Civil
War Letters Of Henry C. Sutton
Compiled by B. Conrad Bush
Camp Brightwood
Fort Massachusetts
Sunday May the fourth 1862
Mother i rec your letter knight before Last and i
should have answered
it
yesterday but it will Reach you almost as soon now as it would if i had
of
writen yesterday i am well and tuff as a boild owl an when i tell you
how
much i Weigh you will say so two Wall i weigh just one Hundred and
Forty pounds and that is Considerable more than i wer waighed before in
my life i have not got much news to write this time but i will try and
make it as interesting for you as i Can wee went up yesterday About two
miles into Mariland
and Surounded a house and then the Col went in and took two Bariels of
Whiskey and Caried it off and what he Did it for was because that some
of
the Boys went up thare and got Drunk and Caried on so that they could
not
Do eny thing with them but it was not eny of our Comp it was some that
Did
while Mr Blackman was out here and he Can tell you all about it for he
was here at the time but i must stop and leave Room to write Aunt
Marian the boys are all well here now and fat as hogs when you write
Agan let me know whare Julia is and if she got that letter that Horatio
brought out to
her from me but i must Close with Love to all Enquireng friends this
from
H C Sutton to Mrs Cathrine M Sutton tele Frank Parce to wright to me
Camp Double Day
Fort Massachusetts
Sunday May the 18th 1862
Dear Mother i recd your Letter Last knight and was
glad to hear from
you but i had just Mailed A Letter to you that Morning but i got A
letter from Aunt Marian and seeing i was writeng to her i thought i
would write some to you for it will not bust eny more to write to both
of you than it would to one of you you say you Dont want me to stop
writeng on the Acount of not having stamps i write a bout three times A
week to you butt i guess that
they are opened and then you Dont get them that Likeness i am going to
have
taken tomorrow Mornig and send it in this Letter to send to Mary me and
Deforest are going to have it taken togeather with our guns and then
before
long and send to you Mary when Fransetia Come over give my best
Respecks
to her tell Neta and Ida that i shall Come home When i get my next pay
and
that i Will be mext Juli and that is if i Can get a furlo and i guess i
Can tell father not to let out kit much this sumer for i want to take
some
rides when i Come home on furlough must Close with Love to all this
from
your sun H C Sutton to Cathrine M Sutton
Fredwicks Burg Sunday
the 25th 1862 (May)
Dear father mother Sisters and Brothers i now sit
Down to write to you
and
to Let you know whare i am and how i get along i am Well and sound as A
brick i am now within one half mile of the City of fredricks burg and
the
City is in sight and wee Can see it vary plain from whare wee are and
Thomas Sharp is going to the City to Day for Patrole gard and wee are
going to
stay here to the City to gard it and thare is vary neer one hundred and
fifty
thousand men here and they are ging to march for Richmond in a few Days
and David Browns reg is just acrost the River from us and they are
onely
two miles from us and Gorge Smith Came over here Last night just as
soon
as wee got here and he sed that the Rebel Pickets was within five mile
up
here and he sed that one of their men was shot the other Day while on
Picket
Duty and he sed that they was going out and Picket to Day Last Thursday
when
wee was Coming through the City of Washington thare was some men thare
and
they grabed one of our nigers and tried to strangle him so that he
Could not yell but he bit their hands so that they could ot strangle
him and he yelled Like a good fellow and our boys went back and knocked
three or four men Down with their guns and got him back he was A Small
boy about as large as Frand Parce and he stayes with our Captain Mr
Blackman can tell you all about him for he was thare when he was out to
our Camp wee had A purty hard time of it marching out here but wee are
good for it wee Camped out on the ground one night and wee Did not have
eny tents and it rained all night like the Duce and wee got wet as
thunder for thare was not one Dry thread in our Close and marched all
Day yesterday with wet knapsack on and haversack and Canteen and gun
and that is over one hundred Pounds in heft and wee marched nine miles
in A half Day yesterday and got here all Right i Sent mine and Deforest
picture the other Day to Mary and when i Can get another one taken i
will send it to you mother you must be of good Cheer for i shall take
good Care of my Self you must take good Care of the Children for me
here is some Secesh moey that i have sent to the Children one to Ansel
and one bill to Frank and one bill to John and one to Nety and you can
get Ida Something till i Can get her one and if She Wants one vary bad
Ansil
must let her have his and i Will Send him another just as soon as you
get
this this from your Sun and well Wisher H C Sutton with Love to all be
of good Cheer for all Will Come out Wright when you Write Write all the
news and Write something about all of the folks
Direct the same as before to Washington and it will Come Safe
Fredwicks Burg, Va
Wenedsday morning May the 28, 1862
Dear father once more i take my pen in hand to write
A few lines to let
you know whare i am i am whare i stayed the night before i wrote to you
before
i wrote to you before wee have been moving every Day for A week and wee
have Came back to the Same old place whare wee stayed the first night
wee are going to the City to Day and gard the City of fredwicks burg
but i
presume before wee get thare our orders will be Countermanded and keep
us
marching back and fourth allways and it is prety tuff to march and Cary
about
one hundred pounds heft on our backs and a gun besides and wee have to
Do that and i have had the Diaree more than A Week and it makes me
prety Week
to i tell you but i gues i Can stand it for i am geting beter now
father i Sent Some Clothe to Cortland the Day before wee moved and
there probibly thare by this time and Ben and Jud and Gorge Cross sent
some two and when they go to get them send by them to get yours for
they will keep you in Clothes a quite a while but i must Close pleas
hand this other page to R Parce this from your sun and well wisher H C
Sutton to Lorenzo and Cathrine Sutton
Fredericks Burg
June 5th 1862
Dear Father it is with Pleasure that i take my Pen in
hand to Let you
know
that i am well and Enjoying my self first Rate wee have Lots of fun
Down
in this Part of the Cuntry wee have to go on gard Every other Day but
wee
Dont have to Do Eny thing the Rest of the time i Write to you as often
as
twise or three times A Week and i have not Rec but One from you in over
two Weeks and i Dont know Whether it is because you Dont write or
Whether they Dont Come safe i Dont know as you Rec all of mine or not
how Does making Shingles go but this time Ransome sed that you and he
was going into that buisness but i must Close and leave Room to write
Soome to mother for it is some time Since that i have writen to her and
i Dont know but that
She thinks that i have forgoten her but i have not if i Remember Wright
and i guess i Do give my Best Respect to R Parce and Go and give my
Love
to all ot the Children and the Friends out thare and rec A share for
your
self with Love to all this from your Sun and Well Wisher H C Sutton to
Lorenzo Sutton Pleas write soon as you get this
now A few lines to Mother and Cathrine M Sutton it is Some time Since
that i have writen to you and i Dont know but you think that i have
forgoten you but i Can Ashure you that i have not for you are to Dear
to me for me to forget you i am Well and felling first Rate for wee
have Lots of fun Down here Wee Dont have to Do much wee have had A vary
hard freshet here yesterday
and it Caried off two Bridges that went Across the River and i should
guess
that wee had fun about that time of the Day if Ever you must be of good
Cheer for i shall Look out for my self i Can ashure you tell the
Children
to be good and mind their Parents and not Do as I Used to Do have they
Stoped
Swaring yet if they have they should have their Presents when I Draw my
next pay but i must Stop for Want of news to Write now Write Just as
Soon
as you get this for i have not herd from you in A good while onely once
and that was agood while ago that it was writen now write as soon as
you
get this for i must Close give my Love to all of the folks out thare
and
Rec a share your Self this from your sun and Well Wisher H C Sutton to
Cathrine
M Sutton
Yours in hast no more at Present so good By for this time tell Mary
that i shall write to here the next time
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States Capital in Washington, D.C. It takes up the upper third portion
of the page.
Fredericksburg Va
June the 1, 1862
Dear father i now have a few moments of lesure time
and so i will
Emprove the time for i shall write to you if you Dont write to me for
it is most two Weeks Since i have hurd from you and have Writen half a
Dozen to you and you have not answered them but if you Dont Write to me
i shall to you every Chance that i Can get i Rec your Letter that had
that peace of Calaco in it and i had just mailed A letter to you that
morning and so i Did not answer it right off and i forgot it till now
and now i Will answer it and i will try and be more punctial in the
future i have bee acuseing you of not writeng but i Will not for i have
got a letter from you since i have writen to you i am Well and hope you
are all the same wee have good times here but i have been on gard four
Days Wright strait along but i got off last night and that is the
reason why i neglected to write to you before i Cant write much this
time for i have not eny news to wrie so i Will Close by bideng you good
bye pleas write to me as soon as you get this give my best Respecks to
all Enquireng friends and kiss the Cildren forty times aday
for me this from your sun H C Sutton to Lorenzo Sutton
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States Capital in Washington, D.C. It takes up the upper third portion
of the page.
Fredericksburg, VA
Double Days Brigade
Monday Morning June the 16th 1862
Dear father and Mother Sisters and Brotehres i Rec
your Letter some
days
Ago and i had Just mailed A Letter to you that morning and as i have
not
Writen Untill now and Night befoe Last from Mary and thare was some in
it
to Deforest and he wrote to you yesterday but it Did not go out and
mine
will get thare by the time that his Does i have not got eny news to
Write
but i Will Write all i know i am as Well as i Ever Was in my Life our
Company
found the other Day that belonged to the Secesh government six baresl
of
flour and tow of Barels of Molasses and one barel of pickels and wee
have
the flour baked inteo Shortcakes and have molases on it when it is Warm
and have all the Pickels wee want and they took the Same Day A Lot of
Rebel
Solgers Clothing and six Barels of Whiskey and bout a hundred bushels
of
beans but the Whiskey Dont Do us Eny good for wee Cant get eny of it
for
they keep it Under A Lock and key but the Rest of the Stuff wee use all
wee want of it Benjamon and A Nathan Rudock and John Parsel and Mort
Johnson
went to Washington with A Rebel Major that our Pickets Captured and
they
went Last Saturday and have not yet (come) back yet and i guess they
Will
have A good time two and i hope they Will for i should Like to have
gone
with them myself but i Shall have to Close for i am on gard to Day the
Cheries and Strawbaries are ripe and i guess that wee get our share of
them
at eny Rate wee Calculate two and I guess wee Do and wee have Chicken
for
Breakfast About Every morning for thare is enought here in this City
and
they belong to Secesh and wee take them when we want them so you Can
see that wee Live Purty Well i went out one night with another fellow
and wee
got seven hens and wee had all the Chicken Soop and Chickens wee wanted
for
the hole Company and wee Cared the the Captain and Leiutenant up some
and
they Ate it i tell you need not be eny Concern About us for wee Shall
take Care of our selves i had A Letter from Polly Parce Last Saturday
night and in it I found her Likeness and i Tell you it Looks natural as
Life and it made me think of home but i must Close and Write Some to
Ransom Parce for i have not answered his Letter yet give my Best
Respecks to all of the People out thare and i would Like to know Why
that Euncie Dont Write Mary give my best respecks to Lib Mury tell her
that i Saw Oscar last night and he was Well and Doing well but i must
Close with Love to All Enquireng friends this form your Brother H C
Sutton
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States Capital in Washington, D.C. It takes up the upper third portion
of the page.
Camp 8 miles East of
Fredericksburg June the 18th 1862
Dear Absent Sister your Letter was Rec night before
Last andy wee had
Just
moved from the City and I Did not have time to Write that night nor
yesterday
and so i had to put it off Untill this morning but it Will not make
much
onely one Days Differance since i Wrote to you last monday tow thare is
not much news to write only that i am Well and tuff as A Bare and that
is good news to you i suposefor it is to me to hear that you all are
Well
and it is the same to you i supose to hear that i am Well but i am
sorry
that wee had to Leave the City for it was A good place and wee Did not
have
to drill eny thare and now wee have to Drill but wee Can tuff her
thrugh
i am sorry that Hiram is Dead how Deal must feel but he Died in A good
Cose
fighting for his Country and was killed in action and it shoes that he
was
A brave and good Boy and you say that one of Mr Heths Boys is Dead two
but
wee Dont know how soon all of us may Die and it is no more Apt that wee
shall Die than you at home for wee shall all have to Die when our times
Come Whether here or at home and if it is my fate i to Die in the armey
or in Battle so i am Willing to Die Whare our god seath fit to have me
Die
but i must Close for i have got to go out on Drill in A few minets and
i
Shall have to stop (now) Mother because i Dierct my letters and head
them
to Mary Dont think that they are not to you for they are as much to you
as eny of the Rest for they are to all of you i and Thomas Sharp has
got
A whole tent alone and i am glad of that but i must Stop wee killed two
Oxen last night and wee have got one more to kill tomorrow for our Redg
to Eat So wee have some more fresh meat agan and Tom and me got half of
A Liver and you know that is what suts me for i Like and that was first
Rate but i must Close this from your Brother H C Sutton to Mary and
father
and mother and Ansil frank and John neta and Ida with Love and great
Respect
to all Enquireng friends and Conections so good Bye till next time no
more at Present
Camp Oppasite Fredericks
Burg Sunday Morning
June the 29th 1862
Absent father and Mother i Rec your Vary Welcome
Letter Day Before
yesterday and was glad to hear that you was all Well i am Well and as
this leaves me
so may it find you in health and Prospering finely for i am now i am
going
to tell you some Bad news Henry Finch is Dead and Baried he Died night
before Last and was Baried yesterday he Died With the fever but he has
gone
to Rest but he was the Best Boy in the Company now About them Clothes
that
i Sent i Sent them in A small Box and i Sent them alone and thare was
two
Pare of Pants and A Wooling Blanke and two Shirtss and A Cap and A
Roundebout Coat and i Sent them the same time that Ben Did his i have
not got eny thing to Write that will interest you that i Can think of i
Cant Write eny more than this letter for somebody has stolen all of my
stamps but two and one of them i have Put on a letter this morning and
the other i am going to Put on this one they stole one Dozen stamps and
now i Shall have to stop Writeng so you must not think it strange if i
Do not Write eny more but if
i am sick Ben or somebody will Write to you and let you know it but i
shall
have to Close and Leave Room to Write to Ransome give my Respecks to
all
Enquireng friends and Relitives out thare and tell them that i should
like
to see them vary much but i guess that i shall have to Wait Awhile but
i
shall have to Close by Wishing you all good luck this from your sun and
Well Wisher H C Sutton to Lorenzo and C M Sutton with Love to all Pleas
give this other to Aunt marian R Sutton if you pleas
Camp opposite fredericksburg
Thursday July the 10th 1862
Absent Sister your letter that was Writen the fourth
Rec yesterday and
was
vary glad to hear from you and glad to hear that you was all Well for
health
is A blessing to all of us i am Well and Enjoying tip top health as i
Ever
Did when i was to home you ded that father and Ransome was hoing
Potatoes for their fourth and they Done Well for that was A thing that
is nesasary
to be Done in order to have them to Eat now i Will tell you What my
fourth
Was i Went over to General Double Days head quarters and herd A speech
and
it was the best Speech that i ever herd in my life and in the afternoon
i Went With Deforest and Chet and Gorge Cross and got Some Blackbaries
and
wee got about two quarts Apiece and i Will bet that there was more than
100
bushels picked in that lot hat Day and is Every Day and last Sabut
Thomas Sharp and me Went and got Some String Beans and wee got Enought
for two meses and i Reckon they tasted old fashon i Dont Supose that
you have
got Ripe Blackbaries up thare yet but wee have Down here and the folks
have Done their heigheng and harvesting Down here When Does the folks
think they shall begin their heigheng up thare and Do you think of
Cuting eny heigh on eny body this year or not i Cant Write much more
this time give my Best Respects to R Parce and all the Rest of the
folks and thare for i must Close by bideng you good Bye if you Will
Pleas Send me A few Postage Stamps i Will
try and Do as much for yu no more this from your Brother and Well
Wisher H C Sutton to Mary Sutton So pleas Write Soon to me
Camp Opposit of fredericksburg VA
friday Evening July 11th 1862
Absent friend and sister and Mother i Recd yur letter this Afternoon
and one from Aunt Marian and i was glad to hear from you i Was glad to
get that Pen that you sent me for i have not got eny onely one that
Polly Parce sent me and that is not half so good as this one is she
sent it to me yesterday i am Writeng with the one you sent me and it is
the Best steal Pen that i
Ever saw in my life i Wish that you Would Send me one Every time you
Write for i Cant get eny Pens here atall that is worth eny thing Walle
nough of that i am Well and have not Seen A Sick moment Since the time
wee marched Defor has hot Well and Ruged Agan now we have not got our
pay yet and Dont know when wee shall get it and i guess hat wee shall
have such Another time getting it as wee Did the other time i guess
that you Could not read that letter that i wrote with a Pensil for it
was so Dim that i Could not hardely Read it my self Wee had Batalion
knapsack Drill this Afternoon but Wee did not have to Drill eny here
for our Col is A first Rate man and he lets us
stop and Rest once in About ten minutes and the Boys all like him tip
top
well the Best of eny man that wee ever saw i Cant write much this time
for i have not got eny news to Write your mistaken about our mens
Retreeting and leaving our dean on the ground it is so about their
Retreeting for they Did retreet but it was to get the Rebels into A
trap and they Did and Drove them back and licked them out but they are
at it now i supose for they was the last i herd from thare you must not
feel so bad About me mother for i will look out for my self give my
Best Respecks to gand mother and tell her that i should like to see her
vary much and Aunt Julia so to Uncle James to Mary tell Frank and
Verner Blackman that if they Dont Write before long to me that i Will
not Write to them When they Do to me for it has been A
good while since that i Wrote to them and i begin to think that it is
time
that i got A letter from them if they are ever going to write to me but
i shall have to Close Pretty soon for i have got to Wrtie to Aunt
Marian this morning and if you Will Pleas Cary this other letter over
to Aunt Marian
i will be Vary much obliged to you give my best respecks to R Parce and
tell him that i should like to see him vary much and i hope it Will not
bee long before long but i Dont know as i ever shall see him but i must
Close
for i have not more than time to Write to Aunt Marian So you must
excuse
this short letter this time and i Will try and Do better the future
part
of my life about writeng for i must leave you now so good Bye untill
next
time this from your Sun and Brother H C Sutton to Mary L and Cathring M
Sutton no more at present so good Bye all of you kiss the Children for
me for i Cant
Camp
opposite of fredricksburg VA
Wenedsday afternoon July 16th 1862
Dear mother i Recd your letter yesterday and was on gard so that i
Could not Write untill today i was glad to hear that you are all Well
out thare you sed that Con and Emma Babcock was Sick i am sorry to
heare that fore health is A great blessing to all of us i am Well and
tuff as A Bare for i have not Seen A Sick Day Since i have been in the
State of VA i am expecting the mail along every minute but Presume that
thare Will not be enything for
me Blackbaries and Hucklebaries are Ripe here and thare is lots of them
two i talked some of going and getting some this afternoon but it will
be
so late by the time that i get through Writeng that i Cant go today but
i guess i Shall go tomorrow though wee have string beans for Diner
yesterday and i had green Apple saues today for Dinner you Sed you
Wanted me to be A good Boy well mother i will try you must not expect A
vary long letter this time for i am upon gard all night last night and
i am Purty tired and sleepy today so i will Close by bideng you a good
bye this from your Sun and Well Wisher H C Sutton to Mrs Cathrine M
Sutton Pleas write Soon to me
no more at Present so good bye all of you no more at Present
Headquarters
76 Regt VA
Camp opposite of fredricksburg
July the 19th 1862
Dear father as i had an opertunity to send you A letter free of postage
i thought i Would Write a few lines to let you know that i ame Well and
hope
you are the Same i have not got eny news to Write and if i had i should
not
have time to Write it i went and picked two quarts of black baries
yesterday and Thomas Sharp Went With me and he got as meny as i Did and
they was the nicest that i ever Saw in my life and wee got some
Cucumbers and aquashes and Wee are going to Cook them to Day i Shall
not have time to Write much time So you must Excuse me if i Dont Write
A vary long letter this time the Drum has beat for Drill and i must
Stop pleas give my best Wishes
to all Enquireng friends this from Henry C Sutton
Camp
Opposite of fredericksburg
thursday July 24th 1862
Dear Sister i rec your letter Day before yesterday and now i seat my
self
to Reply i am well and is this leaves me so may it find you in health
and
good Spearits i have not got eny news to Write this time So you must
Excuse
me if i Do not write A vary long letter this time for i have got to
write
to Vurner Blackman and i Shall not have time to write much this time
mother
i wish you would Send me About A Point of that mouth Water for the
Disentary
and send it Express and it Will Come safe and it will not Cost much
eather
and Ben said he will Pay half of the Postage you Wanted to know if i
had
Rec them Postage Stamps yes i got them all Right give my best Respecks
to all of the People out thare and Pleas hand this other letter to
Vurner
Blackman for i Shall have to Close but i will try and write more next
time
i Wrote A letter to you and Sent it by BIll Dick but give my Love to
the
Children and tell them that i should like to see them Vary much but i
will Close and write to Vurner this from your friend and Brother H C
Sutton
to Mary Sutton
Camp
Neer fredericksburg
Aug 6th 1862
Dear Sister i Recd your Letter Night before Last and was glad to hear
that
you was all well I am Well and Harty and Enjoying my Self first Rate
Wee
have moved our Camp about A mile upon A hill and A nice Place wee are
Drilling
Every Day now and it has been the Warmest Weather for About A week that
I ever Saw in my life Cant Wee have good time here it Looks as tho wee
was going to have some Rain before long and I think it will be A good
thing
for it has been Some time since wee have had eny to Amount to eny thing
i tent with Ben now Ben is Well Deforest is in Elexandria Hospatol but
the
last wee herd from him he was geting better but they Say he is going to
have his Discharge and i am glad of that for he is hot tuff enought to
stand
this Solger life but i am afraid he will not get it but i hope he Will
for
he is a good Boy two of our boys have Returned from the hospital
yesterday
William Fuller and Eugene Fuller you Wanted to know who the Boys was
that
was Sick in the Hospitol i Dont know as i Can tell you all of them but
i
Will tell you all i Can of them A B Miner Hiram Warner Henry Justice
David
Salesbary Albert Harvey Peter Maclane and Theran Blackman Morell Fuller
Burdet Fuller and Arnold Sargent Ralph Swan John Phelps Deforest George
Thorenton Thomas Marten and Levi Lowel those are all i Can think of now
wee Dont get eny news now and so i shall have to stop Writeng for Want
of
news to Write give my best Wishes to R Parce and Emma Babcock and to
Uncle
Lans folks and all of the Enquireng friends out thare i Dont think of
eny
thing so i Will Close by sayeng good Day to all of you and Love to all
of you this from your friend and Brother H C Sutton Wee have not got
our
Pay yet and i supose you have got Prety neer out of money as Well as my
Self Pleas send me two Dollars if you Can and i Will make it all Wright
with
you When i Draw my net Pay and that will be next Month i Expect and i
Will
send you all the money then i Can to By hay with i must Close now for i
Cant write eny more now this from your fiend and well Wisher and sun H
C
Sutton to Lorenzo Sutton no more onely Pleas Write soon to me no more
at
Present So good Bye till next time Henrry C Sutton
Camp
of the 76th Regt N.Y. Vol.
At Burstow Station, Va.
Nov. 2nd, 1863
Mr. Sutton
Dear Sir,
Enclosed please find, a letter, to me, from Mr. James A Kennedy, of
Washington , in relation to a Testament which belonged to your Son,
I was present when your Son was Killed. He was a brave brave
Soldier,
and his death was a Severe loss to his Company and the cause, for
which he was contending.
I remain,
Very Respectfully Yours,
William Cahill
2nd Lieut
Comdg Co. B
The following two letters were written on the same
paper. The third letter is not signed but it was from a Sister of
either
Catharine or Lorenzo Sutton.
Fairfield
July 5th 1863
Dear Sister and Brother I take my pen in hand to write A few lines to
you
to let you know we have not forgotten you although it has been A long
time
since we have had A letter from you I wrote to you last fall but I did
not
recieve any answer I thought I would try once more time my health poor
yet and Rebeccas health is not very good this summer but she is so she
is
round the rest are all well we lost a little boy this spring he died
about
7 weeks ago he was most two months old he was always sick I want to see
you very much how I would kike to come there once more and see you all
and
see all the folk I use to know there but I dont never exspect to I
would
like to have you all come and see us it has been very dry here this
summer
so things have most all dried up for the lack of rain Alexanders folks
are
all as ususal as for Bacons children I have not seen them for some time
Olive and Joseph I have not seen since early last spring Sarah went
from Josephes four or five weeks ago she went where Olive lives we have
never
seen or heard from Chester yet I must now close with love to you all I
remain
your well wishing Sister
Rosilla Johnson
Fairfield
July 7th 1863
Dear Sister and Brother I take my pen in hand to write A few lines to
you
in answe to yours we recieved last week we are all well hoping these
few
lines wil find you all enjoying the same great blessing Joseph has bee
cradleing
wheat he has just begun to day Mother is about the same she is so she
goes to Alexanders most ever day she says she feals better when she can
walk
out it is about as far from here to Alex as it is to the Parces from
where
you live Alexander folks is all well Alex wife cant write I want to see
you all very much more than I did before I was there Franky talks about
Frank and the rest of the children he has been in the field with his
Father
most all day I must now close as it is late it time I was abed and this
has to go to the Ofice in the morning wiht much love to you all I
remain your well wishing Sister
Mary D. Bailey
Write soon as you can
June
the 30 1864
Dear Sister and Brother neffewes and nesses I take my pen in hand to
let
you no that we wer all well at present time and ancer to yours witch i
reced
sum time ago and i hope these few lines will find you the same bacons
flds
all well except Chester he has had his arm tore of in the factree Olave
is maired Sarah is to work out Joseph Bacon lives about twelve miles
from us Desilelo he lives to his uncel Joseph Bailey they wer well the
last I herd from them Elexander he did enlist for three years or duren
the war She
got a letter from him yesterday he was well then his holds is well
Orlandos wife is maired again She is well Ortons folks are well and
thay live about 11 miles from us
Polanas husband was here about a weak ago he is well it very dry here
fore want of raine we have to good Cows a yoke of oxen five hoges and
five Childern I would like to See you all very much once more kiss the
Childern for me is Mary living to home or not Ellen is to work out for
a doller and ahaff aweak Lorenzo you had better come to to live most
close so good by
Write as soon as you git this
(author unknown assume a woman who is the sister of
Catharine or
Lorenzo Sutton)
What happened to men of Company B during the time that Henry Sutton
wrote his letters. The following was taken from the History Of
Seventy-Sixth New York Volunteers by A. P. Smith, published by
Truair, Smith &
Miles, Printers, Syracuse, NY for the publishers Cortland, N.Y. 1867;
republished
by Ron R. Van Sickle Military Books, 22 Montgomery Village Avenue,
Gaithersburg,
Maryland 20879, 1988.
Company B had 92 men enrolled in it. By the end of their first major
battle, which was Second Manassas (2nd Bull Run) the following men were
either
dead or forced to be discharged for disability and therefore the 76th
N.Y.
Regiment lost their service.
Captain Oscar C. Fox wounded at
Gainesville, August 28, 1862
Lieutenant W. Stuart Walcott
suffered typhoid fever summer of 1862 discharged October 30, 1862
Ralph C. Swan, 4th Srgt. discharged
for disability 1862
Henry L. Taylor, 5th Srgt. killed
Aug 28, 1862
George H. Weeks, 4th Cpl. died
summer of 1862
Harvey Yates, Wagoner died in
service 1862
Chester H. Allen, pvt. killed Aug
28, 1862
Arnold Allen, pvt Feb. 1862 killed
aboard Mount City when it exploded
Elbridge R. Burnham died from
typhoid pneumonia spring of 1862
Joseph R. Birdlebough discharged
for disability 1862
Lucien Chandler died at Camp
Doubleday, D.C. of typhoid pneumonia Spring 1862
John Crozier wounded at Gainesville
August 28, 1862, discharged for disability
Reuben Crumb discharged for
disability spring of 1862
David J. Ellsworth diacharged fro
disability April 12th, 1862 and died of such disability
Henry Finch died at Fredericksburg
July 1862
Warren H. Follett died at Fairfax,
Va., 1862
Eugene E. Fuller discharged for
disability 1862
Nicholas Haynes discharged 1862
Edgar W. Jones died of disease
after Bull Run
Peter McLean Discharged for
disability 1862
Horatio G. Marble Discharged for
disability 1862
Reuben H. Moon Discharged at Albany
for non parental consent
DeForrest Peterson Discharged for
disability 1862
John B. Parselow Discharged for
disability 1862
James A. Phillips Discharged for
disability
Eli E. Peck Wounded at Gainesville,
Aug 28, 1862 discharged for wound
Lewis P. Pember discharged for
disability
Hugh Ross killed at Gainesville
August 28, 1862
Henry C. Sutton killed at
Gainesville August 28, 1862
Luther Skinner died at Alexandria
in 1862
David Salisbury died at Mount
Pleasnat Hospital in 1862
Miles Sperry wounded at Gainesville
August 28, 1862
Benson W. Wells lost an arm at Bull
Run August 29, 1862 and discharged for wound
Isaac White discharged for
disability February 27th, 1862
By the time that the Battle of Second Manassas was
concluded, which was less than one year from the time Henry Sutton
enlisted, Company B had lost by disease, wounds and death 33 men which
represent over 30 percent of its original strength.
The following men were mentioned in the letters of Henry C. Sutton and
are listed in chronological order:
Judson is Judson E. Parce who was
wounded at Bull Run and discharged for the wound in 1862
Benjaman is Benjamin
F. Eaton who
was wounded at Gettysburg and discharged at the expiration of term of
service
Spencer Babcock
Captain Oscar C. Fox
commander of
Company B wounded severly at Gainesville, Va., Battle of Second Bull
Run August 28, 1862
Chancey Crandel is
Chauncey D.
Crandall First Lieutenant Company B was wounded at South Mountain and
killed by a cannon ball at Fredricksburg, December 12, 1862
Deforest Peterson is
DeForrest
Peterson who was discharged for disability in 1862
G Parse is Judosn E.
Parce see above
Ratio is Horatio G.
Marble who was
discharged for diability in 1863
Charles Fallet
Nelsen DIckerson
Tom Sharp is Thomas H.
Sharp who
was taken prisoner and on release joined the regular army
David Brown
Jare Rogers
Steve, Stephen Benette
is Stephen
Bennett, Jr. a musician
John Parslo is John B.
Parselow who
was discharged for disability in 1862
James Spauding is
James M.
Spaulding who was wounded
Louis Blackman is
Samuel L.
Blackman, Third Sergeant who was discharged for disability in 1863
Horatio is Horatio G.
Marble who
was discharged for diability in 1863
Amos Miner is Amos B.
Miner, third
Corporal was discharged for disability; drafted back into same Co. he
was taken prisoner and died at Florence, S.C., October, 1864
Elbridge R. Burnham
died of typhod
penumonia in spring of 1862
Chester Frank
George Smith
George W. Cross
Musician discharge
at expiration of term of service
Nathan Rudock is
Nathan S. Ruddock
who was wounded at Antietam and discharged at expiration of term of
service
John Parsel is John B.
Parselow was
discharged for diability in 1862
Mort Johnson is Anson
M.N. Johnson ?
Hiram is either Hiram
G. Warner
seventh Corporal who was promoted to first Sergeant; wounded at the
Wilderness May 5, 1864 and taken prisoner;
discharged at expirtion of term of service or Hiram D. Scranton who
died at Aquia Creek December 8th, 1862
Heath
Henry Finch died at
Freedericksburg
July, 1862.
Chet is Chester H.
Allen who was
killed at Gainesville August 28th, 1862
William Fuller is
William K. Fuller
wounded at South Mountain; promoted to Sergeant January 14th, 1863;
re-enlisted, came home on furlough, and died January 4th, 1865
Eugene E. Fuller
discharged for
disability 1862
Hiram Warner see Hiram
G. Warner
above
Henry Justice
discharged at
expiration of term of service
David Salesbary is
David Salisbury
who died at Mount Pleasant Hospital in 1862
Albert Harvey no
description
Peter MacLane is Peter
Mclean who
was discharged for disability in 1862
Theran Blackman is
Theron Blackman
was discharged at expiration of term of service
Morell Fuller
discharged at end of
term of service
Burdet Fuller is
Burdett Fuller
discharged for disability April 20th, 1864
Arnold Sargent is
Arnold S. Sergent
discharged for disability October 18th, 1863
Ralph C. Swan fourth
Sergeant;
discharged for disability 1862
John H. Phelps
discharged
George Thorenton is
George E.
Thorington was wounded on picket at Freedericksburg, December 15th,
1862, and at Gettysburg July 1st, 1863
Thomas Marten is
Thomas Martin
killed at Gettysburg July 2, 1864; promoted to Sergeant Major of the
regiment.
Levi F. Lowell
re-enlisted and
remained to the end of the war
William Cahill he was
wounded five
times, taken prisoner three times and promoted to First Lieutenant and
mustered out March 11, 1865
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