Connecticut -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
1861 May 1 - 1920 Dec 12 and unknown dates
Folder 2
Letter topics vary but include family matters, poems, and financial matters.
Two letters from Albert Wadhams of Goshen in 1866 and 1867 describe his efforts to apply for a bounty due to Richard R. Watson, a Corporal of Co. F 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Volunteers.
Civil war broadside, "Litchfield Awake", about 1861
Litchfield awake. Volunteers to arms, enlist now and save your bounty. Poster for volunteers from town of Litchfield.
Civil War soldiers' monument, 1897
Brochure appealing for funds to move the Monument to Center Park, dated 10 April 1897. The Monument was erected in 1865 in the East Park from designs by George F. Bissell, sculptor.
Civil War, "Tableaux! in aid of the Soldiers Aid Association" poster for tableaux at Bulkley's Hall, 1864
"Tableaux! in aid of the Soldiers Aid Association" poster for tableaux at Bulkley's Hall, Litchfield.
Mason, George C. to "my dear friend", 1865
Folder 9
Two letters regarding the end of the U.S. Civil War; offers a proposition for leasing plantation land through the Freedman's Bureau and working them with paid labor of African Americans; notes that Northern men have made profits doing this and provides an estimate of anticipated costs and probable income.