2004.09.001 letters 2004 | 75 letters from 1862 to 1865 from (or to) EWB (Erastus Williams Burnham). Letters marked with an asterisk (*) were received after the original collection was donated. Each folder contains the original letter and a transcription.
***** Civil War 1st enlistment -- Infantry *****
1. 1862, Mar. 10 EWB to wife Mary from Ship Island (Mississippi Riv.) References: General Butler, Company A 12th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Butler’s Division, Gun boat New London, Edwin Munsel, Richard Brooks, Frank Bragg, Jane Wood
2. 1862, Mar. 15 EWB to wife Mary from Ship Island
3*. 1862, Mar. 30 EWB to wife Mary from Ship Island
References: Fort Jackson, New orleans, Manassas
4. 1862, Apr. 28 EWB to wife Mary from Miss. Riv. (his 28th B-day)
References: Fort Jackson, Ed Munsel
5. 1862, Apr. 30 wife Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT
References: Horace Wood, Jane Wood, Henry George, John White, Mrs Jacobs, Julius Clapp, Mr Simpson, Richard Brooks, William Munsel, Joseph Doyle, Mary Ann Starks, Martha Buell, Jo Parsons
6. 1862, May 25 EWB to wife Mary from Camp Parapet (Miss. Riv.)
References: Colonel Deming, Lt. Col. Coburn, Brother Bissell, George Hayes, Jane Wood
7. 1862, June 8 Mary & sister Abby to EWB from So. Windsor, CT
References: Mrs Chase, Hosea Austin
8. 1862, June 14 EWB to wife Mary from Camp Parapet
9. 1862, July 3 EWB to wife Mary & sister Abby from Camp Parapet
10. 1862, July 26 EWB to wife Mary from Jefferson City, LA
Refernces: Richard Brooks, Frank Bragg
11. 1862, Aug. 15 EWB to wife Mary from Jefferson City
EWB was discharged on disability end of summer 1862
References: Jilson, Jesse Miner, John Miner, Eugene Bidwell, Austin Green, Henry Jacobs, McConners
***** Civil War 2nd enlistment - heavy artillery *****
12. 1864, Jan. 6 EWB to Mary from New Haven, CT (awaiting transport)
References: Stedman, Austin Parsons,
13. 1864, Jan. 11 Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT
References: Mr Foster, Abbie Webb
14. 1864, Jan. 18 EWB to Mary from Ft. Reynolds, Washington, DC
References: Ed Munsel, John Symington, Erastus Green, James Parsons, Company A 7th Artillery Regiment Connecticut Volunteers
15. 1864, Jan. 25 EWB to Mary from Ft. Reynolds
References: Mr Bragg, Ed Munsel
16*. 1864, Jan 26 EWB to Mary from Fort Reynolds, Wash. DC
References: Adams Express, South Windsor, Hartford
17. 1864, Jan. 30 Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT
References: Mr Foster, Company A 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment Connecticut Volunteers
18. 1864, Feb. 7 EWB to Mary from Ft. Reynolds
References: John Symington, Erastus Green, Mr. Tracy, Stedman
19*. EWB to Mary from Fort Reynolds, Wash DC
References: Abby Munsell, Ed Munsell
20. 1864, Feb. 10 EWB to Mary from Ft. Reynolds
21*. 1864, Feb 15 EWB to wife Mary from Fort Reynolds
References: Adams Express, South Windsor, Alexandria, VA, Hartford, CT, Bissell
22. 1864, Feb. 25 EWB to Mary from Ft. Reynolds
References: Oscar Shroud, Buckingham
23*. 1864, Mar 3 EWB to wife Mary from Fort Reynolds
References: New Orleans
24. 1864, Mar 8 EWB to Mary from Ft. Reynolds
References: Erastus Green, Frank Bragg, Jefferson Davis, JenningsMr. White, Mr. Bissell
25. 1864, Mar. 31 EWB to Mary from Ft. Reynolds
References: General Grant, Mrs Bragg, John Symington
26. 1864, Apr 15 EWB to Mary from Ft. Reynolds
27. 1864, Apr 17 EWB to Mary from Ft. Reynolds
References: Mrs Bragg
28. 1864, May 10 EWB to Mary from Ft. Reynolds
References: 9th New York
29. 1864, May 14 EWB to Mary from near Richmond, Va.
References: Licarter (Licaster?), 8th Connecticut
30. 1864, May 15 EWB to Mary from Camp in the Wilderness
References: 7th Conn., 6th Conn., 8th Conn., 10th Conn., 11th Conn., Erastus green, Ed Munsel, Jack Cook, O’Brien, Fort Darling, Fort Reynolds, 10th Army Core, Butler, Eaton
31*. 1864, May 21 EWB to Mary from Bermuda Hundred
References: General Walker6th Conn., 39th Illinois, John Symington
32. 1864, May 22 EWB to Mary from Bermuda Hundred
References: Bermuda Hundred, Butler
33. 1864, May 24 EWB to Mary from Bermuda Hundred
References: Bermuda Hundred, Joseph Parsons, Erastus Green, Eugene Bidwell, Jack Symington, Applomatic (Appomatox?) River, Petersburg, Fort Pillow, Bermuda Hundred, Mrs Bragg, Ed Munsell, General Butler
34. 1864, June 8 EWB to Mary from Bermuda Hundred
References: Bermuda Hundred, Richmond, Beauregard, Grant, Petersburg, Lee, No. 6 battery, Harriet Hayes, Ed Munsell
35. 1864, June 16 EWB to Mary from Bermuda Hundred
References: Bermuda Hundred, Grant, Petersburg, Fort Clifton, Fort Reynolds, John Symington
36. 1864, July 2 EWB to Mary from Bermuda Hundred
References: Bermuda Hundred, George Webb, Joseph Parsons, Ed Munsell, Fort Reynolds, Petersburg
37*. 1864 July 4 EWB to wife Mary from Bermuda Hundred
References: Richmond, VA., old Foster, Ed Munsell
38. 1864, July 15 EWB to Mary from Spring Hill, VA.
References: Spring Hill, VA, Petersburg, Bermuda Hundred, Erastus Green
39*. 1864, Aug 8 EWB to wife Mary from Wash DC
References: Adams Express
40*. 1864, Aug 16 EWB to wife Mary from Broadway Landing
References: City Point, Ed Munsell
41. 1864, Aug. 21 Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT.
References: Adams Express office, Mrs Martin Gilman, Ed Munsell, Mr Chapman, Mr Foster
42. 1864, Aug. 29 EWB to Mary from front of St. Petersburg, VA.
References: Petersburg, Ed Munsell
43. 1864, Sep. 11 Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT.
References: Abbie Webb, Mrs Bragg, Erastus Green, McClellan
44. 1864, Sep. 17 EWB to Mary from Regt. Hospital
References: Ed Munsell, Mr Andrews
45. 1864, Sep. 29 EWB to Mary from Ft. Morton, VA.
46. 1864, Oct. 7 EWB to Mary from Ft. Morton, VA.
References: Ed Munsell
47. 1864, Oct. 16 Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT.
References: Samuel ElmoreGovernor Buckingham, Miss Vibert, Mr Andrus, Robert Walker, Abbie Munsell, McClellan
48*. 1864, Oct 21 EWB to wife Mary from Fort Morton, VA
References: Petersburg, Ed Munsell, General Maclellan, General Grant, Mr. Andrews
49. 1864, Oct 24 EWB to Mary from Ft. Morton, VA.
References: Petersburg, Abraham Lincoln, Ed Munsell
50. 1864, Oct. 30 EWB to Mary from Ft. Morton, VA.
References: Jeremiah Sullivan, Johnson, Munsell,
51. 1864, Nov. 10 Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT.
References: Abbie Webb, 12th Conn., Lincoln
52. 1864, Nov. 15 EWB to Mary from Ft. Morton, VA.
References: Abraham Lincoln
53. 1864, Nov. 28 EWB to Mary from Ft. Morton, VA.
References: Darling’s store, Cemetery Hill, Whitworth battery
54. 1864, Dec. 2 Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT.
References: Henry Hayes, George Hayes, Waldo Hayes, Julius Hayes,Ed Gowdy, Russell Hayes, Joseph Elmore, Mr Jacobs, Julia Hayes, Eliza Minor
55*. 1864, Dec. 6 EWB to wife Mary from Fort Morton, VA
References: 9th Corps, 19th Corps, 12th Conn., City Point, Edwin Munsell, Mr. Andros (?), Petersburg
56. 1864, Dec. 12 Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT.
References: Henry Hayes, George Hayes, Waldo Hayes, Julius Hayes, Ed Gowdy, Russell Hayes, Abbie Munsel
57*. 1864, Dec. 14 from EWB to wife Mary from Fort Morton, VA
58. 1864, Dec. 17 EWB to Mary from Ft. Morton, VA.
59. 1865, Jan. 16 EWB to Mary from Ft. Morton, VA.
References: Foster, Buckingham, Abraham Lincoln, John Bragg, Mrs Bragg, Aron Green, Austin Green
60. 1865, Feb. 7 EWB to Mary from Ft. Morton, VA front of Petersburg
References: Foster, Ed Munsell, Alexander Stephens, Loren Hayes
61. 1865, Apr. 10 EWB to Mary from Broadway Landing, VA.
References: New York, New England (rooms), Baltimore, City Point, General Lee, Erastus Green, Petersburg, Richmond, Hartford
62. 1865, Apr. 28 EWB to Mary (31 years old)
References: Edwin Munsell, Richmond
63. 1865, May 15 EWB to Mary Kingsland, VA. (10th wedding anniv.)
References: Governor Buckingham, Richmond, Mrs. Bragg
64*. 1865, June 2 EWB to wife Mary from Fort Darlin, VA
References: Doctor Skinner, Maria Shippy
65*. 1865, June 24 EWB to wife Mary from Duryes Bluff, VA
66. 1865, June 22 Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT.
References: Munsell
67. 1865, July 9 EWB to Mary from Ft. Duryea, VA.
References: Castle Thunder, Richmond, Hartford, Owen Burnham, Charles Lee Burnham, Emeline M. Burnham, Maria A. Burnham
68. 1865, July?? EWB to Mary from Ft. Lyons, Alexandria, VA.
References: Duryes Bluff, Washington, Alexandria, 15th New York, Lt. Reed, Lt. Reynolds, Hartford, Brevet Brigadier General Abbott, Lt. Co. Ager
69. 1865, July 28 Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT.
References: Providence, Mr. Foster, Ed Munsell
70. 1865, July 29 Mary to EWB from So. Windsor, CT.
References: Erastus Green, Providence, Owen Burnham, Charles Burnham, Emma Burnham, Agnes Burnham
71. 1865, Sep. 10 EWB to Mary from Ft. Foote, MD.
References: Company A, Company H, Ed Munsell
72. 1865, Sep. 17 EWB to Mary from Ft. Foote, MD.
References: Catherine (Devine) McLauchlan, John McLauchlan, Hartford
73. 1865, Sep. 21 EWB to Mary from Ft. Foote, MD.
74*. Nov 18, 186? (probably 1864) EWB to wife Mary from Alexandria, VA
75*. Undated EWB to son Willey |