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Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Harbor Sept. 24th. 1861 Dear Mary, Howard and I have been debating the matter as to whom I should write this time. His order has been Mother first, you next and Lib last; she may expect a letter from him next week. I will pursue the same plan. Howard is laughing, as he hears Ernestine's view, because he says I have got…

Fort Hamilton N.Y.H. Dec. 12th. 1861 Dear Lib, I have received a good letter from Mary this morning which I will answer soon; but am warned by her to answer you very soon under great fear of the consequences of failure. Mary mentions a Christmas box which you have united in sending us; for which receive our best love and thanks "From home" is…

Dayton July 4th 1864 My dear sister, I expected Augusta would answer thy last, and she told me she would but she feels so badly, after writing to a very dear friend, that she begged me to assure her other friends, I will copy her letter to her friend Mrs. Thornton of Sandusky City for I think it will give her the best idea of the Mayor's last days…

May 21st 1864 Dayton O. May 21st 1864 Dear Husband, Your note from the Wilderness only arrived this afternoon and came along with yours of the 18th. I am delighted to hear of the comfortable quarters into which you have been placed. Fielding and Lizzie both say that Douglas Hospital is the finest in Washington, and *Field* said he would rather be…

May 19th Not received Dayton O. May 19th.1864 Dear Husband Last evening yours of the 13th, written before you were wounded came to hand, and this evening the note written after you had received the wound.The first would have made me very sad, if I had not already heard of your arrival at Washington. The last, I fear, was written while you were in…

May 17th 1864 Not received Dayton O. May 17th. 1864 Dear Luther, Your dispatch of today has removed a mountain; and has shortened my face about an inch, *fair* told. Every body but Father expected me to go to you; he thought I would only be in the way, and insisted that I should wait till he could get an answer to his dispatch. As it seems a…

Never received Dayton Ohio May 15th 1864 Dear Luther Last Sunday found me full of anxiety for you and Howard. Another Sunday I was sure would not pass without tidings, but here it is and yet there is nothing. Neither can I expect anything for some time; we none of us thought of such fighting. Wonderful in its fierceness and long duration! I trust…

May 12th 1864 never received Dayton O. May 12th 1864 Dear Luther Robert and Eliza have been here this evening, and although they could bring me no tidings of you, I yet feel cheered up by their visit. Robert has telegraphed to Mr More, his nephew, in Washington, to find out whether Luther and Mr Walton have gone to the front - and whether nothing…

May 8th 1864 never received Dayton O. May 8th 1864 Dearest One, With all the horrors of this terrible battle in view *how can* I write? Yet the old habit is fixed upon me and it would not seem like Sunday if I did not write to you! I will hope that all is well with you, yet the thought that you may lie wounded, dying or even dead, crosses over me…

Dayton O. May 2nd 1864 Dear Husband, I have looked at my book and my pen, and wondered which to use tonight, have concluded to write a little, and read afterwards if my eyes are strong enough; they trouble me some lately. Mary and I were just starting out this afternoon when I saw Sella and *Ralie* coming with some man in tow; Sella rushed at me as…