S. Millett Thompson letters 1863-1964.

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S. Millett Thompson letters 1863-1964.

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The collection contains eleven letters, 1863-1864, from S. Millett Thompson in the 13th New Hampshire Infantry to family members, and one letter, 18 April 1864, from Thompson requesting a day pass to Richmond, Va. The letters describe troop movements around the Pamunkey River and York River in Virginia, including General John A. Dix's "Blackberry Raid," the burning of Martha Washington's house, and foraging. Later letters describe Thompson's injuries from the Siege of Petersburg.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879

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Dix was born in Boscawen, New Hampshire on July 24 1798, the son of Timothy Dix and Abigail Wilkins, and brother of composer Marion Dix Sullivan. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, and joined the US Army as an ensign in May 1813, serving under his father until the latter's death a few months later. He attained the rank of captain in August 1825 and resigned from the Army in December 1828. In 1826, Dix married Catherine Morgan, the adopted daughter of Congressman John J. Morgan, who g...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 13th (1862-1865)

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Thompson, S. Millett, 1838-1911

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S. Millett Thompson was born in Barnstead, N.H., and lived in Durham, N.H. He enlisted on 13 August 1862 and joined Company E of the 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment on 19 September 1862 as a first sergeant. He was promoted to second lieutenant on 10 June 1863 and fought mostly in Virginia during the Civil War. Wounded during the Siege of Petersburg on 15 June 1864, Thompson was discharged from an infirmary in Hampton, Va., on 4 October 1864. After the war, he moved to Providence, R.I., wher...