Minnie Hadley was a sister-in-law to Laurette Hadley. She was married to Cornelius Hadley, "Neal", brother to Laurette. She writes of local news and discusses the meaning of married love.
Although this letter has no year, it must have been written in 1864 as it discusses what French thought would be the result if McClellan were elected and if Lincoln was not re-elected. French received a bounty for enlisting but felt were money his...
The letter seemed to the second part of a letter Hubert Smith sent to Asher LeFluer as there is no salutation. In it, Hubert gives the local news and discusses the upcoming draft. The letter must come from 1864 as it addressed to Asher in the...
In this 1863 letter to his sister, Etta, Simon Hadley writes of camp duties and of his hopes they will be reunited in the future. He mentions how much he misses his son, Walter.
In this letter, Hubert Smith writes the work of farming will be too hard for Asher LaFleur following his amputation and suggests that dentistry might be a way he could make a living. This dilemma was one many wounded veterans faced.
This handwritten diary covers the years of 1863-1864. There is much written about the Civil War as Lauretta had two brothers serving in the Union Army and was interested in Asher LeFleur, another local soldier. Asher was seriousily wounded at the...
Simon Hadley writes to his sister, Etta, of the joy of receiving a letter after not hearing from home in six weeks, during which time he has been in battle five times. He describes being on a march and coming under fire from an ambush.
Cornelius Hadley was a Sgt. in the 9th Regiment, MI Cavalry. He writes to his sister Lauretta Hadley that Cousin Will has been sick and Cornelius hoped the corn that Etta had sent. He also mentions the shooting competitions held in the regiment
In this letter to his sister, Etta, Cornelius Hadley writes of being on march for the past three months, so much so they have not had time to laundry, let alone write. As there was space left on the letter, Cousin Lind also wrote to Etta. Lind is...
In this letter to his sister, Etta, Cornelius Hadley speaks with pride that after a very hard march where some of his men had blood pooling in their socks, only four out of ninety fell out of the march. Cornelius is now a Lt. Col in Co H of one of...
In this letter to Etta Hadley, Marie Uncapher writes of illness on campus, including the deaths of two students. She also mentions those students who have been drafted and those who have left to join the military.
