Andrew Buck was a member of the Amphictyon Literary Society while a student at Hillsdale College. He wrote several letters to the Amphictyons while he was serving with the 1st Michigan. He was a first a student in 1859 and returned to Hillsdale...
In 1864, an umarried man of 29, N. W. Bassett ( Nehemiah W. Bassett) left Hudson and went south to work for the U.S. Army. He reports on camp life in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His connection to Hillsdale College is unknown and how this journal...
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...
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 letter expresses the grief felt by Cousin Add over the death of her soldier boy, Jake. The letter is roughly dated as May 24th, 1864 as there is a reference to this death in Lauretta Hadley's diary on May 26, 1864.
This letter is from an acquaintance of Asher LaFleur. The saluation to "Brother Asher" is figurative not literal. Mary discusses Asher's wound and mentions her teaching load has been increased since the minister, the other teacher, has been...
Simon Hadley served throughout the Civil War as a 1st Lt in the Michigan 4th Cavalry and the Michigan 2nd Cavalry. In this letter to his sister, Simon Hadley mentions the dangers of crossing a river on horseback.
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 from 1864, Simon Hadley writes to his sister of the difficulties in leaving family and home, but being grateful for the food brought from home.
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.
This letter was written on 26 July 1861 from Jeremiah Russell to his parents. Russell was a private in the 4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry which was organized in Adrian, Michigan and mustered in 20 June 1861. It was attached to the Army of the...
After the Fire of 1874, the College needed to replace two-thirds of the Central Building. It was decided, rather than replicate the original design, it would be more prudent to build five separate buildings. This appeal was widely sent to alumni...
Central Hall; Worthing Hall; East Hall; Dickerson Gymnasium; administration buildings
An early view of the central part of campus. Central Hall is featured, but East Hall is also shown to the right of Central Hall. Worthing Hall is on the left edge. Just to the right of Worthing Hall, the arched windows of Dickerson Gymnasium is...
This coin was minted at Alexandria, within Imperial Rome, during the reign of Constantius II. It was considered legal tender from England to Asia Minor. This coin features Constantius II on the obverse, and four lines of writing "VOT XX MVLT XXX"...
