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Text Any textual data included in the document Evening at Pleasant Valley Camp Md 22d Oct 1862. My dearest Wife and Lulu, It is eve, and Revielle [sic] will sound soon but will add a few words to you to go with Mary’s. Your two letters Came to hand yesterday and today, and the tea. many, many thanks for the same. It seemed so good after getting from guard duty this morn to have a cup of nice tea as I did this noon and Eve. I have written Mary in letter giving some little items I thought would interest, and I owed her a better letter even than that. I have no news in particular. Your letter done me much good, and I trust you will be able to see much yet to be thankful for. Kind friends have helped you so you can see your way through one change more, which I trust will not be without some pleasant scenes that will help you along in my absence. Have just been out to Roll call, and what should I find but another letter, from Sister Kate, a dear good one. will answer soon. Also a note from Ed H and Peirce. Am I not favored[?] We are near a mail station, and the Cars run regular near us which accounts for it. My mind has been so much with you, as I knew you was packing up—a homesick job I know, but I trust is all for the best. Good night, with a K. [kiss] as I must put out the light. Thu[r]s morn. Have just got up a little after 6 A.M. quite cool, but slept “warm as toast,” and our tents are very comfortable, and we are living well, as meat fresh, can be had. We manage to get some fruit[--]Apples—which agree with me. You ask some questions, whether I am allowed for shirts &c. certainly nothing is changed but what we have we have about 42 dolls allowed for clothing &c. independent of our wages. I have not drawn more than half, and I think not that. I did not see you as we left Worcester, altho’ I tried hard enough. Saw Mrs Hobbs and Walker. it was hard walking and Could not look about for fear of slipping down[.] the load was heavy, and the pavements slippery. About undershirts—Send them if anyone is Coming out, but not otherwise until I mention again. We are not certain of remaining here, and if we don’t, we might not get anything, but I will tell you more in a few days. I can get shirts of the Sutler, altho’ they ask high. Don’t think I am suffering. I am not. Am well and hearty, and contented. Of course we all want to push on, and get through[.] I think it will close up all at once, and suddenly when it does come, for we have an immense Army here, and at all points, and it will be a big move when it comes. We are all in good spirits, and the friends must try and keep so at home. Jno Miller told me about Henry G’s good fortune and seemed to think he is a lucky man, “always just so,” he says. I hope H will make the most of it, and improve it, and appreciate it. There was a mail went at Roll Call, but this will be delayed till night. I send you two letters a week. My regards to Joseph I [word missing] he will find business enough to pay and keep up good Courage for we shall all come out right yet, and his children at least will see better times, for all this trial, and that thought is a great deal with me. Regards to all friends, and as ever Your loving husband Jerome P.S. I bought an undershirt this morn. A good one ribbed, so You need not send unless you have a safe chance. I prefer that kind next to the skin. No news since morn. It is almost P M. drill hour. Boyden is out of the hospital and doing well. 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 Allie and Lulu, October 22, 1862 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Allie and Lulu Pleasant Valley Camp, MD. Description An account of the resource From Jerome to Allie and Lulu 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 1862-10-22 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource NPS, Civil War Study Group, Donald Pfanz (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 7 X 4.75 - 1st Scan 7 X 9.75 - 2nd Scan 11.5 X 9.75 - 3rd Scan 7 X 9.75 - 4th Scan 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 #26 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Pleasant Valley, MD. 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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 LETTER TRANSCRIPTION Camp “Dick Robinson” Ky. Sat Eve. April 11th, 1863 My dearest Allie, Events have multiplied today, and as my tent-mates are out, and all quiet, I will send a line. We received a generous mail today and I had some twelve letters, yours of Mch 25 - 27, a note in Henry’s and another from Chelsea. The wind blows and my candle burns out very fast, but I feel that every favorable moment must be improved. Ben E. is come in and I will stop awhile. Almost “Tattoo” (9 o’clk). All still again, a shower, but now starlight. Have been out this eve. getting some small bills, change etc. And now about money matters. I enclose in this a “check” on Worcester Bank but it is good at any bank or store in Mass. and you can turn it into money and I thought it the safest way to send it, for it is good only to you and if lost can be replaced and being so far from home thought I would do [it] this way and it is creditable to the Regt. to see the amount which is large, very, that is sent home in this way. I enclose $2.00 in bills also and trust it will reach you safely and be some help to you, and but that I am so far from home, would gladly send you more. I shall have $10.00, having sold the boots that were in a box that came up from Leesboro. And now let me say that I mentioned that the money came safely and Lulu’s picture, the little one of yourself also came today and the money, for which many thanks and a kiss. I am delighted with the picture and am glad you are looking so well and had a cheerful expression on purpose for me. Keep it my dear Allie and I fondly trust we shall meet and be happy yet. Ben E. said we should have to ask some explanation how it is our wives look so well in our absence! He and I enjoy much together, and we pass hours together daily. I wrote you yesterday and cannot say all I would like to, but I wanted to acknowledge yours, for it has been such a jubilee in camp and now a violin is playing Money Musk in the next tent, and you would think we had merry times, but there is one that does not forget his home. It makes me full of courage if my friends will remember me and believe that I have acted from the highest motives, as Heaven knows I have and only ask to press forward and do the best to bring this wicked war to a close. There is much that is interesting and awakening in this country and things look more encouraging from the fact that people seem in earnest, and the officers of this Department are thorough-going. One word about my health. I was not aware that I write in sentiment any different than I do to you, altho’ I may express myself differently. I have tried to be very truthful to you for I know full well that you would feel better to know the truth. Mrs. Hall said me and you know what she said. I am better than then. Altho’ this march, in the spring and first and on roads as hard as rock, it cut us up terribly as I wrote you yesterday, but I am doing nicely, am some stiff in the joints but feet are healing rapidly. Have a nice pair of army shoes so I shall do well enough now. Why Allie, I make it a conscientious study to take care of myself and the moment I feel that I am broken or seriously disabled, I shall try and get home and not die here from overwork for then I consider my duty done. As I look over our grand country I feel like defending it to the last and so I shall with a good Providence to help and sustain. Ah, Allie, the true soldier is not uncompensated here! To hear the clear bugle notes ring out among these grand old forest trees night and morning as it rouses us to duty and then follows the sweet birds, I never appreciated them as much before! All these things help to keep up the Man! Had a letter from Ellen. They don’t say that Alonzo has given up the idea of returning to the Army, altho’ I heard by one of Co. B’s men that he had. Was pleased that you had such a pleasant time at Chelsea etc. I think they all [are] doing well for the times, and trust much joy will come of the little things. I received a letter from Bowen at Jamestown. They too have a boy! Born in March and he was quite funny about it. Will send you it sometime. Phipps too remembered me, also two from Abbie and Jos H. had eleven letters. What I meant by surprising the North, I imagined we were to be stationed at or near Baltimore and Washington to guard elections but we were at Cincinnati instead. I fondly trust that if it must be, you will find some pleasant way [of] occupying yourself and where you will find surroundings that will help cheer you. Received a letter from Mary and Mother, thank them ever so kindly for it and particularly for this sentence in Mother’s letter, “The thought that you are performing your duty to your Country to the best of your ability must give you comfort and support”. Ah, Allie to think that there are those who would make you sad by saying I mistook my high duty in these fearful times, and when I never thought over a matter so deeply and solemnly before, the circumstances of the final enlistment are no sign of haste. No, I felt that far more than personal interest and family ties were at stake, and I have had more and more to convince me that I done right, and I trust and believe that we shall one day have a country worth living for. Allie, ‘tis a fiery trial we are passing through. It is getting late and I must close. There has been confusion in the tent some of the time and this is a poor Sat. night letter, but I feared we might march tomorrow and then comes uncertainty, dust and fatigue but I learn that we shall probably remain here for another day. Our Brigade are once more together. The 45th Penn came up today. Tell Mary I take great comfort with the little daily text book she sent me and a precious little reminder of her it is. I wish her much pleasure in her old school, and how is Hattie and Joe? Had a letter from Will and Frank, March 30. All well. Write immediately on receipt of this and I hope to get an answer to letters from Lexington soon. And now my dearest wife, remember the same good being watches over us as we lay us down to sleep, I in my blankets in my tent with the stars peeping in, you to your softer couch. May your slumbers be comforting and sweet and little Lulu darling, a good night kiss from Papa and to you from your ever loving husband Jerome Co. Regt. Corps Burnside’s Dept. Via Cincinnati Ohio You understand this “Check” is good at any bank in Mass. or the same as a Bank Note anywhere. We rec’d four month’s pay to Mch 1st Stamps rec’d all right TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES (Josef Rokus) NOTE 1: Camp Dick Robinson was a large Union Army organizational and training center located near Lancaster in rural Garrard County, Kentucky. The camp was established on August 6, 1861, despite the protests of Governor Beriah Magoffin, a strong secessionist and Southern sympathizer. It was located about halfway between Cincinnati and the Cumberland Gap, and was about 30 miles from Lexington, Kentucky. It was constructed on the farm of Captain Dick Robinson, a strong pro-Union supporter. The post served as a rallying point for local loyalists, as well as for Unionists who had left their homes in eastern Tennessee in order to enlist in the Union army. In 1862, the Confederate Army seized the camp and renamed it "Camp Breckinridge," in honor of Confederate general and former U.S. Vice President John C. Breckinridge, a native Kentuckian. The advance of the Union army into the region forced the Rebels to abandon the camp, and Federal troops regained its possession for the remainder of the war. After hostilities ceased in 1865, the camp was phased out of existence. NOTE 2: The “Ben E.” referred to in the letter was Benjamin B. Edmands. He enlisted as a Private at age 27 from Brookline, Massachusetts, and he was subsequently promoted to Corporal. On January 20, 1864, he was discharged from the 36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment for promotion as a Lieutenant in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers. NOTE 3: Money Musk is the name of a tune and a dance that has been popular for many years and is still heard and danced to today. The tune for Money Musk originated in Scotland in 1776 and the first dance instructions appeared in 1785. By 1792, the tune and dance had made it to North America, and both spread rapidly. Many of today's dancers first encountered the phrase Money Musk when they were children, reading Little House in the Big Woods. It was a tune that Laura's Pa played on his fiddle. See YouTube for examples of the tune being played and dances being performed to it. NOTE 4: The “Alonzo” Jerome 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 Ellen that Jerome mentions in his letters was one of Jerome’s nieces, and starting on January 21, 1864, Alonzo was the husband of one of his nieces. NOTE 5: 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 6: The “Jos. H.” that Jerome referred to in this letter was Joseph H. Peirce. He enlisted as a Private in Orange, Mass., on August 4, 1862, at age 18. Jerome also enlisted in Orange on the same date, but as a corporal. Jerome was 31 years old at the time. According to the Unit History, Joseph H. Peirce was taken Prisoner of War at Pegram Farm, Virginia, on September 30, 1864, (See Letter No. 227) and he was later exchanged. He was discharged on June 21, 1865. Joseph H. Peirce was the son of Joseph Peirce, one of Jerome’s brothers, and was, therefore, Jerome’s nephew. NOTE 7: 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 Allie, April 11, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Allie Bryantsville, KY. 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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 Mond. Apr 11th, 1864 My Ever dear Allie, (Health improving fast) ‘twas a beautiful day yesterday and I anticipated so much pleasure in writing you and Abbie undisturbed, but was doomed to disappointment and in here I tell you why and finally concluded to wait and hear from you by mail today and so finish. But no news from any one. Perhaps the P.M. mail will yet bring something We are quietly taking camp life. Guard duty, which I have done once. Hope when Col Goodell comes, ‘twill be taken off. Officers all off down town with wives. Expected drill today but I was left undisturbed to make my new ‘chevrons’. Took some pieces of my old pants cut them out, stitched with black to form the stripes and sewed them on so. I think they are quite neat and do you see I sewed at least 75%! For the little things are quite important on duty. I’m all in new Bib & Tucker dark and light blue, new shoes and look well enough to go to meeting with you anywhere, which I should like right well to do in old B. [likely Boston]. When shall I? Alas: I can’t tell. I hope the whole Command would go to Worcester in a body and then home but all looks doubtful now and I can hardly ask a furlough with any chance of success. News, I have none. Have been very busy ever since we came, getting clean and in some sort of order. Our camp looks like Newport News again. ‘A’ tents all white and neat. Four and five in a tent. Pine boughs for bedding etc. etc. I’m alone just now. Suppose you are busy as ever. How often I wish your poor heart and hands more leisure that you can refresh them more. You have my constant thoughts and prayers for all good angels to keep and sustain you. You spoke of reading the Epistle of John 3rd. I believe I read it yesterday and have read them all several times – so comforting and sweet and how appropriate for a letter! Have had very poor opportunities of late for a faithful reading of the ‘word’ but I hope to do so now. Am going thru Ezekial now with other selections which I always add from Psalms or New Test[ament]. While we were having our lunch at Pittsburgh Pa. a lady distributed tracts and the ‘Soldier’s Almanac’. A copy of the latter came to me. A great amount of excellent scripture matter and other items in a little pamphlet which I can fold in my pocket book and I prize it much. I still have the ‘Dew Drops’ which Mary gave me in my vest pocket. I speak of this for I do take real comfort with them. Had a ‘Register’ yesterday. What a loss was Ann King! And yet, as Abbie said, what a living example! One of those deaths which cause us to ask who can fill his place? But I see Dr. Bellows is away for the vacant place. How still it is here just now! How much I wish you were here! ‘twould be delightful – so orderly and home like! J.H. has been here. Is trying for a furlough. Hope he’ll obtain it. Wants you and Lulu to meet him at Orange if he gets home. But more of this if he goes. He wrote you yesterday. But how are all at home? Frank to make a change. Hope it will prove for the best. Am glad you go out to tea. Don’t be afraid of little commotions. Soldiers wives must be privileged somewhat. My regards to Mr. Hill. Should think Mary must have a nice time with her friend Mary M. She must write me soon. Will and Hattie and really housekeeping. Shall write them today. I can’t help but think and sigh for the good time we might have in W now, but must still hope on. Where is darling Lulu? She is running about and hearing the birds sing by this time I suppose. They do here where I go for water. Give her a good kiss for Papa, and you too. I use my toothbrush and am as kissable as ever and always. Your own Jerome Transcriber’s Note: The following note, written in red pencil on light blue paper, was enclosed in the same envelope that contained the above letter, along with a small U.S. 34-star flag label: Dear Allie, For Safe Mailing $20.00 Per Sergt. Woodward Jerome Transcriber’s Note: The following note was written on the back of the small U.S. flag label along with some scribbles, almost certainly made by Lulu: From little Lulu to her dear Papa. May 15th 1864 TRANSCRIPTION NOTES (Josef Rokus) NOTE 1: The location from which Jerome wrote this letter is not indicated in his letter. However, there is little doubt that his camp was in or near Annapolis, Md., because his previous letter, dated April 7, 1864, and his following letter, dated April 15, 1864, were both written from Annapolis, Md. See also the following two Notes. NOTE 2: Per the Unit History: December 20, 1863 – April 6, 1864. The regiment moved numerous times in eastern Tennessee, including in the Knoxville area, before being ordered to move by train, by way of Baltimore, to Annapolis, Maryland, where it arrived on April 6, 1864. NOTE 3: Per the Unit History: April 23, 1864 – April 27, 1864. On April 23, the regiment left its camp in Annapolis and marched toward Washington, D.C., reaching the capital two days later. There, the Ninth Corps, including the 36th Massachusetts Regiment, was reviewed by President Lincoln and General Burnside from the balcony of the Willard Hotel. NOTE 4: Part of the postmark of the envelope that contained this letter was removed when the stamp on the envelope was cut out. The remaining postmark reads “OR_____, MS. APR. 19”. At the time of the Civil War, the official post office abbreviation for the state of Massachusetts was “Ms.” or “MS”. (At the time, the abbreviation for Mississippi (which is now abbreviated “MS”) was “Mi.” or “MI”. The official abbreviations for the states have changed a number of times, most recently in 1963.) Therefore, it is a virtual certainty that this letter was mailed from Orange, Mass., on April 19, 1864, eight days after Jerome wrote it. Based on the above note referring to the $20.00 and Lt. Woodward (who was from Orange, Mass. per Note 5 below), it is very likely that Lt. Woodward went home on leave to Orange, Mass., and mailed the envelope and its contents from Orange. That explains the elapsed time between the date of the letter and the postmark date. NOTE 5: Per the Unit History: Lt. Philip G. Woodward, from Orange, Mass., enlisted as a sergeant at age 25 on Aug. 6, 1862, in Company H of the 36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to second lieutenant on Oct. 26, 1863, and to first lieutenant on May 15, 1864. He was wounded in action at Cold Harbor, Va., on June 3, 1864, but returned to duty. He was promoted to captain on Oct. 13, 1864, and was mustered out of the service with the 36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment on June 8, 1865. For reference, Jerome Peirce was also from Orange, Mass., he enlisted as a corporal on Aug. 4, 1862, and he also served in Company H of the 36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. In addition to Woodward and Peirce, twenty other men from Orange enlisted between Aug. 4, 1862, and Aug. 8, 1862. NOTE 6: The ‘Register’ newspaper was The Christian Register (1821–1957). It was the leading American Unitarian weekly, published by the American Unitarian Association, Boston, until 1957 when the title was changed to The Unitarian Register. In 1961, the journal merged with The Universalist Leader and is still published today by the Unitarian Universalist Association as UU World. Jerome refers to it in other letters. It also published Allie’s death notice in its March 18, 1920, edition. 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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 #206 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD. Allie Annapolis Jerome Peirce MD. https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/301671b0cb85606cf64c0755b07cca2c.jpg e38837e9cabfa2712e4108757ed60e9a https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/f57ac29c7ede756213cd9409de2bd78f.jpg 461b7dd48a4943f294a389277ce0a591 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 Sunday morning [April 12, 1863] Thought I would add a word this morn [morning]. I understand we are to be paid every two months. Perhaps I will send home more by and by. I said I should keep $10.00. I have twelve with the sale I mentioned but got me a pr. of shoes which cost $1.50 so with one or two other things will have me about $10.00. Shall be very careful and will send enough for stamps if I can’t get them here. Speaking of promotion, I should like a commission and would apply if I could see my way clear. What do the friends say? If I left this Regt. [Regiment] should have to be regularly discharged and there is little show here. I have won a good reputation so far and influence goes a great ways. I am not indifferent but shall make the most of my lot here, but the way to come at it where there is so much rivalry. Am feeling nicely this morn [morning], a beautiful spring morn. I hope you will enjoy much this day and receive strength, spiritually and bodily. Found these peach blossoms on the ground as I came from washing. As ever your Jerome Am weighing 135 pounds and started from Cin. [Cincinnati] with a total load of 58 lbs! just as I march. Of course ‘tis much reduced now. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES NOTE 1: Although this letter does not explicitly indicate the date on which it was written nor the location from where it was written, based on the text, date and location of the previous letter (No. 99) and the text of this letter, this letter was written on April 12, 1863, while Jerome was at Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky. NOTE 2: Regarding the “sale” referred to in this letter, he was probably referring to the sale of his watch a few weeks earlier because in his letter of February 11, 1863, to Allie (Letter No. 59) he wrote, “Have not told me if you got all the money from the sale of my watch.” 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 Allie, April 12, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Allie Camp Dick Robinson Bryantsville, KY. Description An account of the resource From Jerome to Allie 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 1863-04-12 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). 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Allie Bryantsville KY Camp Dick Robinson Jerome Peirce https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/1fe4f0c1afdaa758d78d9b6a33181163.jpg ae5bf4ea42f04248b508aa5499f8571a https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/2684e13c3446924a9aaac64ada3b0901.jpg 5f82bc9ef33d3b51936cd77db3505119 https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/d8ac540db9bdc86db3baeda6449936a6.jpg 8a2896bd866ba14c2fa361a2313e11cd 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 Camp “Dick Robinson”, Ky 15th Apr. 1863 My very dear wife, It is a cool drizzly morning and we keep to our tents. Have been quite busy mending, fastening buttons. No letters since last Sat. and we begin to feel impatient. We shall remain quietly in camp and have nicely recovered from the effects of the march, and nature is putting on her finest carpet of green. They have taken great pains clearing the grounds and the grass is putting forth beautifully and the birds are singing and it seems indeed like spring. It is really pleasant and I wish you could be nicely fixed in this neighborhood till the campaign was over for there are cozy nice looking old farm houses near our grounds which look homelike. Have been looking at your pictures and it almost seems as though I could hear you and Lulu as you move about. I suppose you are once more at B [Billerica]. I hope things will work in some way to favor you. There is quite a change in affairs in our tent. Jos. H. is going on the supply train again learning. Also one other of our tent fellows and still another is trying for a chance. Hope J. H. will succeed for I think [he] can do better there if he tries. The season will be better, and far better roads than in Va. Of course I can tell you no news but I love to send you a few words to keep you company as sort of pocket companions. Have written Bowen and Phillips. Hope I shall hear from some of them ere long. I can’t understand why our mail is so long arriving. A letter or two comes nearly every day but no large amount as there should be. Saw B. Edmands as usual yesterday. His wife is having good success at Wheeling. A little later as I finished the last sentence, Ben E. peeped in but is on duty and could not stay. Was with him last eve. laughing over “Merry Wives of Windsor” (Shakespeare). Jos. H. came in, been off to attend to his teams. Has bought him a revolver. Folks sometimes ask about accouterments in camp. Here ball playing is the great game. There are also cannon balls here from some old army stores and they practice throwing and rolling them a good deal. Capt. S. is about as smart as any. I do not play a great altho [I] used to pitch “quoits” some at Newport News. Newspaper news is quite uncertain and doubtful. Saw papers of Apr. 8th at B. E.’s tent last eve. Hope the work is progressing favorably at Charleston, S.C. See no signs of our moving yet awhile. Does it look like spring yet? Any work begun yet? How much I would like to be with the folks and try farming a little. Mary, I ought to have something interesting for you for your last [letter]. But ‘tis all one story here, bugles and drums most of the time. I rove about thinking of dear friends at home being “on the Colors”. Have nothing to do in camp but to keep up my health and strength. By the way, we ‘Color Guard’ are to have an additional badge on our sleeve. Imagine me sprouting the following, the star being recently added as in the old Regts [Regiments]. Shall I ever have two on the shoulders? Mary, when your scholars march, they must start with the left foot! and when turning, turn to the right, this is military. What’s Miss Hattie doing? Do I owe her a letter? My recent rambles have put me out of all account of letters received. Jos. H. wishes to remind you, Allie, that you owe him a letter, although he knows you have much to think of. Tell Lulu I am watching to find some flowers to send her but have seen none as yet. There are lots of little frogs tho running about here and some that are not so little. Jos. H. and another brought in some twenty dollars worth of stuff from a store nearby the other P.M. and sold all in a few moments to the boys Cheese, candy, cigars, bread, etc., etc., etc. Payday makes things lively. I don’t know as I can add anything more to this. Hope we shall have a mail before night. Hope you receive all my letters. Mailed one Sunday with $42.00. My sleeve stars have just come and I must be putting them on. Love to friends and as ever to your dear self from Your loving husband Jerome TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES NOTE 1: Camp Dick Robinson was a large Union Army organizational and training center located near Lancaster in rural Garrard County, Kentucky. The camp was established on August 6, 1861, despite the protests of Governor Beriah Magoffin, a strong secessionist and Southern sympathizer. It was located about halfway between Cincinnati and the Cumberland Gap and was about 30 miles from Lexington, Kentucky. It was constructed on the farm of Captain Dick Robinson, a strong pro-Union supporter. The post served as a rallying point for local loyalists, as well as for Unionists who had left their homes in eastern Tennessee in order to enlist in the Union army. In 1862, the Confederate Army seized the camp and renamed it "Camp Breckinridge," in honor of Confederate general and former U.S. Vice President John C. Breckinridge, a native Kentuckian. The advance of the Union army into the region forced the Rebels to abandon the camp, and Federal troops regained its possession for the remainder of the war. After hostilities ceased in 1865, the camp was phased out of existence. NOTE 2: The “Jos. H.” that Jerome referred to in this letter was Joseph H. Peirce. He enlisted as a Private in Orange, Mass., on August 4, 1862, at age 18. Jerome also enlisted in Orange on the same date, but as a corporal. Jerome was 31 years old at the time. According to the Unit History, Joseph H. Peirce was taken Prisoner of War at Pegram Farm, Virginia, on September 30, 1864, (See Letter No. 227) and he was later exchanged. He was discharged on June 21, 1865. Joseph H. Peirce was the son of Joseph Peirce, one of Jerome’s brothers, and was, therefore, Jerome’s nephew. NOTE 3: Benjamin B. Edmands enlisted as a Private at age 27 from Brookline, Massachusetts, and he was subsequently promoted to Corporal. On January 20, 1864, he was discharged for promotion as a Lieutenant in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteers. NOTE 4: The “Capt. S” referred to in the letter was Captain Christopher Sawyer. Sawyer enlisted as a Captain at age 28 from Templeton, Massachusetts, on August 22, 1862, and he commanded Company H of the 36th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the company that Jerome was assigned to. He was discharged on account of disability on February 19, 1864. NOTE 5: Quoits is a game in which flat rings of iron or rope are pitched at a stake, with points awarded for encircling it. 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 Allie, April 13, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Allie Camp Dick Robinson Bryantsville, KY. Description An account of the resource From Jerome to Allie 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 1863-04-13 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. 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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 Annapolis, Md 15th Apr 1864 Well my dear little wife Here I am in my tent with your letters of 10th and 12th inst. and now for a word in reply. Life is very quiet here. Camp duty, guard, etc. in which I have had my share. I did not expect you could come to see me, would it were otherwise. I saw the Adjt. [Adjutant] today and inquired if my commander (Lieut. Daniels) had said a word for me yet. He is too busy with his wife here, but I am going to stir him up as soon as he comes. As we are near home, I shall make the most of it and better myself if possible and then perhaps we can meet sometime before my time expires. But Allie I dare not think too much about it for several reasons. One is my health. Now don’t be frightened but I am manifestly injured for carrying a knapsack. Have felt nicely since arriving here but took a little cold by changing clothing or sleeping and have had a smart little attack of something like pleurisy (spelt right?), pain in side etc., something like my trouble at Orange one fall. I hope warm weather will bring my usual strength but shall not go to the front with a knapsack if I find myself unfit if I can avoid it when the next movement is perfected which ‘they say’ will be first of June or so. But to other subjects. In scarcely everything else and that will be principly [principally] in having clean clothes, washing being a difficult job to me. Ben has just left for Baltimore to meet his wife. 24 hours pass. His Commission is delayed unaccountably at Washington. As it was issued from Mass. sometime in Mch. [March] if not earlier. So you see the difficulties attaining these things. No position would tempt me a moment to be a soldier only for the cause! I am indignant at the limited furlough granted to this Corps after what they have endured the past year. Had a nice dinner in Ben’s tent today. One of the occupants is quite an accomplished cook and so we had a nice corn starch pudding, milk and eggs in it etc. A box Ben rec’d from home containing some of the extras with our Army fare. Boiled ham, potatoes and soft b(r)ead. Another item. Had two pleasant visits to town with Ben. A quaint old place, reminding me of old Salem Mass very much. Old buildings, streets running from the State House like spokes of a wheel. The former being in the centre nearly surrounded by boats. Fine monuments at the Naval School. One of the naval officers who fell in the war with Tripoli of marble and one of granite to Capt. Herndon of the steamer “Central America” which was lost on her way from the Isthmus, whose coolness and bravery saved the passengers and perishing himself. Visited the State House, a grand view from the cupola. Something like ours at Boston, not as large, but very pleasant. They are now repairing it, painting etc. The surrounding country is level and so unlike the vicinity of Boston, but the bay is set off with headlands and delightful places for excursions, while away at the south is the blue line of the Chesapeake Bay. In summer it must be delightful. A small quiet city and plenty of blue water, good chance for boating. By what you say I conclude the 59th Regt is soon to join us. Shall take the first opportunity of seeing the sergeants mentioned. Hope they will be near us. The 56th is close by. Have had a visit from Generals Burnside, Grant and Washburn the other day. Was on guard and did not see Genl. G[rant] close to [us]. We know he is great but looks ordinary as anybody does beside of Burnside. You express dread of our being before Richmond. We don’t feel particularly fearful. Expect to operate in North Carolina and they have the benefit of past experience and I think will improve it. No doubt of sharp work at last but we think it will be done with comparatively a small sacrifice of life. The master wish is to have it done and the war closed. Mr. Lincoln must be made President and Richmond taken with Lee’s Army scattered or captured, and then comes the end. Not till then and we don’t care how quick when all is ready. How glad you get letters from the friends. I have felt little like writing of late but hope to ‘pay up’ sometime. (Will add more by and by.) Sat. morn. Early. Ben mails this in Baltimore. Write if you receive promptly. Quite well. In haste and as ever Jerome TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES (Tom Neubig and Josef Rokus) NOTE 1: Jerome mentioned his application for a 2nd lieutenant’s commission in other letters also, but, of course, he was still a sergeant when he was killed not long after he wrote this letter. It is interesting to speculate how he might have fared at Spotsylvania Court House (or at subsequent battles) if he had been promoted. NOTE 2: First Lieutenant Henry W. Daniels commanded Company H for a time. He was also killed at Spotsylvania Court House, ironically on the same day that Jerome was killed. He had enlisted as a private at age 23 from Worcester, Massachusetts. NOTE 3: Pleurisy is a type of chest pain. A sharp, stabbing pain causes you to take small, shallow breaths, because it’s worse when you try to breathe deeply. It can cause pain in the side. It is less common now, since it is typically treated with antibiotics. It was the cause of death of Benjamin Franklin. NOTE 4: The SS Central America was a 280-foot side-wheel mail steamer that sank 150 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras in 1857 during a hurricane while sailing from Panama to New York. 426 passengers and crew drowned, but the ship’s captain, William Lewis Herndon, managed to unload 150 passengers to ships in the area that had managed to survive the storm. The Central America had placed its flag at half-mast and fired a gun, gaining the attention of the bark Marine out of Boston. Women and children were loaded into a trio of boats and sent over to the Marine which could not stay in the area due to storm damage. The boat was carrying up to 20 tons of gold from the goldfields. More than 140 later, a treasure hunter found it. A book by Gary Kinder, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea, describes the voyage. The loss of gold contributed to the financial panic of 1857. NOTE 5: The marble monument was the U.S. Naval Monument, now known as the Tripoli Monument, erected by the officers of the Navy in memory of their brother offers who fell in the war with Tripoli. Apparently, the oldest military statue in the U.S., carved around 1806 in Italy and originally placed in the Washington DC Naval Yard. In 1830, it was moved to the west terrace of the Capital, and then in 1860 it was moved to the grounds of the Naval Academy in Annapolis, where it still is today. A 15-foot rostral column of white marble surmounted by an American eagle and flanked by a figure of Fame. Personifications of history, commerce and America are placed on three corners of the freestone base. The fourth corner is curiously empty. 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 Allie, April 15, 1864 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Allie Annapolis, MD. 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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 #207 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD. Allie Annapolis Jerome Peirce MD. https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/24248c92b72687f90dc0894b281aeff7.jpg d48708877e7ca057eccf8601f58e47cc https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/80b08da02220f6791793dc7ac74608ff.jpg 4941c2b5e259016c9c54b3f8cd4acb7b https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/063cebb1eaef496c157b54b97a7e2f1d.jpg 278bc8c9faa46af0d886428f69d4012d 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 1864 Letter Collection 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 Annapolis, Md. 16 Apr /64 Allie Wife Dear You’ll receive at least two letters in a day of the same date, the last a few moments ago which I was obliged to scribble off in an instant catching the first thing in the shape of a pencil, which proved to be red (present from J.H. a long while ago). I explain. After being paid off last Eve. it occurred to me that the neighborhood is somewhat dangerous about pay-day. I thought it a little safer to mail away from this City and sent some by Ben (who was delayed by missing the train last Eve.) but started at 6 o’clock this morning to meet “his Amy” at Baltimore. At the 11th hour the orderly (Woodward of Orange) started for home on furlough. Is enclosed $20.00 more ($40.00 in all) to mail near home. Trust it will come safe to hand, and I will forward as I can more so will have no trouble but accepting at once with as much pleasure as “your lord” sends the same. Rainy today and we are all crowded in tent, five rather close. Have plenty of stationery, thread etc., etc. but not enough stamps. Please forward occasionally. Another item. The Lieut. Daniels just gave me a most expressive and handsome letter of recomendation [sic] (I fear I am a bad speller.) for promotion to Gov. Andrew! Gave it to Adjt. (Lieut. Hodgkins) who will put it through as early as possible. The Regimental commanders are absent and other commissions are “hanging fire” because the Regt. is not full enough to warrant their “mustering in” so after all. I am getting on as well as can be expected. The Adjt. called the Lieut.’s letter a good thing. Trust I have merited it. Hope you may see it sometime. Ben Haynes will receive it finally, didn’t think to take a copy of it. If a recommend is worth anything, that ought to do it. Many of the officers’ wives are here. Mrs. D., a pleasant, pretty lady, was hostess last Eve. Am much with the Edwards’s. Geo. is not well. Old complaint. Ought not to be here. You spoke of Mrs. Robinson, married, husband killed. etc. I remember her. What a fate! Don’t think I fear a commission. I merely mention that trails do not end there, but a strong mind is quite as much in demand there. We have some fine men among officers. Moral and high-minded, companionable. But I must close. Am feeling better. Side ache gone. [On the margin of Page 1:] I enclose $5.00. Write at once if all is recvd. [On the top of Page 1:] It does seem so good to [???] in 36 hours from home. You will act accordingly towards. Your Jerome TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES NOTE 1: John Albion Andrew (1818-1867) was governor of Massachusetts from Jan. 3, 1861, until Jan. 4, 1866. He would have had to approve the promotions for the men in the Massachusetts regiments. NOTE 2: Per the Unit History: December 20, 1863 – April 6, 1864. The regiment moved numerous times in eastern Tennessee, including in the Knoxville area, before being ordered to move by train, by way of Baltimore, to Annapolis, Maryland, where it arrived on April 6, 1864, and went into camp. During this time, the lack of adequate rations, clothing and equipment presented more challenges to the men than did the Confederates. In the Company Muster Roll for November – December 1863, Peirce was recorded as “Present.” In the following Company Muster Roll, i.e., for January – February 1864, Peirce was recorded as “Present” with the rank of “Sergt.” A notation indicated “Promoted from Corpl. Jan. 1, 1864.” That promotion increased his pay from $13.00 per month to $17.00 per month. NOTE 3: Per the Unit History: April 23 – April 27, 1864. On April 23, 1864, the regiment left its camp in Annapolis and marched toward Washington, D.C., reaching the capital two days later. There, the Ninth Corps, including the 36th Massachusetts Regiment, was reviewed by President Lincoln and General Burnside from the balcony of the Willard Hotel to the cheers and well wishes of a large crowd of citizens of Washington. It then went into camp at Alexandria, Virginia, until April 27, 1864. 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 Allie, April 16, 1864 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Allie Annapolis, MD. Description An account of the resource From Jerome to Allie 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 1864-04-16 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). 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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 LETTER TRANSCRIPTION April 18, 1863 I have met with a sad loss, Allie. My memorandum book with your and Lulu’s picture is gone and I feel almost alone! Have tried to find it and may yet. Can’t account for it for I have taken so much pain to keep it safe. I despair of keeping anything precious here but in memory they will live. Will write the friends as I can. I mailed you a letter at Cincin… …soon. I shall be anxious to hear of your movements. Thurs. P.M. Took a stroll out of camp with Ben E. and had a delightful time and got some pie and milk and saw a pretty lady. Also gathered some flowers which I enclose. I have scribbled this in great haste for the morning mail. Give… TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE (Josef Rokus) It appears that that the rest of this letter is missing. 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 Allie, April 18, 1863 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Allie Camp Dick Robinson Bryantsville, KY. Description An account of the resource From Jerome to Allie 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 Washinton Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1863-04-18 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 6.10 X 3.75 6.25 X 3.55 6.25 X 3.55 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 #104 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Location not indicated. Almost certainly Camp Dick Robinson near Bryantsville, KY. Allie Bryantsville KY Camp Dick Robinson Jerome Peirce https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/aa856c165ff6eb42cf45453fbe5b1b35.jpg 49346f774c779092eea16e025d9704aa https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/29d8c4731662706c6a071fa59c0dd93e.jpg 3133dd0db19dcb9e09dae0bb4bc2c779 https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/b31ee55c1910009a81ca24550648c36a.jpg c028028b1401618fdabd1bc3f6a36376 https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/007a49c34b1e08280e5a622d937b0bad.jpg 8930477752e1a595689f65a1a73bc6b4 https://peirceletters.umwhistory.org/files/original/bc93f69c112d21342d6921af6aa175cd.jpg 06350a5269a8e9842a09bf2671425308 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 1864 Letter Collection 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 Covington Ky April 2d 1864 My ever dear Allie, Once more “in Barracks” at C[ovington] where we took a few hours rest when [we were here] from Mississippi last Aug[ust]. I wrote you a brief word from Nicholasville Thurs[day] as soon as we stacked guns that you might know of my safe arrival after the great march. Have just finished reading some ten letters from different friends as the large mail met us here. Yours of the 14th, 21st and 28th March came to hand and one I had before of Mch. [March] makes all eight. I believe I forgot to mention one I got as of Feb[ruary] at Jacksboro, [on] the other side of the mountain when at a dinner halt. That I think makes your letters all received. We left camp near N[icholasville, Kentucky] yesterday morning in the midst of a cold, steady March rain and marched to the depot four miles without a halt. Got into a forage shed and waited till nearly noon, [???] this. I made out to make a cup of coffee and got comfortable considering, till we were aboard the cars. Arrived here at midnight and here we are in a long building with ‘bunks’ each side and two stoves. And altho you would not call the floors clean we feel that we’re well off. I can hardly collect my thoughts, dear Allie, to talk with you as your good letters deserve. They comforted me and made my fatigues seem lightened. Oh, the weary hours of the march day after day! Cloudy and storm with mud nearly every day. But I found some relief for the mountains were indeed grand and sublime. About 30 miles of wilderness at one time with scarcely a human habitation and then suddenly we came into some valley with a few scattered log houses with their rude inmates. We came the shortest route, known as the “Jacksboro Route”, the mountains [com???ing] at J[acksboro]. We may remain here till Monday but you know how to calculate on all movements now for we move before night. Am so glad that you are all well and sorry that it is your lot to work so hard, but can we not feel that we are together reaping some good for the future and knowing that whatever awaits us, we are at least one in heart now and always? Need I repeat to you how the dear faces of wife and little one are ever flitting before me to “keep up all will yet be well” and never so much as on the late weary march! It seems so strange! Expecting to have been away up at Bristol, Va., all the time confident that we should go “out of Tenn[essee]” and then to find ourselves again within bell sound of Cincinnati again. None but those who’ve campaigned it in E[ast] Tenn[essee] can appreciate the change! The three tablespoon fulls of flour at ‘Blain’s Cross Roads’ and the present abundance! And so comes our second deliverance. Am glad you have recd [received] my letters of late. They were not much but at least spoke of me. Hope Mr. S’s was acceptable and take great comfort in the fact of his being your pastor and feel that he is able to help cheer and sustain you. Had letters from Abbie (at Winchester). Frank’s [letter] enclosed. Thanks for him. Will deliver the invitation (Mary’s) to Jos[eph] H. The ladies no doubt made a grand hit and I trust much good will come of it. Had letters from Sister Kate, Ed Haynes, Lucy, C. F. Smith and Finney with papers etc. etc. etc. Am tired yet and have some cold but after we get thru, hope to clean and rest up and be like myself. Your stockings and thread came also and were very timely indeed. Kiss little Lulu. Shall fringe the hdkf [handkerchief] for her sake. She must be a good child to sew so well. I wish I could send her something but there are no flowers here yet. ‘tis wet and cold etc. She must still love her Papie as he does her and Ma more than he can tell and would gladly come to her but she will sometime understand why I am away, and love me not the less. There is much I ought to mention in your letters. I shall read them over again. I mentioned that Capt. Sawyer was discharged I think. It is reported that our ‘orderly’ (Woodward of O[range]) is commissioned. A good fellow. I hope ‘tis so. I have spoken with my Co[mpany] Commander and shall have to wait patiently for my chance as there are many who rank me and are quite as deserving, altho I have earned a name for pluck and endurance. Jos H. has just come in and brought me some “goodies”, bread etc. He’s a true friend to me and never fails to favor me when he can. He got your letter and sends love in return. Is now reading some of my letters. There is much confusion and I can’t say half I’d like to. Shall write Mr. Ellis by and by when I have time and rest. They (she) evidently does not understand things. Ben E. has a commission in the 54th Colored Regt. He takes it coolly, not elated. Sensible as he is about everything is well. Your letter to his wife was duly received and would be replied to soon as possible. Was much pleased to receive it and complimented you too. So don’t think you are such a poor writer because I find fault. But I must close. There is much noise. The boys are all well. Sumner Moore met us here. Is not quite well, has a ‘chill’ occasionally. Have letters from Orange to read (Jos. H’s). Folks getting better. Hope you will see Ellen Preston and give my kindest regards. Aunt P. is about right in her thoughts in regard to that matter, but I was not understood. Time, thou art a great revealer of men and things. Be patient if I have not mentioned all you would like. Regards to Mary Eliza. Am glad you find such a friend in her. Love to each and all and believe as ever your loving husband Jerome TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES NOTE 1: Blain’s Cross Roads in Tennessee is remarked in the Regimental History (p. 124) as referred to as the Valley Forge of the Rebellion where Union troops stayed during a harsh winter and poor conditions of the troops. NOTE 2: Jacksboro was originally named Walnut Grove, but was renamed Jacksonboro in 1819 in honor of President Andrew Jackson. By the time of the Civil War the name had been shortened to Jacksboro. NOTE 3: Captain Christopher Sawyer of Templeton, Massachusetts, was commissioned as captain of Company H, Jerome’s company, in August 1862. He was discharged for disability February 19, 1864, according to the Regimental History (p. 321). NOTE 4: Sumner Moore enlisted in Orange, Massachusetts, at age 28, as a private on August 6, 1862. (Jerome enlisted on August 4, 1862, in Orange). He was discharged on June 8, 1865, due to his expiration of 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 Jerome to Allie, April 2, 1864 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Allie Covington, KY. Description An account of the resource From Jerome to Allie 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 1864-04-02 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource NPS, Civil War Study Group, Tom Neubig (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). 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 #204 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Covington, KY. 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Title A name given to the resource 1864 Letter Collection 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 Annapolis Md. 20th Apr. 1864 My dearest wife, Time is indeed flying and another day is almost departed. For a moment, I’m alone and I thought I would begin something to you. Need I assure you how much I am with you in spirit and thought now we are so near? Yesterday I watched for the forenoon mail, but nothing came, but after we were nicely cuddled under the blanket, “Mail! Mail!” and soon the Sergeant gave me three nice letters. I struck a light (we have candles now) and read them, (yours of Sund [Sunday] 17th), one from Edw’d. Haynes and his Mother, so I went to sleep in better mood, if possible. Your letter done me good and the kindly inquiry of friends and their sympathy for you is much and does much to keep up heart and hope of the soldier. The black regiments are an interesting feature of life here, and it is curious to see what a universal compliment awaits them from the rest of the boys, many who have been bitter haters of the negro, acknowledge their disappointment and say, “only give them discipline and good leaders and they will be enough for anything.” I take pleasure in recording this for the gratification of those who [are] at home and doing in their noble way something for the cause. And what is so striking, here in Md., is the total change in the public feeling and the rapid progress the state is making in free principles. See President’s speech at the opening of the fair at Baltimore. But two events, Dear Allie. Ben has gone to Mass. and his commission. Seemed very happy and has the “God speed” of all who know him. I trust he may “come safely off.” ‘Tis not for a soldier to talk of danger, but I cannot wonder at the certain feeling of deep fear for all who serve in the black Regts., especially after the late affair at Fort Pillow. But I trust the savages will yet be brought to a sense of their position before the world and find out that it moves. Did I tell you that I have obtained a most kindly and cordial “recommend” from Lieutenant D. I had not told you that Lieut. Hodgkins suddenly left for home, and I gave it to Major Draper, who as kindly and cordially, endorsed the same, wishing me all success and so Rev. Haynes hast it, or will by tomorrow and that is the way things are going. (Good night. ‘tis dark.) Tentmate has just lit one of the aforesaid candles and I proceed. (Band playing near by.) ‘Tis a pleasant scene here in camp. Maj. D[raper]’s wife, Capt. Barker, Lieut. D, Sergeant Major Davidson are here and some gentlemen visitors, kindly faces from home. But our officers are returning and drill begins to more “military” forenoon and afternoon. (Had a little practice this a.m. myself.) Rumors begin to circulate about the new arrangement, and today came the order to draw clothing for an active campaign in the field. Cooks to be in readiness to receive and prepare five days rations etc. which don’t move us much. Altho’ everything now is probable. We expect to lose Gen’l. Ferrero who is to command the colored troops, so they will have something to do for he fights to hurt. Well, about finances. I have received [Erasure] months pay, [Erasure] as Sergt., [Erasure] in all. Have sent you by mail [Erasure]. Ben E., Sergt. Woodward and Lieut. H. [Hodgkins] mailed them from here. I hope all will reach you safely. I shall enclose [Erasure] in this making [“mailing”?] [Erasure] and I [Erasure] send you at least [Erasure] of the next payment, but fear we shall be away before we’re paid, which ought to be in a month. I had [Erasure] the stern necessities of life in Tenn. Compelled or suffer and I reserve the rest of [Erasure] for [Erasure]. That is [Erasure] I assure you I have done little of late that gave me the happiness this has and I know how well you will use it. Shall feel anxious ‘till I hear it is all safe, but I believe it is the safest way or as safe at least, as any. Express charges are high and checks we had none. The last was sent to father (for A.J.P.). Well, Dan P. and mother are at Boston and the friends or Martha spoke very encouragingly of him. Had had a serious talk (of his own seeking, etc.) and he had indicated a determination to do better, etc. Heaven help him and unite his family once more. Have you seen Ellen yet? (Lizzie O., they tell me, is off for Oregon to teach school! Lucy told me. Wedns. eve, and I wonder what you are all doing? The young visitors I suppose. Am quite happy as I read of your good times. I trust war and high prices will not suppress all the good old fashioned enjoyment in our homes. And Lulu, I wish you can get another picture of her and send me. Am glad she was so good at church. How I would have enjoyed the time. We have some sweet singing birds here and as soon as the flowers spring, I will send her some. She must send me some of the first violets that grow by Suckers Brook. Oh, for one of our strolls there and to “Prospect Hill”! But I will finish tomorrow. A long time since I’ve written by candlelight! Have written Jenney and Mr. Ellis. Will [Insert “write”?] Miss Walker soon. I know I ought to do better by her. I perfectly revere her and I don’t know why I haven’t remembered her oftener by letter. The “good and true” friends of my earlier days are remembered now, believe me. (Once more a kiss and good night.) Thurs. [Thursday] morn. [morning]. Mail goes soon and I can only add a word. Breakfast of hashed potato, cold ham and beans stewed, coffee. Letters from Orange to H.H. all say J. H. got home Sat. P.M. Will be back tomorrow or next day. The 57th Regt. arrived last eve, some of our old officers among them. One of the new Regts. to be in our brigade, hope ‘twill be the 59th. I enclose some pictures for Lulu cut out of a paper handed out [at] camp, some beautiful verses. The “Old Saints” question Ben learned by heart while in the rifle pits at Knoxville during the siege and repeated to me. Kept it. I’m feeling nicely again. Love to all as ever. Hope Mary will write me when she gets to her school. As ever, your Jerome Transcriber’s Note: The following note, on a separate piece of paper in the envelope, seems to clarify the dollar amounts which were erased in the main letter and how much money and how Jerome sent it home. I have received 6 months’ pay, ten [???] as Sergt. $86.00 in all. Have sent you by mail $65.00, three twenties. Ben E., Sergt. Woodward and Lieut. H. [Hodgkins] mailed them. $5.00 from here. I shall enclose $10.00 in this. Hope to be able to send you at least $25.00 of the next payment I had [???] ($6.00) to pay etc. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES (Josef Rokus) NOTE 1: The Battle of Fort Pillow, which ended with the Fort Pillow massacre, was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee. The battle ended with a massacre of African-American Union troops and their white officers attempting to surrender by soldiers under the command of Confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Fort Pillow became one of the most controversial battles of the war. The question remains whether General Forrest ordered the massacre (as the Union press immediately claimed), knew of but did nothing to stop it or even encouraged the massacre, or, as Forrest later alleged, had nothing to do with the spontaneous action of soldiers enraged at seeing former slaves fighting them with guns. The Fort Pillow massacre became a major political issue in the North, and it increased support for the war. NOTE 2: It appears that Jerome might have been recommended to receive an officer’s commission, but nothing ever came of it. NOTE 3: For some reason, Jerome erased all references to specific dollar amounts regarding his pay and how much money he was sending home to Allie in the main letter. The separate note provides clarification and details. 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 Allie, April 20, 1864 Subject The topic of the resource Peirce, Jerome Allie Annapolis, MD. Description An account of the resource From Jerome to Allie 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 1864-04-20 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource NPS, Civil War Study Group, Jack Phend (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). 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 #210 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD. Allie Annapolis Jerome Peirce MD.