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This is a novelty soldiers mailing envelope from the 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. It was found in the Christian Schetler collection, who served in Company G of the 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Christopher Schetter was born on October 3, 1839 in…

[corresponds to page 1 of Lucy Webb Hayes Letter to Rutherford B. Hayes, June 13, 1861]
Lucy W. Hayes
June 13, 1861 [underlined twice]- Mar [underlined twice]
Cincinnati. June 13 th [superscript]
Dearest Ruddy,
I cannot tell you how
happy…

A postcard of the Powder & Block House on Johnson's Island that was sent from Confederate prisoners back to friends and family.

Letter from Joseph E. Ratliff, Confederate prisoner on Johnson's Island, 6 February 1864

Contributor Note: "The attached is a letter from my great, great uncle, John Silas Caton, who enlisted in Company B 78th Ohio November 27, 1861. He was discharged because of wounds on October 23,1863.

He married Rachel Day, in 1858, in Muskingum…

Contributor Note: "The attached is a letter from my great, great uncle, John Silas Caton, who enlisted in Company B 78th Ohio November 27, 1861. He was discharged because of wounds on October 23,1863.

He married Rachel Day, in 1858, in…

The attached is a letter from my great, great uncle, John Silas Caton, who enlisted in Company B 78th Ohio November 27, 1861. He was discharged because of wounds on October 23,1863.

He married Rachel Day, mentioned in the letter in 1858, in…