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Chronology : 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | After

History Detail Pages

Soldiers' Letters & Articles

Letter of Lt. Col. N. Walter Batchelder

Skirmish at Falling Waters, 1861

Articles by Clarence H. Bell

"Old Corporal"
"Chicken Stew"
"A Hot Time in Winchester" (abridged)
"How We Opened The Rail Road"
Some Camp Amusements

Letter of Bill Cary, Company D

April 5, 1862; Description of Bull Run Battlefield

Articles by Charles E. Davis, Jr.

A Freak and a Fiend
General Hartsuff and the Baked Beans
God's Blessing
"Shelter Tents"
"The Joint Stock Frying Pan Company"

Letter of Frank Davis, Company K

April 7, 1862; New Recruit

Letters of Charles Bernard Fox, Company K

At Harper's Ferry
At Williamsport
At Front Royal

Letters of Warren H. Freeman, Company A

Williamsport, January 4, 1862
Williamsport, January 19, 1862
Williamsport, February 3, 1862
Williamsport, February 23, 1862, Washington's Birthday
Martinsburg, Va., March 3, 1862
March 7, 1862, Advance to Bunker Hill
March 14, 1862, Advance to Winchester
March 17, 1862, Winchester, Reconaissance in Force
March 30, 1862; Winchester to Manassas
April 13, 1862, Picket duty at Manassas
April 20, 1862, Warrenton Jctn.
April 27, 1862, Manassas
May 4, 1862, picket duty at Catlett's Station
May 18, 1862 at Falmouth
May 23, 1862, Opposite Fredericksburg
June 15, 1862; Front Royal
June 22, 1862; Manassas
July 5, 1862; Warrenton, Va.
July 29, 1862, Warrenton, Va.; Routine of Camp Life

Letter of Major Jacob Parker Gould

Harper's Ferry

Letter of George Henry Hill, Company B

At Darnestown

Letter of Captain W. H. Jackson, Company C

To Colonel Leonard about Bolivar Heights

Letters of Charles Leland, Company B

February 27, 1862

Letter of James Lowell, Company A

At Hancock

Letters of John B. Noyes, Company B

At Fort Independence.
Departure
Camp at Sharpsburg, August, 1861
Camp at Darnestown, Md.
Review at Darnestown
At Williamsport, 1861
Thanksgiving, 1861
At Hancock, 1861
Return to Camp, Jan 4, 1862
Williamsport Ladies Grand Concert, February 22, 1862
Advance to Martinsburg, March 2, 1862
Sutlers, May 2,1862
General Hartsuff v. Gen'l. Abercrombie, May 11, 1862
Front Royal, June 13, 1862
Waterloo, Va.; July 31, 1862

Letters of Elliot C. Pierce, Field & Staff

First Anniversary of the Regiment

Letters of James Ramsey, Company E

At Fort Independence.
At Sharpsburg, August, 1861.
At Sandy Hook
At Darnestown, Md.
The March to Williamsport
In Camp at Williamsport, 1861
At Hancock, Maryland, 1861
Expedition to Bath
Williamsport, January 12, 1862
January 27, 1862, Cooking for the Company
March 13, 1862, The Advance to Winchester
April 11, 1862, Foraging Party
May 22, 1862, Opposite Fredericksburg
June 5, 1862, near Front Royal
June 12, 1862, death of John Brown
July 7, 1862; Warrenton, Va.

Letters of Edwin Rice, Band

Fort Independence
Darnestown, Maryland
Williamsport, Maryland, 1861
Williamsport, December 2nd
Williamsport, December 15
Williamsport, Christmas Eve
Williamsport, January 7, 1862
Williamsport, January 26, 1862
Williamsport, February 10, 1862
Williamsport, February 28, 1862
Martinsburg, Va., March 4, 1862
Bunker Hill, Va., March 7, 1862
Bunker Hill, March 9, 1862, Cavalry Fight
Winchester, Va., March 12, 1862
April 19, 1862, Schedule of the Band
May 1, 1862, General Hartsuff
Camp at Catlett's Station, May 11, 1862
Falmouth, Va., May 16, 1862
Front Royal, June 7, 1862
Manassas, June 26, 1862
Warrenton, July 16, 1862
Waterloo, July 23, 1862

Memoirs of Charles H. Roundy, Company F

How I Enlisted
Fort Independence
Departure
John Brown
Camp at Williamsport
A Secret for 16 Years

Letter of Capt. R. Shriber, Company I

October 31, 1861; appointed to Gen'l Banks Staff

Memoirs of Austin C. Stearns, Company K

Fort Independence
Harper's Ferry
Scouting Parties at Harper's Ferry
Williamsport
March to Hancock and Back
Who Took Martinsburg?
Company K and the Flag
Death of Patrick Cleary
The Heights of Centreville
A Tree Falls in Camp
Front Royal
'Let's Be Jolly' - Chaplain Gaylord
"Lights Out In K"
"Tour of the Battle-field of Cedar Mountain"

Letters of Dennis G. Walker

July 31, 1862, Waterloo, Va.

Letters of Oliver H. Walker, Company C

August 2nd & 5th, 1861
August 20th, 1861
December 2nd, 1861

Diary of Samuel Derrick Webster

March 12 - 14, 1862; fixing the steam engine at Martinsburg
March 23 - 27, 1862, excerpts; Marches, Reconaissance
April 11, 1862; Quality of Water in Camp
April 24, 1862; Playing Tricks on the Commissary
May 1, 1862; New Brigade Commander Hartsuff

Newspaper Articles

Official Records of the War of the Rebellion

Skirmish at Pritchard's Mill, September 15, 1861.
Battle of Bolivar Heights, October 16, 1861.

Photographs

Officers of the 13th Mass
Portraits of the original Officers
Company C
Company K, Cook House, Williamsport
Thanksgiving in Camp
Thirteenth Mass Band
Thirteenth Mass Glee Club
Surgeons Whitney & Heard
Williamsport, Library in Camp
Williamsport, Stables

Armstrong, Robert, Corporal
Batchelder, N. Walter, Lt.-Col.
Beaumont, Walter
Bigelow, Loring
Clark, William L. Garrison
Cary, Captain Joseph
Cary, William Howard
Colburn, Joseph
Davis, Charles E. Jr.(post war)
Davis, Charles E. Jr. (war-time)
Forbush, William Henry.
Fox, Charles Bernard.
Fox, James Augustus
Freeman, Warren H.
Fuller, John T, Co. B, (drowned at Front Royal)
Geary, John White, 28th Pa.
Gaylord, Noah, Chaplain
Gould, Jacob Parker.
Henderson, Robert B.
Hill, George Henry
Hovey, Charles H., Captain
Jackson, William H.
Leland, Charles E.
Leonard, Colonel Samuel H.
Leonard, Colonel Samuel H.
Mayo, Charles H.
Mecuen, George E.
Morse, Al
Noyes, John Buttrick
Palmer; Captain Moses.
Pfaff, William
Pierce, Elliot Clark
Ramsey, James F.
Rice, Edwin
Rideout, William H. H.
Sanderson, John C.
Smith, James Augustus.
Stearns, Austin C.
Stimpson, Frank
Webster, Samuel Derrick
Williams, Fred

Other Photographs & Illustrations

Ashby, Turner, Brig. Gen. C.S. by John Paul Strain Boyd, Belle, 'Southern Spy'
Bacon, Henry; "Battle of Dam No. 5"
Bacon, Henry; "Reveille on a Winter Morning"
Bacon, Henry; "Ye Two Galorious Fourths"
Buck, Lucy & Laura, Southern Diarist, Front Royal
Carter's Run, Va., Map
Cedar Mountain, Va.
Convalescent Camp, Alexandria, Virginia
Coulter, Colonel Richard; (11th PA Vols)
Dam No. 5, C&O Canal
Elizabeth Ensminger
Forbes, Edwin; several sketches by;
Forbes, Edwin, Sketches of Fremont's pursuit of Jackson
Forbes, Edwin; Battle of Cedar Mountain sketches
Fort Independence
Fremont, General John C;
Front Royal, Va., Pictures of the town
John Brown's Fort
John Brown Bell, Marlboro, Mass.
Halleck, Henry, Maj.-General
Halltown, Harper's Weekly
Hancock, Maryland
Harpers Ferry
Hartsuff, General George Lucas
Lincoln, Abraham
Lock 33, C & O Canal
Long Wharf, Boston Harbor
Marlborough, Massachusetts; Main Street; 1880's
Martinsburg, by Alfred Waud
Martland, William J., 12th Mass, Bandleader
McClellan, General George B.
McDowell, General Irvin
McDowell's HQ at Manassas; July, 1862
Ord, General Edward O.C.,
Perkins, S. C., 12th Mass
'Played Out' by Edwin Forbes
Pope, John; Maj-General.
Reconaissance in Force by Edwin Forbes
Retreat from Alpine Station, Jan. 4th 1862
Reveille on a Winter Morning; Artist Henry Bacon
Review of General McDowell's Corps, May 20,1862; Edwin Forbes
Ricketts, General James
Route Step by Edwin Forbes
St. James Episcopal Church, Warrenton, Va.
Shepherdstown Ford
Shields, General James
Steamer John Brooks
Steamer Nelly Baker
Stiles, Colonel John L., (83rd NY; 9th NYSM)
Virginius Island, Herr's Mill
Warrenton, Virginia
Waterloo Bridge, Virginia
Webster, Colonel Fletcher, (12th Mass Vols)
Winchester, Va., Court House
Winchester, Va., Courthouse graffiti of Hicks & Wait, Co. B
Winchester, Va., Taylor Hotel

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