, printed by N. Coverly, Boston, between 1805 and 1824.
mssHM 47984-48000
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Samuel F. Gay letters to Jabez Gay
Manuscripts
Two letters written by Samuel F. Gay, a member of the 7th Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry, to his father Jabez Gay during the American Civil War. The letters are dated 1863 March 1, and 1864 April 28, and written from camps near Falmouth and Brandy Station, Virginia, respectively.
mssHM 84500-84501
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Montgomery Slaughter papers, (bulk 1862-1863)
Manuscripts
Letters and communications from Rufus King, Edwin Vose Sumner, and other Union military authorities received by Montgomery Slaughter during the Union occupation of Fredericksburg in Apr. - Dec. 1862 and letters about contributions made by various communities of the Confederate States to the citizens of Fredericksburg in Jan. - Mar. 1863.
mssHM 37813-37862
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1861-1863
Manuscripts
The letters between Francis C. Miller and Agnes F. Voris, from 1861 October to 1865 October, document a budding romance between the two. His letters provide weekly updates on the war news and rumors, give very detailed accounts of the camp life and war experiences, personal feelings, religious reflections, and news about the fate of James C. Voris. The letters contain accounts of the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Gettysburg Campaign. In her letters to "Frank," Agnes describes her Presbyterian congregation, rather intense politicking in the community, and discusses war news, including General Robert E. Lee's invasion. There are two four-month gaps in the correspondence, from January to April of 1863 and 1864. The letters of James C. Voris, to his family, from 1854 to 1862, describe his time at school before the war, the minutia of camp life, his stay at the Mansion House Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia, and accounts of the military operations, especially the Battles of the South Mountain and Antietam. There is also some post-war family correspondence, including letters by the Millers to their daughter Kittie, from 1888 to 1900.
mssHM 68602-68684
Fredericksburg, 1863
Visual Materials
A view of the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia, which includes people's homes, a water mill and an unfinished railroad trestle. There is an unidentified shadow in the upper left-hand corner of the photo. This image similar to photCL 301 (23). Title on mount: Fredericksburg, 1863 Handwritten in upper left corner: No. 12.
photCL 301 (24)