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Item Description

Title: Valentine G. Barney to Maria Barney

Author

• Whitmore, Orange S., 1836-1908

Recipient

• Barney,Maria, 1833-1884

Source Document

Description

A letter to Maria Barney telling her of Valentine Barney's illness (Bilious Fever) written by 1st Sgt. Whitmore. He writes of the probability the regiment will not be paid soon thus Barney asking for $25 be sent, that Barney is receiving the best medical care by a widow (Mrs. Snow) in a private home and a Corporal has been assigned to stay with him.

Genre(s): correspondence

Subject/topic

• Diseases
• Families of military personnel
• Prisoners of war
• Armed Forces -- Officers

Subject/geographic

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care

Language(s): English

Note [Digital Version]

2012-02-07, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

Type of Resource: text

Parent Collections

• Vermonters in the Civil War
• Valentine G. Barney Correspondence

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