Edward P. Stone Correspondence
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The correspondence consists of letters from Edward P. Stone, chaplain of the 6th Vermont Regiment, and his brother John M. Stone, to family in Berlin, Vermont. Edward Payson Stone of Berlin, Vermont, was born on August 1, 1830 in Quechee, the son of John F. and Lydia (Paddock) Stone. He was ordained as a Congregational minister on October 14, 1861. On October 10, 1861, he was commissioned Chaplain of the 6th Vermont Regiment. He served in that capacity until his resignation on August 27, 1863. He died of arteriosclerosis on September 11, 1920, at Rutland, Vermont, and was buried in Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier.
John Munson Stone of Berlin, Vermont, brother to Edward P. Stone, was born on September 18, 1835 in Barre, Massachusetts. He enlisted as a Private in Co. F, 1st Vermont Regiment, on May 2, 1861, and was mustered out on August 15, 1861. He died of enteritis at Williamstown, Vermont, on August 27, 1915, and was buried in Brookfield, Vermont.
The Stone letters include updates on the health of men in the regiment, the regiment's events, and Stone's preparations for dead soldiers' funerals.
Time Period Covered: October, 1861 - December 28, 1861
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Published: March 22, 2011, University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Center for Digital Initiatives
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- VermontHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865 [5]
- Military campsVirginia [3]
- United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865 [1]
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- United StatesArmy Military life [6]
- Military chaplains [3]
- Diseases [2]
- Military funerals [2]
- United StatesArmy.Vermont Infantry Regiment, 1st (1861) [2]
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Title: Edward P. Stone to Family
Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920
Date: [1861-10-?]
Resource type: correspondence
Topics include a service the regiment attended.
Title: Edward P. Stone to Family
Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920
Date: 1861-11-18
Resource type: correspondence
Topics include the death of William Fallon of Royalton from the measles.
Title: Edward P. Stone to Family
Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920
Date: 1861-12-28
Resource type: correspondence
Topics include the improving health of the men in the regiment and officers being ordered home to recruit for the brigade.
Title: Edward P. Stone to John F. Stone
Creator: Stone, Edward P., 1830-1920
Date: 1861-12-19
Resource type: correspondence
Topics include preparing for the funerals of the men who died from sickness.
Title: John M. Stone to Family
Creator: Stone, John M., 1835-1915
Date: 1861-11-30
Resource type: correspondence
Topics include a number of deaths in the regiment from sickness.
Title: John M. Stone to Family
Creator: Stone, John M., 1835-1915
Date: 1861-12-[09]
Resource type: correspondence
Topics include the health of the regiment and numerous deaths.
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