Civil War letters from soldiers in the 20th Connecticut Infantry, 1862-1863.

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Civil War letters from soldiers in the 20th Connecticut Infantry, 1862-1863.

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On 7 October 1862 Woodruff writes to "Brother & sister Len & Sarah" about the 20th's movements since its mustering-in at New Haven. He describes cheering citizens, temporary camp in Washington, D.C., and the current camp at Maryland Heights near Harper's Ferry on the Antietam battlefield where his troop burned unburied bodies from the battle. A carte-de-visite photograph of Woodruff accompanies the letter. On 15 January 1863 H.P. "Burr" Roberts writes to "Sarah" from Fairfax Station. He describes Burnside's "mud march," and a raid by J.E.B. Stuart on the Orange & Alexandria R.R., speculates on their next move, requests a box from home and notes that he is a member of the Color Guard.

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United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 20th.

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Roberts, H. P., fl. 1863,

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Woodruff, Merritt, B., fl. 1862

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Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864

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James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart, soldier, was born 6 February 1833, on "Laurel Hill" plantation, Patrick County, Virginia. He died 12 May 1864 and is buried in Richmond, Virginia. Stuart graduated from the U.S. Military Academy (1850); received his commission (1854); and transferred to the Cavalry (1855). He married Flora Cooke, a colonel's daughter, in 1855, and the couple had three children. Stuart became Robert E. Lee's aide (1859) and resigned from the U.S. Army to be commissioned a lieutenan...