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Box 1

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Contains 7 Results:

Letter, Rice, Henry to “Folks at Home,” Peoria, IL (lack of blankets, religion, the city, camp life), Sep. 14, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Six letters written by Henry Rice to his family during the Civil War, 1862, and one envelope with a patriotic vignette addressed to Amory Rice, Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois.Henry Rice wrote to his family during the month when he stayed at Camp Peoria, waiting to go into active service. During that time, he discusses religion at camp, illness, deserters, uniforms, food, guard duty, and equipment, or lack thereof. He seems proud of his fellow soldiers and impatient to fight,...
Dates: Sep. 14, 1862

Letter, Rice, Henry to Mother, Peoria, IL (Religion at camp, mustering), Sep. 21, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Six letters written by Henry Rice to his family during the Civil War, 1862, and one envelope with a patriotic vignette addressed to Amory Rice, Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois.Henry Rice wrote to his family during the month when he stayed at Camp Peoria, waiting to go into active service. During that time, he discusses religion at camp, illness, deserters, uniforms, food, guard duty, and equipment, or lack thereof. He seems proud of his fellow soldiers and impatient to fight,...
Dates: Sep. 21, 1862

Letter, Rice, Henry to Father, Peoria, IL (food, mustering, deserters, illness, troop movement), Sep. 23, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Six letters written by Henry Rice to his family during the Civil War, 1862, and one envelope with a patriotic vignette addressed to Amory Rice, Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois.Henry Rice wrote to his family during the month when he stayed at Camp Peoria, waiting to go into active service. During that time, he discusses religion at camp, illness, deserters, uniforms, food, guard duty, and equipment, or lack thereof. He seems proud of his fellow soldiers and impatient to fight,...
Dates: Sep. 23, 1862

Letter, Rice, Henry to “Folks,” Peoria, IL (food, mustering), Sep. 26, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Six letters written by Henry Rice to his family during the Civil War, 1862, and one envelope with a patriotic vignette addressed to Amory Rice, Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois.Henry Rice wrote to his family during the month when he stayed at Camp Peoria, waiting to go into active service. During that time, he discusses religion at camp, illness, deserters, uniforms, food, guard duty, and equipment, or lack thereof. He seems proud of his fellow soldiers and impatient to fight,...
Dates: Sep. 26, 1862

Letter, Rice, Henry to Brother, Peoria, IL (mustering, weather, illness, money), Oct. 2, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Six letters written by Henry Rice to his family during the Civil War, 1862, and one envelope with a patriotic vignette addressed to Amory Rice, Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois.Henry Rice wrote to his family during the month when he stayed at Camp Peoria, waiting to go into active service. During that time, he discusses religion at camp, illness, deserters, uniforms, food, guard duty, and equipment, or lack thereof. He seems proud of his fellow soldiers and impatient to fight,...
Dates: Oct. 2, 1862

Letter, Rice, Henry to Brother, Peoria, IL (Gates City, equipment, troop movement, colonel retires), Oct. 15, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Six letters written by Henry Rice to his family during the Civil War, 1862, and one envelope with a patriotic vignette addressed to Amory Rice, Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois.Henry Rice wrote to his family during the month when he stayed at Camp Peoria, waiting to go into active service. During that time, he discusses religion at camp, illness, deserters, uniforms, food, guard duty, and equipment, or lack thereof. He seems proud of his fellow soldiers and impatient to fight,...
Dates: Oct. 15, 1862

Envelope, Rice Henry to Mrs. Amory Rice at Lewistown, Fulton County, IL, Patriotic vignette, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Six letters written by Henry Rice to his family during the Civil War, 1862, and one envelope with a patriotic vignette addressed to Amory Rice, Lewistown, Fulton County, Illinois.Henry Rice wrote to his family during the month when he stayed at Camp Peoria, waiting to go into active service. During that time, he discusses religion at camp, illness, deserters, uniforms, food, guard duty, and equipment, or lack thereof. He seems proud of his fellow soldiers and impatient to fight,...
Dates: undated