Joseph Spafford Correspondence
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Joseph Spafford served in the 4th and 16th Vermont Infantry Regiments. His letters are written to his mother and to his sister, M. Jane Spafford, in Upper Falls, Vt. (a village in Weathersfield), as well as to a friend, Homer White, in New York City.
In his letters, Joseph Spafford writes of camp life including information about men from Weathersfield and surrounding towns. In a letter dated January 2, 1862 and marked confidential, Spafford writes very frankly about officers and the politics of promotion. He also writes of an opium user with the initial C. In other letters he describes troop movements, and gives information on sickness in the Regiment. He also writes of having his picture taken and of receiving newspapers and other items from home. In one of his letters while in the 16th Regiment, he describes how some soldiers collect souvenirs from battlefields, including human remains.
Time Period Covered: September 15, 1861 - December 19, 1861
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Published: December 08, 2010, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Center for Digital Initiatives
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Creator(s)
Recipient(s)
- Spafford, Mary Jane [39]
- Spafford, Mary Jane, [18]
- White, Homer [4]
- Spafford, John, b. 1810; Spafford [2]
- Spafford, Joseph, 1837-1866 [2]
- Spafford, Marianne, [1]
- Spafford, Marianne [1]
- White, Homer, [1]
- White, Homer, [1]
Place(s)
- Military campsVirginia [26]
- Military campsVermont [5]
- Military campsWashington (D.C.) [3]
- United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Medical care [3]
- United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Women [2]
- United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865 [1]
- United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Military reconnaissance [1]
- United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Participation, Juvenile [1]
- Vermont -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 [1]
- VermontHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865 [1]
Format(s)
- text [67]
Genre(s)
- correspondence [67]
Topic(s)
- United StatesArmy Military life [33]
- Diseases [11]
- Armed Forces Officers [10]
- Families of military personnel [10]
- Military leaves and furloughs [9]
- Sutlers [5]
- United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1865) [5]
- Recruiting and enlistment [4]
- Morale [3]
- Picketing [3]
- Promotions, Military [3]
- United StatesArmy Surgeons [3]
- United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 16th (1862-1863) [3]
- Veazey, Wheelock G. (Wheelock Graves)1835-1898 [3]
- War casualties [3]
- Battle casualties [2]
- Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862 [2]
- Children and war [2]
- Drill and minor tactics [2]
- Homesickness [2]
- Military discharge [2]
- Soldiers Alcohol use [2]
- United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 15th (1862-1863) [2]
- Capitulations, Military [1]
- Confederate States of AmericaArmy [1]
- Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862 [1]
- Hancock, Winfield Scott1824-1886 [1]
- Medicine, Military [1]
- Military discipline [1]
- Photographers [1]
- Prisoners of war [1]
- United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 14th (1862-1863) [1]
- United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865) [1]
- United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 3rd (1861-1865) [1]
- Women in war [1]
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