George A. Nay Civil War letters, 1864-1865.

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George A. Nay Civil War letters, 1864-1865.

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This collection consists of six photocopied letters written by George A. Nay during the Civil War to his sister, Frances Nay, and mother, Lucretia Nay, in Fairfax, Vermont. Nay writes from Camp Russell, Petersburg, Virginia, and Camp Stoneman in 1864 and 1865. In the letters, he inquires about his sister's and mother's news, asks his mother to send him flannel shirts and money, and reports about his actions and observations. He relates some observations of General Winfield Scott Hancock in one of his letters. His sister appears to have been his primary correspondent; at one point, in November 1864, he thanks her for a letter and mentions that it had been the first one he received since joining the army.

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Hancock, Winfield Scott, 1824-1886

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Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a United States Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the Mexican–American War and as a Union general in the American Civil War. Known to his Army colleagues as "Hancock the Superb", he was noted in particular for his personal leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. His military service continued afte...

United States. Army. Vermont Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)

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Nay, George A., 1842-1909.

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George A. Nay, the son of Anisa S. and Lucretia Marsh Nay, was born in 1842 in Georgia, Vermont, and served as a private in Company M of First Vermont Regiment Cavalry, Vermont Volunteers in the Civil War. He enlisted on September 10, 1864, and mustered out on June 21, 1865. He died on April 5, 1909 in Montpelier, Vermont. His sister, Frances Nay, was born in June of 1851 and married Henry Nye on March 10, 1875 in Cambridge, Vermont. From the description of George A. Nay Civil War le...

Nay, Frances, b. 1851.

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