Box 1
Container
Contains 12 Results:
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother) and Sister, Rolla, MO (leisure time, railroad, troop movement), Sep. 12, 1861
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
Sep. 12, 1861
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother) and Sister, Franklin, MO (troop movement, railroad accident), Sep. 26, 1861
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
Sep. 26, 1861
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother) and Sister, Rolla, MO (President's message, letter writing, weather) Patriotic vignette (McClellan), Dec. 6, 1861
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
Dec. 6, 1861
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother) and Sister, Rolla, MO (letter writing, armies, strategy, McClellan, desire to move forward), Dec. 31, 1861
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
Dec. 31, 1861
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother), Rolla, MO, (camp merchants, orders for winter campaign, packing orders), Contains Special Order No. 15, Jan. 5, 1862
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
Jan. 5, 1862
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother), Rolla, MO (pay, board of survey, bank, troop movement), Feb. 12, 1862
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
Feb. 12, 1862
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother) and Sister, near Keetsville [Keytesville], MO (troop movement, reputation of regiment, food, Missouri, farmland), Apr. 12, 1862
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
Apr. 12, 1862
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother) and Sister, Vicksburg, MS (troop movement, officer elections), Mar. 17, 1863
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
Mar. 17, 1863
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother) and Sister, Vicksburg, MS (Jackson, praise of soldiers, soldier's philosophy), July 14, 1863
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
July 14, 1863
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother) and Sister, Cairo, IL (trying to rejoin regiment, rumors), Oct. 7, 1863
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
Oct. 7, 1863
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother), Bridgeport, AL (troop movement, winter, longing for home, clothes from home), Dec. 20, 1863
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
Dec. 20, 1863
Letter, Russell, John J. to Charles (brother), incomplete, Madison Station, AL (pickets, battle, lack of orders, order to retreat, resistance, damage to town, skirmish), May 18, 1864
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Twelve letters, 1861-1864, of John J. Russell of Sterling, Illinois, documenting his service as a sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Company B of the 13 Illinois Infantry in Missouri, Mississippi, and Alabama. Russell writes to his brother, Charles, and sister, Julia, from Rolla, Franklin, and Keytesville, Mo., Vicksburg, Miss., Cairo, Ill., and Bridgeport and Madison Station, Ala. In letters revealing of the morale and living conditions of the regiment, Russell captures the anxiety...
Dates:
May 18, 1864