24 10 273 https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/ddb1a8fbb26a43aaaa37f5df0d715bc5.jpg 08dd294de876d95b9f3022de29e5c3dc https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/b0b489af5e87ef36e5b25323fbfff0e3.jpg 4d5bbd52adc49df1425f00806a9a3437 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1863 Letter Archive Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document LETTER TRANSCRIPTION May 1863 “Morgan Expedition” Tues. 26th Arrived at Columbia, overtaking the Regt. after an absence of a week and one day. Camp in the woods, a romantic and wild place on Green River. Wedns. 27th Busy all day, pitching tents in order. P.M. Came the order to move at 7 o’clk in light marching order with three days rations. Moved promptly at 7 with the 100th Penn[Sylvania] and four pieces of artillery etc., and 3 regt. large body of cavalry. Marched through a rough country, much of it in dense woods but a good morn. Halted about 2 a.m. Thurs. 28th Camped in a grass field. Had a refreshing sleep and awoke some before 5 o’clk, made coffee which I hardly drank, when we fell in and moved up a hill into the woods and halted. Made coffee again and after hunting about for water for some time, found and now “rest!” All quietly reposing in these beautiful woods with the morning sun shining thru the noble beech trees. Little past noon. Still waiting for Morgan as the expedition seems to be to have a ‘pop’ at him who is reported across the Cumberland and stealing horses and threatening a raid on the railroad to cut off our supplies. Have been napping and reading over my stack of papers. One of the curiosities of the woods is the immense wild grape vines which start out of the ground like trees and then light into the tops of the big trees around, beech, oak and poplar, or as we at home call it “whitewood” much used in furniture, the noblest growth of timber I ever saw of the hardwood species. Transcriber’s Note: This is the end of the letter. On the reverse side there is a note, written vertically, that seems to read as follows: [???] 32 M.M. Howard TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES NOTE 1: This letter does not show a location from where it was written. It also does not show a salutation or a closing, although most likely it was addressed to Allie. It appears to be a brief summary of the events that occurred day-by-day for three days in late May 1863. NOTE 2: Morgan's Raid (or Expedition) was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the northern U.S. states of Indiana and Ohio during the Civil War. The raid took place from June 11–July 26, 1863, and is named for the commander of the Confederates, Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan. Although it caused temporary alarm in the North, the raid was ultimately classed as a failure. The raid covered more than 1,000 miles, beginning in Tennessee and ending in northern Ohio. It coincided with the Vicksburg Campaign and the Gettysburg Campaign, and it was meant to draw U.S. troops away from these fronts by frightening the North into demanding their troops return home. Despite his initial successes, Morgan was thwarted in his attempts to re-cross the Ohio River and eventually was forced to surrender what remained of his command in northeastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania border. Morgan and other senior officers were kept in the Ohio state penitentiary, but they tunneled their way out and took a train to Cincinnati, where they crossed the Ohio River to safety. The activity described in this letter pertaining to Morgan’s “expedition” apparently preceded what is now considered to be the timeframe of the raid, i.e., June and July 1863, which Jerome would not have known about, of course, when he wrote this letter in late May of 1863. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter/Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Jerome to probably Allie, May 28, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Allie Columbia, KY. 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Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 8.04 X 9.74 8.04 X 9.74 Jpg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Letter #116 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Columbia, KY. Allie Columbia KY Jerome Peirce https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/119d7c2e4d81789dce83f1210b08950a.jpg 8b3d4db0f3812cbef204150b858123da https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/56d15dd6e3547072bd32f21297c7ccfe.jpg 67ec6b3995eb601044d82b6508cc37da Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1863 Letter Archive Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document LETTER TRANSCRIPTION Friday 29 [May, 1863] Friday 29th P.M. Moved from “Beech woods” camp as I must call it, tho the Sergeant learned it was Katisville. Started at 9 o’clk a.m. and had a rapid tiresome march. A terrible road for the most fording streams frequently and through some wild forest scenery, immense tress, beech and black walnut. Commenced raining after a while and increased rapidly wetting us to the skin. Halted about 3 P.M. and made coffee in an orchard. Still raining, after awhile quarters were obtained in the barns, outbuildings, etc. there being a log village here dignified by the name of Breedingsville. Fires built and busy trying to dry blankets, glad I only took my rubbers. Query when will our knapsacks come up and rations? For we bid adieu to Columbia and the tents we took so much pain to “fix up”. Yesterday scouts were out and came in with tidings of Mor[gan] or his gang at least not within 9 miles, but I expect a “movement forward” is fairly in progress. Tomorrow, we know nothing but the talk is we go to Burksville 16 miles on the Cumberland [River]. Country rough but immediately about here more cultivated as usual when anything like a village. Hope for a mail and rations tomorrow, for news from home will be most welcome. Boys in excellent spirits not withstanding the exceeding discomfort of today’s march and Co. “B” sing a little. Sat. morning 30th. Prospects improving. Cleaning off and bids fair to be warm. Mail and rations just came up. Two nice letters from Allie and Sister Mary F [Frances]. Miss little Lulu’s darling, how much I would give to see her! Busy putting equipments, gun etc. in order. No rebs this side of the Cumberland [River] so an old scout said this morn. just from the river. Rations ready. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES NOTE 1: This letter does not contain a salutation or closing, but it was definitely written by Jerome to Allie, based on the penmanship, writing style, its content and the content of letters preceding and following this letter. The next letter (Letter No. 118) is essentially a continuation of this letter, with the first part of that letter starting with the afternoon of May 30, 1863. The end of that letter includes the usual closing from Jerome to Allie. NOTE 2: The Unit History provides the following summary of the Regiment’s movements in late May of 1863. April 8 – May 26, 1863. The regiment moved to Camp Dick Robinson, near Bryantsville, Kentucky, south of Lexington, and then to Middleburg, Kentucky. It remained there until May 26, when it moved again to Columbia, Kentucky. During that time, on May 13, it was alerted to be on the look-out for Morgan’s Raiders, but no contact was made. May 27 – June 9, 1863. The 36th marched to Jamestown, Kentucky, where it remained until June 4. On that day, it was ordered to proceed by rail to Vicksburg, Mississippi, where Gen. Grant needed reinforcements, reaching Cairo, Illinois, on June 9. NOTE 3: The reference to “Morgan and his gang” is to Confederate Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, whose raids became increasingly a nuisance to the Union army. His most famous (or infamous) raid or expedition was a diversionary incursion by Confederate cavalry into the northern U.S. states of Indiana and Ohio. The raid took place from June 11–July 26, 1863. Although it caused temporary alarm in the North, the raid was ultimately classed as a failure. The raid covered more than 1,000 miles, beginning in Tennessee and ending in northern Ohio. It coincided with the Vicksburg Campaign and the Gettysburg Campaign, and it was meant to draw U.S. troops away from these fronts by frightening the North into demanding their troops return home. Despite his initial successes, Morgan was thwarted in his attempts to re-cross the Ohio River and eventually was forced to surrender what remained of his command in northeastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania border. Morgan and other senior officers were kept in the Ohio state penitentiary, but they tunneled their way out and took a train to Cincinnati, where they crossed the Ohio River to safety. The activity described in this letter pertaining to Morgan’s raid apparently preceded what is now considered to be the timeframe of the raid, i.e., June and July 1863, which Jerome would not have known about, of course, when he wrote this letter in late May of 1863. NOTE 4: The “Mary” referred to in this letter was almost certainly Allie’s younger sister, Mary Frances Jaquith. She was born in 1841, while Allie (Albinia) was born in 1834. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter/Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Jerome to probably Allie, May 29, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Allie Breedingsville, KY. 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Title A name given to the resource 1862 Letter Archive Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document To Rev. Levi Ballou, Pleasant Valley Md. Oct 17/62 Brother Ballou, Having a few leisure moments I will offer a few words in answer to your kind letter of the 3d Inst. I intended when I left to have written before, but have had so many to think of and it being very tiresome work to write that I have neglected more than I ought. I suppose you have heard something of our experience since we left. So be sure we have thus far escaped the perils of the Battlefield but have seen full well the direful evils of war and it is a strange order of things that this terrible scourge should desolate so fair a land as ours. -- But as one nears the scene of conflict and witnesses the debasing effects of Slavery, one cannot wonder that here at least men are ready for desperate means in such a cause. The [?] is upon everything even here in Maryland, which is fair compared with the far south. The signs of a low state of moral and intellectual culture are everywhere visible and it will need an army of missionaries after our muskets have done their work. It looks very uncertain now when the next move[?] will take place. The rebels are just over near Winchester Va. and yesterday and day before our troops were skirmishing and occupied Charlestown, and were pushing on to W. I trust something will be accomplished before Winter. Last Sat eve as we were all preparing for a quiet time and Sabbath, at 5 PM. we were ordered to march and were soon on the cars and before midnight was in Frederick City 25 miles or so where a large quantity of stores were collected and threatened by a Rebel raid. Remained till Sunday P M. marching and countermarching, and in the eve came up to “Points [sic] of Rocks” and remained till Wednesday last when we marched back here some 12 miles, tired and fatigued as it was damp and cold and nothing to protect us but overcoats[.] This is only one of the trials of a soldiers life and the reg [?] many of them are worn out. You have seen in the papers the whole affair I suppose. It was the famous Stuart Cavalry raid[.] We are now encamped between two ranges of hills Each Ridge on one side and South Mountain on the other near Harpers Berry [sic], a pleasant place with good water. It is getting cool but quite pleasant in the middle of the day. I was much interested in your mention of the Sunday School and society affairs and while I rejoice greatly in the life of the former I exceedingly regret the state of Affairs of the latter and ever have done so[.] I have had no sympathy in the course pursued, especially in these times, and if some of our friends could[?] be here in the Army they would appreciate the honest and best efforts of an old friend rather than the house[?] should be closed. You certainly have had my sympathy and best wishes and I trust you will be favored and sustained by the strong Arm upon which we all lean in the day of trial and disappointment. My thought[s] are very often with you and the Sunday school, and your one family circle in particular for I felt they were my right hand in the S School and I trust a good fort [sic: fate?] is in store for them in the future. The health of the Orang[e] men is generally good[,] one or two cases of measels [sic] but doing well. I suppose my family are in O. doubtless you have seen them[.] wrote them yesterday[.] You will excuse this scrawl as I have to write on my little roll board resting upon my knee. Remember with kindest regards to all friends and be assured of my best regards for yourself and family. 36 Reg Mass Vols As ever your friend Ninth Army Corps Washington D.C. Jerome Peirce Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter / Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Jerome to Rev. Levi Ballou, October 17, 1862 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Rev. Levi Ballou Pleasant Valley, MD. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Near Fredericksburg Va 23d Jan 1863 My dear sister, Sitting here in our tent by a comfortable fine nephew and I am remembering those at home. Have written Miss W. a random affair which I hope she will be kind enough to believe an attempt to reply to hers. We have been in a disturbed state for some days expecting every moment to move and had not the storm prevented we know not what might have been. But that has stopped all for the present. The troops that did move are back in camp and some think it is Winter Quarters for us now sure, while another batch of rumors followed quickly to the effect that the Army of the Potomac is to be divided and some to go South West, others to remain in Va. I am of the opinion that VA campaigning is a humbug. We must seal up the southern ports, cut all R(ail)Road communications south and west of Richmond, secure the Miss[issippi] Valley and then with the Proc[lamation] of Emancipation to go before something will be done, leaving a capital without a Confederacy. We must utterly destroy slavery and the Southern aristocracy. To grant them Independence in any form and our troubles and their work are but just begun! You see what a statesman I am become! The knaves are after Mexico to form a great Southern Empire before which mere slavery will be a small affair. And if the truth was known France is afraid of that very thing today and if the North are once fairly on the winning side, Bony leaves Mexico instanter. Let us see how near I guess. Sometime I assume I believe the Southerners with independence and a Navy would make a stir in this Western Hemisphere. And foreign nations are learning where they got their ideas of American character. But “enuf”. Thanks for your letter (which I have answered I believe) but never mind. Tis not fair weather yet and muddy exceedingly so we sit in tents, chat, read, etc. You would have been amused to have seen us laughing of “Falstaff”. (E Peirce sent me a stage copy of Henry Fourth) my books from Crosby & Nichols don’t make their appearance but as they doubtless sent them I must wait and hope to see them sometime. And now to plague you a little. I enclose 25 cents. Will you ask Mr. Cutler (Abram E) to get the “Second Part” of Henry 4th (it is the first part I have) also “Macbeth”. Fishers in Court St. is where they can be had, and being pamphlets they will come safely and will be almost invaluable to me. The Stage Copy you know Mr. C. used to get them for the Reading Circle and I dare say will willingly do the same. You can give him my address. Shall have “Merchant of Venice” and “Othello” soon if the book don’t come and is not that better than paying the sutler? Alonzo R. is still a sick man at Geo(rge)town D.C. I trust he will be spared. The friends are very anxious for him. He seemed the picture of health when he left here. With “Remembrances” to all friends. I am ever lovingly Your Bro[ther] Jerome P. P.S. The plays are 12 ½ cents apiece. If there is no Henry 2nd part, send Hamlet. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES NOTE 1: Although addressed to Sister, Abbie Jacquith was Jerome’s sister-in-law. NOTE 2: The storm referenced in the letter resulted in what has been called the Mud March. General Burnside, after the disastrous defeat at Fredericksburg in December 1862, hoped to cross the Rappahannock River and hit Lee’s flank. The march began on January 20th but it began raining hard for four days, and the offensive was called off on January 23rd, the date this letter this letter was written. NOTE 3: The Confederacy did have interest in expanding into Mexico after the Civil War. See http://mentalfloss.com/article/20360/confederacys-plan-conquer-latin-america NOTE 4: France invaded Mexico in 1862 under the guise of promoting free trade for Europeans in Latin America, while the US was busy fighting the Civil War to enforce the Monroe Doctrine. By January 1863, the French were increasingly successful in their capturing of Mexican towns. Later in 1953, Napoleon III of France established the brother of the Austrian Emperor as Maximilian I as Emperor of the Mexicans. NOTE 5: “Bony” is likely referring to Napoleon Bonaparte III, nephew of Napoleon I. Napoleon III was emperor of France between 1852 and 1870. NOTE 6: Based on a description in Wikipedia, Sir John Falstaff is a fictional character who appears in three plays by William Shakespeare. In two of the Henry IV plays, he is a friend of Prince Hal; the man who becomes King Henry V. Falstaff is very fat. He thinks he is very important and is always boasting. He is also a coward. Falstaff is a comic figure, but Shakespeare makes him say some things, which tell us a lot about human nature. For example: before a battle in Henry IV he explains that his cowardice is actually common sense, because honor in battle is not really worth anything. Honor would not stop other people saying he was a coward and it would not help him if he got injured. NOTE 7: Crosby & Nichols was a popular Boston bookseller in the late 1850s and 1860s with Unitarian proclivities. NOTE 8: A sutler is a civilian merchant who sells provisions to troops in the field, in camp and in quarters. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter/Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Jerome to Sister Abbie, January 23, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Abbie Fredericksburg, VA. Description An account of the resource From Jerome to Abbie Jaquith Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jerome Peirce Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-01-23 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource NPS, Civil War Study Group, Tom Neubig Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For educational purposes with no commercial use. Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, FRSP 16095-16102 (FRSP-00904). 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Title A name given to the resource 1863 Letter Archive Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Newport News 7th Feb 1863 My very dear Sisters Mary and Hattie, Will you accept of a word of thanks, in another letter from me, for your kind letter? I wish I could write you something “real interesting” but the rain is beating in and makes a little blacker mark occasionally as you see, when it strikes my paper. Have been waiting for a letter from Will since the fight and you may know I am happy with you that our friends escaped the death blow and I trust they will soon be restored to you and that in God’s good time we shall meet again at the old home in P.V. [Probably Pleasant Valley] How I wish you could all be here some sunny days to stroll on this beautiful river beach! Would we not dream of Powhatan and his daughter, not forgetting the gallant dead who fell near here, Little and Big Bethel. And then how much the wrecks of the Cumberland and Congress bring to mind. And they are both in sight by a few steps walk. The river is about 4 miles wide here, a clear expanse of blue water with a forest on the opposite shore and the whole country is dead level with a little unevenness. ‘Twould be a lovely scene, very, but as it is, it is charming and in warm weather with birds, verdure and flowers, a fit use indeed for taste and fashion of Rebeldom, about 40 miles to Richmond. When settled we shall be busy with the various duties as at muster, guard and detail of a brigade such as duty at the wharf, for there is much to do. So you must not think unmindful of you but share this letter, as we shall have to be “soldiers” here. Tell Will I wish much to hear from him. Wish I could get to him for it is only a few miles to him, 20 or 30, or he to me. Hope to meet them someday yet. With the love of your Bro. [Brother] Jerome TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES (Ben Raterman and Josef Rokus) NOTE 1: His “sisters” were probably actually his sisters-in law Mary Frances Jaquith (Born in 1841) and Harriet (Hattie) Walker Jaquith (Born in 1845). NOTE 2: In referring to the “recent fight,” he was referring to the Battle of Big Bethel which was one of the earliest land battles of the Civil War. It took place on the Virginia Peninsula, near Newport News, Virginia, on June 10, 1861. NOTE 3: The union ship Cumberland was rammed and sunk in an engagement with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) at Newport News, Virginia on March 8, 1862. NOTE 4: The Union ship Congress was anchored off Newport News, Virginia, as part of the Union blockade of that port on March 8, 1862, when she fell under attack by the Confederate CSS Virginia (ex-USS Merrimack) and five other small ships. After exchanging broadsides with Virginia, Congress slipped her moorings and ran aground in shallow water. The ironclad and her consorts attacked from a distance and inflicted great damage on the ship, killing 120. Ablaze in several places and unable to bring guns to bear on the enemy, Congress was forced to strike her colors and raise a white flag. Heavy shore batteries prevented Virginia from taking possession. Instead she fired several rounds of hot shot and incendiary causing Congress to burn to the water's edge, and her magazine to explode. Eventually, during the battle, Congress sank by the stern. 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Description An account of the resource From Jerome to Mary and Hattie Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jerome Peirce Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-02-07 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource NPS, Civil War Study Group, Ben Raterman (Transcriber) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For educational purposes with no commercial use. Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, FRSP 16095-16102 (FRSP-00904). Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 6.41 X 4.1 6.19 X 12.05 jpg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Letter #69 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Newport News, VA. Hattie Walker Jaquith Jerome Peirce Mary Frances Jaquith Newport News VA. Sister in Law https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/4f544e786ccadfb9201c242a00c6425e.jpg afd229a35643f3366354aeadf42172c5 https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/49d3fb6a10b5ab111289b3af9da6ddc1.jpg 4f203724e5bdbe47c117132c130d2bcf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1863 Letter Archive Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document LETTER TRANSCRIPTION Walpole [Massachusetts], July 5, 1863 My dear friend, You will see I have been writing to your husband and not knowing how to send [a letter] to him, I thought you would enclose it in one of your letters. I have written upon so thin paper it will probably not weigh too much. I know you must have much anxiety and many troubled hours. I hope your little Lucy will be well. She must be so much comfort to you. I saw your sister at C. soon after Jerome left. I have not been there recently. Dr. Ellis will soon be absent for his vacation and I suppose his parish will be scattered as usual in summer. We have been hoping to see Miss Loring here recently, but she has not yet arrived. She is so much occupied with her school that she finds little time for visits. I had but little news to write Jerome yet I kept on scribbling. I should be glad to hear from you. With a kiss for little Lucy and love to yourself, I am yours affectionately L. M. Ellis TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE Jerome mentioned the Ellis family, and Dr. George E. Ellis in particular, in several of his letters, including that he had received a letter from Lucy M. Ellis, who presumably wrote this letter. In one of his letters, Jerome mentions that he would send a letter he had received from Lucy Ellis to Allie, which could have been this one. Based on references made to Lucy Ellis in several letters, Lucy M. Ellis was almost definitely the wife of Dr. George E. Ellis. The Ellis family had established a relationship with Jerome and Allie because Ellis was the pastor in the church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, that the Peirce family belonged to prior to moving to Orange, Massachusetts. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter/Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From L. M. Ellis (Friend) to Allie, July 5, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource Ellis, L. M. Allie Walpole, MA. Description An account of the resource From L. M. Ellis (Friend) to Allie Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource L. M. Ellis Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-07-05 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource NPS, Civil War Study Group, Josef Rokus (Transcriber) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For educational purposes with no commercial use. Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, FRSP 16095-16102 (FRSP-00904). Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 5.9 X 8.75 5.9 X 8.75 Jpg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Letter #136 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Walpole, MA. Allie L. M. Ellis Walpole MA. https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/ea4d1afa47cb6d92d7e1c2e54b3dd12a.jpg 4c836bd750eae9123ada996a8b583790 https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/60b9b8c28cefff9a6e45c6703568e8a9.jpg e190bbd6f038a70443e8699fec617c25 https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/e16fb814a782948ea3e7616916604b81.jpg c6a540c871ad04b9cbe2a42a2eb38c26 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1863 Letter Archive Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document LETTER TRANSCRIPTION Charlestown [Massachusetts] June 7, 1863 My dear Friend Thank you most kindly for sending me such a nice letter. It was a most welcome assurance that you remember me, though so far away. I have often wished to write you, but I know you had very many correspondents who could interest you more by giving you local news. Still, I may be allowed to say, no one could write you who could feel a deeper interest in your welfare than I do (excepting of course your own immediate family). I have heard from you often through your letters to others and they are prized by all. I am rejoiced that you enjoy good health but you must be very careful of yourself during the warm or rather hot weather - (i. e.) if a soldier can do so – avoid exposure to everything which will cause fever and ague. I dread it much for our soldiers. Abbie is now in Billerica, her brother having arrived. I had a call from Albinia when she was in town, but she promises me a longer visit and says she will bring that dear little girl of yours. I saw her photograph, she is very cunning indeed. May you all be spared to meet again in health and happiness. The course for which you have risked your life is so sacred that you go on your way cheerfully and trustingly, knowing that you depend upon an arm stronger than all earthly support. Many, very many, brave and true must fall on the battlefield. Here we know very little about the sufferings of our soldiers. We read the accounts, but that is all. We cannot fully appreciate it. We can cut and make garments, send them by Express, but if we could only be with the sick and dying to aid them, it would be a greater comfort. I am proud of every one of my friends who has enlisted in this glorious effort to save our Union and abolish slavery. With brave hearts and true, we shall conquer. It is a great work and will require time and life. Whoever of us lives to see the end will rejoice surely. Our officers are not as a general thing of the right stamp. Keep up good courage. You have it in your power with your habits and many good qualities of character to affect very favorably all those around you. I know you are in the path of duty, and I cheerfully bid you Godspeed. Looking forward with hope and pleasure to the day when I can welcome you home crowned with success. “Our Companies” are soon to return – the nine months men. Who will fill their places? We need them all in the field. Mr. Murray probably writes you all these accounts. We have today had a grand discourse from our good pastor Dr. Ellis. The communion Sabbath subject [was] the “Mediation at prayer”. Our church is increasing, slowly. I wonder that more are not drawn to this beautiful rite. Would that I could find others whom I see all around me led to realize their need of these helps to the formation of a Christian character. Worldliness abounds, and the good word falls on stony hearts. Am glad you enjoy the Register. I must be off to the school at the “Point”. Will bid you goodbye with every wish for your health and safe return to your family and many friends. I enjoy Abbie’s company very much. She is a good girl. When you feel like doing so, please write to your friend. L. [Lucy] I. Walker TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES (Josef Rokus) NOTE 1: In his Letter No. 118, dated May 30, 1863, Jerome refers to a previous letter from Miss Lucy Walker and having received a copy of the “Register” newspaper from her as follows: “I mailed a letter to Miss Lucy Walker for her kindness in sending the Register.” NOTE 2: Abbie (Abigail) Jaquith was Allie’s younger sister. Abbie was born in 1836, and she died in 1915. Allie (Albinia) was born in 1834, and she died in 1920. NOTE 3: “Dr. Ellis” was Rev. George E. Ellis who was the pastor in the church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, that the Peirce family belonged to prior to moving to Orange, Massachusetts. An Internet search provided the following details about him. George Edward Ellis was born in 1814 in Boston, Massachusetts, and he died in 1894, also in Boston. He graduated from Harvard College in 1833 and from the Harvard Divinity School in 1836, and he was ordained in 1840 as the pastor of the Harvard Unitarian Church in Charlestown, Massachusetts. From 1857 until 1863, he was professor of systematic theology in the Harvard Divinity School. In addition to being the pastor at the church, he also wrote and lectured extensively. George Ellis resigned from the pastorate of the Harvard Unitarian Church in 1869. He was president of the Massachusetts Historical Society and also a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University in 1850 – 1854. Harvard awarded him the degree of D.D. in 1857 and that of L.L.D. in 1883. He is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Ellis wrote a lengthy letter to the Rev. Levi Ballou at the church in North Orange, Massachusetts, where the funeral service was held in June of 1864 in remembrance of Jerome requesting that his letter be read at that service. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter/Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Lucy I. Walker (Friend) to Jerome, June 7, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource Walker, Lucy I. Peirce, Jerome Charlestown, MA. Description An account of the resource From Lucy I. Walker (Friend) to Jerome Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lucy I. Walker Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-06-07 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource NPS, Civil War Study Group, Barb Davidson (Transcriber) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For educational purposes with no commercial use. Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, FRSP 16095-16102 (FRSP-00904). Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 6 X 8.5 10.5 X 8.15 6 X 8.1 Jpg Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Letter #124 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Charlestown, MA. Charlestown MA Jerome Peirce Lucy I. 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Text Any textual data included in the document Charlestown Aug 21st 1862 My dear Friend, It was with mingled feelings of joy and sorrow that I learned that you had decided to take up with the soldier’s life. I know the decision to do so, cost you many a bitter pang, leaving as you do wife, child and the numerous other friends with the great uncertainty as there must necessarily be of ever meeting them again on earth. Still you have done no more than duty requires of you, and why need we fear the result if actuated by high motives of right? My only sorrow for you is the fear that your health is not adequate to the undertaking. I will cast aside all these fears now; and commend you to the guardian care of that Power who “never slumbers or sleeps,” and who will be over you as well on the Battle field as in your own quiet home, if you only have faith and trust in Him. I know you well enough to be assured that you will do so, and that when moments of danger and anxiety are about you you will cast all your care upon your Saviour who careth for you ever. Our Country is in danger, and it is incumbent upon us all as Christians that we should do all we can to crush this terrible rebellion. God speed the right, and if in his all wise judgment we can obtain liberty for our people by a baptism of blood may we each and all be willing to do our part without repining. I am proud of many of my “Boys” who have gone to aid the cause, and I embrace this occasion to call you by that name, and to assure you, that my prayers and earnest petitions shall go up to the throne of grace for you as of old. Come back to us in health when you have done your work, but if it should be otherwise ordained may we meet in a better land. I send you a little memento from our Relief Society. I should be glad to hear from you. Yours with love and best wishes. Lucy J. Walker. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Letter #7 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Charlestown, MA. Charlestown Jerome Peirce Lucy J. Walker MA. https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/edcf1ad472c6aabb8f9ff507356f0a2d.jpg ec4d20433bc46182bca42e0618ca29a9 https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/c652f9d272e7913bacdf43b87d67413e.jpg f2140460c3f8cc822f30c15a9749a180 https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/e5e00e1b71370e3663f38a88502f1727.jpg b8f7526f9908c91d6a65c1eaf48f90a7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1863 Letter Archive Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Walpole, March 8th/63 My dear friend, Thinking you will be glad to hear from me in your far distant resting place. I must tell you how grateful I was, and so were all our family, to hear directly from you. I know you are farther removed now, but I trust my little missive will find you, and in some leisure moments you will know that friendly hearts follow you in your dangerous paths, and pray [to] the Heavenly Father to shield you from harm and return you to kindred and home. You will like to hear from the good city of C [Charlestown] and that I have lately passed a week there. I knew at that particular time I should not see my reverend brother as he was absent at Baltimore but it was a more convenient time for me. In his pulpit, I heard President Hill now of Cambridge. The teachers held an evening meeting at Miss Loving’s. Mr. Everett was able to preside and is looking quite well, I am glad to say. Miss Walker appeared as usual. The most feeble looking person I saw was Mr. Studley, the Superintendent. I called at Miss Stetson’s, Miss Gregory’s and, of course, at Mrs. Greenleaf’s. Mr. G. is absent most of the time. I do not see great changes from time to time, but there are some whom we miss. Mr. John Hurd who was so constant in attendance, we shall see no more. I think I wrote you that Mr. Ellis’ brother was to be married. The happy event occurred on the coldest day of the winter, the 7th of Feb. Mr. Ellis and I drove to Newton and I never was out so long in so severe weather but we received no material harm. The ceremony was performed by the brothers and everything passed off well. There were over forty friends present and all went “merry as a marriage fete”. It is pleasant to have the house occupied again where Mr. Ellis’ mother lived so long I think I wrote you we had Mr. Adams with us. He will be with us another year probably, and it is very pleasant for us. Both he and Mr. Ellis went to the inauguration of President Hill and the exercises gave them much pleasure. Ex-President Quincy was carried in to be present on the platform. Although over ninety, and with a dislocated hip, he has much animation left. Two weeks ago the ladies of Walpole held a levee for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission. We had an address from Rev. J. F. W. Ware which was of course excellent, with music, etc. in the church, and in the vestry all good things to eat, a fair table, post office, etc. to obtain all the money we could for the good cause and over $200 was collected after all expenses were paid. It is expended in flannel, which the ladies are to make us for the sick and wounded soldiers. I trust it will do good for those who are suffering for their country. We enjoyed the evening very much and so a double object was gained. I have heard much of Alonzo Ranlett’s illness. I trust he is out of danger now as I do not hear sadder news which was anticipated. I learned that Ellen had gone with her parents to see him. For her sake as well as his other friends, I hope his life will be spared. What do you hear from your own home, of your wife and little Lucy? I hope they are well. We have a snow storm today so I have not been out. I am looking forward to a sleigh ride which I very much like. I am glad you can have books for it is your comfort everywhere. I hope you have a good chaplain and I know your thoughts go home at sacred seasons and you may think that friends are remembering you. I read the Atlantic Monthly which Mr. Adams takes and it is very pleasant. We miss him much at his vacations. He is one of the right kind of persons to be in a family. Mother and Mr. Ellis send kind regards to you. Write whenever you can. Yours truly, Lucy M. Ellis TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: (Josef Rokus) NOTE 1: Lucy Ellis apparently was the sister of Rev. George E. Ellis. Rev. Ellis sent a letter to Rev. Ballou in North Orange, Massachusetts, on June 15, 1864, with notes he wished to have read at Jerome’s memorial service. (See Letter No. 225) The following are more details about Rev. Ellis. George E. Ellis was the pastor in the church in Charlestown, Massachusetts, that the Peirce family belonged to prior to moving to Orange, Massachusetts. An Internet search provided the following details about him. George Edward Ellis was born in 1814 in Boston, Massachusetts, and he died in 1894, also in Boston. He graduated from Harvard College in 1833 and from the Harvard Divinity School in 1836, and he was ordained in 1840 as the pastor of the Harvard Unitarian Church in Charlestown, Massachusetts. From 1857 until 1863, he was professor of systematic theology in the Harvard Divinity School. In addition to being the pastor at the church, he also wrote and lectured extensively. George Ellis resigned from the pastorate of the Harvard Unitarian Church in 1869. He was president of the Massachusetts Historical Society and also a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University in 1850-1854. Harvard awarded him the degree of D.D. in 1857 and that of L.L.D. in 1883. He is buried in the Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. NOTE 2: The United States Sanitary Commission was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the Union Army during the Civil War. It operated across the North, raised an estimated $25 million in Civil War era revenue (or approximately $400 million in 2018 dollars) and in-kind contributions to support the cause, and it enlisted thousands of volunteers. NOTE 3: The “Alonzo” referred to in his letters was Seth Alonzo Ranlett. Ranlett enlisted in Co. B of the 36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment as a Private on July 24, 1862, at age 22, and he was from Charlestown, Massachusetts. He was promoted to First Sergeant on August 27, 1862, and was commissioned as a First Lieutenant on December 1, 1862. On December 17, 1862, he was appointed Adjutant of the Regiment. He was mustered out “on account of physical disability from disease incurred in the service” on February 20, 1864. Ranlett was born on March 18, 1840, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, and he died May 21, 1905, in Newton, Massachusetts. Ranlett’s wife was Ellen Peirce Ranlett, with a date of birth of March 22, 1842, and a date of death of January 12, 1914. They were married on January 21, 1864. Ellen Peirce was one of the children of Foster Peirce and his wife Catherine Abby Beaman. Also, Foster Peirce was a brother of Jerome. Therefore, the Jerome mentioned in this letter was one of Jerome’s nieces, and starting on January 21, 1864, Alonzo was the husband of one of his nieces. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter/Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Lucy M. Ellis to Jerome, March 8, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource Ellis, Lucy M. Walpole, MA. Peirce, Jerome Description An account of the resource From Lucy M. Ellis to Jerome Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lucy M. Ellis Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-03-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource NPS, Civil War Study Group, Paul and Louis Marahrens (Transcribers) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For educational purposes with no commercial use. Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, FRSP 16095-16102 (FRSP-00904). 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1863 Letter Archive Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Walpole Jan 18th/63 My dear friend, I have been wishing to write you, but have not known how to direct a letter. Thinking Mr. Murray may know your address, I shall send it to him. I often search the paper for some account of the 36th Regiment, and within a day or two have seen it mentioned where it is located. How do you like military life? I trust you are well and bearing patiently the trials of the camp. Your friend will often think of you doing your duty to your country. Knowing your patriotism, I was not surprised to hear of your determination to “fight for the flag”, yet I knew it would cost you a pang to leave home and friends. I hope you hear often from your wife and little Lucy and that they are well. We are going on as usual. Mother has been quite well during the winter, but is now suffering from a cold. We have had very little snow, consequently not much sleighing, of which I am very fond. You are probably enjoying mild, pleasant weather, quite in contrast with our New England winter. I saw your wife’s sister at C [Likely Charlestown] made a call, introduced myself so that I might hear from you. It was soon after your Regiment left home. I have not been at C to make a visit this winter, my domestic cares keeping me at home. I think I wrote you that the teacher of our Private School was a member of our family. He still remains with us, and the school is in a prosperous condition. It adds to care, but it is pleasant to have him with us, for he is a good, pleasant person in a family. We had the usual Christmas Festival in the Church. The trimming was tastefully put up, the tree lighted by Chinese Lanterns, with an abundance of useful, pretty gifts. There were quite persons enough present to make it comfortable, but I wish you could have heard the singing by the Scholars. It was the first time they have sung with the organ, and it had a fine effect. My cousins Louisa and Sarah are well and at home. My uncle Mory is in London. He and Aunt went there in the autumn for his health but he has been very ill since. It is hardly to be expected that he will return. Our minister at C is well, and working as usual. I must tell you that we are soon to have a wedding in our family. Mr. Ellis’ bachelor brother is to be married to a young lady at Newton, a second cousin of mine. Some people may say that we helped along the affair if we did so. I hope it will result well. Old bachelors need a little jogging to set them in the right way. They will live in the old mansion house at N. [Newton] and it will be very pleasant to go there. I wish I could think of some great event to write you but there is no topic of public interest but the war, and you probably know more of that than I do. I thought of you on Communion Sunday, the first in the year, so far from home and knew your thoughts would be with kindred and friends. The Company which contains the most of those who went from Walpole is Co K, 44th Regiment at Newbern. [Should probably be New Bern, North Carolina.] Cannot you write sometime? We shall be so glad to hear from you. I can read pencil marks yet. I cannot report any great amount of books read this winter. The last was Ida Pheiffer’s (I think I have not spelled it right) Travels in Madagascar. The days are so short that domestic duties consume most of the time. We have recently had a photograph of Father taken, and it is excellent. Did you have any before you left home? I wish I had one. You will think there is no end to my writing, so hoping for a speedy return of peace to this distracted country and a safe return to home and friends, I must say good night. Yours truly, Lucy TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES (Josef Rokus) NOTE 1: The Battle of New Berne was fought on March 14, 1862, near the city of New Bern, North Carolina, as part of the Burnside Expedition. The US Army's Coast Division, led by Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside and accompanied by armed vessels from the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, were opposed by an undermanned and badly trained Confederate force of North Carolina soldiers and militia led by Brigadier General Lawrence O'B. Branch. Although the defenders fought behind breastworks that had been set up before the battle, their line had a weak spot in its center that was exploited by the attacking Federal soldiers. When the center of the line was penetrated, many of the militia broke, forcing a general retreat of the entire Confederate force. General Branch was unable to regain control of his troops until they had retreated to Kinston, more than 30 miles away. New Bern came under Federal control, and remained so for the rest of the war. NOTE 2: Ida Laura Pfeiffer (1797 – 1858) was an Austrian traveler and travel book author. She was one of the first female explorers, whose popular books were translated into seven languages. In May 1857 she set out to explore Madagascar, where at first she was cordially received by the queen Ranavalona I. She unwittingly allowed herself to be involved in a plot to overthrow the government together with a few other Europeans in apparent collaboration with crown prince Rakoto (the future king Radama II). Upon learning of the attempted coup, the queen executed the Malagasy involved but spared the Europeans, whom she expelled from the country in July 1857. On the way back, Pfeiffer contracted a disease (likely malaria) and never fully recovered. She died in Vienna a year later in 1858, likely from malaria complications. A travelogue describing her final voyage, Reise nach Madagaskar (“Trip to Madagascar”), was published in Vienna in 1861 in two volumes and included a biography written by her son Oskar Pfeiffer. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Letter/Paper Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Lucy to Jerome, January 18, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource Ellis, Lucy M. Peirce, Jerome Walpole, MA. Description An account of the resource From Lucy to Jerome Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lucy M. Ellis Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Jerome Peirce Collection, National Park Service Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available HIST 428 (Spring 2020), University of Mary Washington Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-01-18 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource NPS, Civil War Study Group, Paul and Louise Marahrens (Transcribers) Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource For educational purposes with no commercial use. Courtesy of National Park Service, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania NMP, FRSP 16095-16102 (FRSP-00904). 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