Box 1
Container
Contains 11 Results:
Letter, Gallentine, Charles W., incomplete, Springfield, IL (troop movement, horses, pay), patriotic vignette, ca 1861
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Ten letters by Charles W. Gallentine to his sister and “Friend Charlie” written during the Civil War from 1861-1863, together with a partial typed transcription of all the letters.Gallentine wrote mainly to his sister back home to assure his family that he and his brother were still alive and well. He also described camp life, commented on the weather, gave details on skirmishes fought and prisoners caught, as well as reflections on the countryside, a soldier’s funeral, black...
Dates:
ca 1861
Letter, Gallentine, Charles W., to Sister, Camp Butler, IL (weather, parades), patriotic vignette, Nov. 1, ca. 1861
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Ten letters by Charles W. Gallentine to his sister and “Friend Charlie” written during the Civil War from 1861-1863, together with a partial typed transcription of all the letters.Gallentine wrote mainly to his sister back home to assure his family that he and his brother were still alive and well. He also described camp life, commented on the weather, gave details on skirmishes fought and prisoners caught, as well as reflections on the countryside, a soldier’s funeral, black...
Dates:
ca. 1861
Letter, Gallentine, Charles W., to Sister, Corinth, MI (food, troop movement, skirmishes, pay, hospital, prisoners), May 17, 1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Ten letters by Charles W. Gallentine to his sister and “Friend Charlie” written during the Civil War from 1861-1863, together with a partial typed transcription of all the letters.Gallentine wrote mainly to his sister back home to assure his family that he and his brother were still alive and well. He also described camp life, commented on the weather, gave details on skirmishes fought and prisoners caught, as well as reflections on the countryside, a soldier’s funeral, black...
Dates:
May 17, 1862
Letter, Gallentine, Charles W., to Sister, Jacinto, Tishomingo County, MI (Mississippi dust, illness, funeral, troop movement), July 15, 1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Ten letters by Charles W. Gallentine to his sister and “Friend Charlie” written during the Civil War from 1861-1863, together with a partial typed transcription of all the letters.Gallentine wrote mainly to his sister back home to assure his family that he and his brother were still alive and well. He also described camp life, commented on the weather, gave details on skirmishes fought and prisoners caught, as well as reflections on the countryside, a soldier’s funeral, black...
Dates:
July 15, 1862
Letter, Gallentine, Charles W., to Sister, Courtland, Lawrence County, AL (troop movement, geography, weather, emancipation, black overseers, stealing food), Aug. 4, 1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Ten letters by Charles W. Gallentine to his sister and “Friend Charlie” written during the Civil War from 1861-1863, together with a partial typed transcription of all the letters.Gallentine wrote mainly to his sister back home to assure his family that he and his brother were still alive and well. He also described camp life, commented on the weather, gave details on skirmishes fought and prisoners caught, as well as reflections on the countryside, a soldier’s funeral, black...
Dates:
Aug. 4, 1862
Letter, Gallentine, Charles W., to Sister, Corinth, MI (troop movement, fighting, Murphy, Grant), Oct. 15, 1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Ten letters by Charles W. Gallentine to his sister and “Friend Charlie” written during the Civil War from 1861-1863, together with a partial typed transcription of all the letters.Gallentine wrote mainly to his sister back home to assure his family that he and his brother were still alive and well. He also described camp life, commented on the weather, gave details on skirmishes fought and prisoners caught, as well as reflections on the countryside, a soldier’s funeral, black...
Dates:
Oct. 15, 1862
Letter, Gallentine, Charles W., to Sister, Bolivar, TN (food, recruits, troop movement), Nov. 2, 1862
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Ten letters by Charles W. Gallentine to his sister and “Friend Charlie” written during the Civil War from 1861-1863, together with a partial typed transcription of all the letters.Gallentine wrote mainly to his sister back home to assure his family that he and his brother were still alive and well. He also described camp life, commented on the weather, gave details on skirmishes fought and prisoners caught, as well as reflections on the countryside, a soldier’s funeral, black...
Dates:
Nov. 2, 1862
Letter, Gallentine, Charles W., to Sister, LaGrange, TN (troop movement, fighting, Coffeeville, prisoners, food, Murphy’s arrest), Jan. 17, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Ten letters by Charles W. Gallentine to his sister and “Friend Charlie” written during the Civil War from 1861-1863, together with a partial typed transcription of all the letters.Gallentine wrote mainly to his sister back home to assure his family that he and his brother were still alive and well. He also described camp life, commented on the weather, gave details on skirmishes fought and prisoners caught, as well as reflections on the countryside, a soldier’s funeral, black...
Dates:
Jan. 17, 1863
Letter, Gallentine, Charles W., to Friend Charlie, LaGrange, TN (troop movement, Vicksburg, Copperheads), Mar. 9, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Ten letters by Charles W. Gallentine to his sister and “Friend Charlie” written during the Civil War from 1861-1863, together with a partial typed transcription of all the letters.Gallentine wrote mainly to his sister back home to assure his family that he and his brother were still alive and well. He also described camp life, commented on the weather, gave details on skirmishes fought and prisoners caught, as well as reflections on the countryside, a soldier’s funeral, black...
Dates:
Mar. 9, 1863
Letter, Gallentine, Charles W., to Sister, Memphis, TN (troop movement, guerrillas, copperheads, conscription law, Memphis), Aug. 18, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Ten letters by Charles W. Gallentine to his sister and “Friend Charlie” written during the Civil War from 1861-1863, together with a partial typed transcription of all the letters.Gallentine wrote mainly to his sister back home to assure his family that he and his brother were still alive and well. He also described camp life, commented on the weather, gave details on skirmishes fought and prisoners caught, as well as reflections on the countryside, a soldier’s funeral, black...
Dates:
Aug. 18, 1863
Partial Transcripts, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Ten letters by Charles W. Gallentine to his sister and “Friend Charlie” written during the Civil War from 1861-1863, together with a partial typed transcription of all the letters.Gallentine wrote mainly to his sister back home to assure his family that he and his brother were still alive and well. He also described camp life, commented on the weather, gave details on skirmishes fought and prisoners caught, as well as reflections on the countryside, a soldier’s funeral, black...
Dates:
undated