Esther M. Thayer correspondence, 1862-1865.

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Esther M. Thayer correspondence, 1862-1865.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36056848

This collection of Civil War correspondence consists of letters written to Esther Miller Thayer (b. ca. 1830) of Warren, Vt., by her husband, Willard M. Thayer (1830-1864), her brother-in-law Andrew J. Butler (1837-1887), and her sisters, Emma, Lucy, and Sestina. The majority of the letters in the collection were written by Willard Thayer to his wife and children while he served as a corporal in Co. B of the 10th Regiment of Vermont Volunteers.

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Vermont Historical Society

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Miller, Sestina.

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Miller, Lucy J. (Lucy Jane)

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Lucy Miller ( - ) resided in Worcester, Mass. From the description of Papers, 1841-1867. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259543 ...

Butler, Andrew J., 1837-1887.

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Thayer, Esther M., b. ca. 1830.

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Willard M. Thayer (1830-1864) and Esther R. Miller (1833-1917) were married in 1854, in Warren, Vt. They had three children: Herbert E. (b. 1856), Willard Philander (1859-1941), and Ida Elizabeth (1861-1954). Willard Thayer enlisted in Co. B of the 10th Regiment of Vermont Volunteers on August 19, 1862, and died in Brooklyn, New York, on Sept. 23, 1864. Esther Thayer married Orvis Whitcomb on April 15, 1866, in Warren; they had one daughter, Hattie Esther. Esther's broth...

United States. Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 6th.

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United States. Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 10th.

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Thayer, Willard M., 1830-1864.

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Miller, Emma Ellwood

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United States. Army. Vermont Infantry Regiment, 11th.

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