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R         Hughes, John Calvin, 1827‑1863.

309                  Papers, 1862‑1863.

                                    Two folders, photocopies.

 

 

 

These are typescripts of the Civil War letters of John C. Hughes, a native of Washington County, Missouri, and a member of Co. I, 33rd Missouri Inf­antry.  He wrote to his wife from camps at St. Louis, Rolla, Salem, Houston, and Hartville, Missouri, Columbus, Kentucky, and Helena, Arkansas. Folder 2 contains genealogical data and copies of military service and pension papers from the National Archives.

 

                Folder 1:  Letters, 7 September 1862 – 27 February 1863 (39 pages, photocopies).

 

                Folder 2:  Pension papers and genealogical data, n.d. (42 pages, photocopies).

 

                Date                                        From

 

                7 September 1862                 Benton Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.).

                9 September 1862                 Benton Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.).

                10 September 1862               Benton Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.).

                11 September 1862               Benton Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.).

                14 September 1862               Benton Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.).

                16 September 1862               Benton Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.).

                20 September 1862               Benton Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.) [Cont’d 21 September].

                25 September 1862               Camp near Rolla, Mo.

                29 September 1862               Camp near Rolla, Mo. [Cont’d 30 September].

                4 October 1862                      Camp near Rolla, Mo. [Cont’d 5 October].

                8 October 1862                      Camp near Rolla, Mo. [Fragment, cont’d 10 October].

                15 October 1862                    Camp near Rolla, Mo.

                20 October 1862                    Camp near Salem, Mo.

                25 October 1862                    Camp near Salem, Mo.

                31 October 1862                    Camp near Salem, Mo.

                3 November 1862                  Camp on Little Piney, en route to Houston, Mo.

                6 November 1862                  Houston, Mo. [Cont’d 7 November].

                17 November 1862                Hartville, Mo.

                4 December 1862                  Houston, Mo.

                10 December 1862                Houston, Mo.

                21 December 1862                Benton Barracks (Saint Louis, Mo.).

                1 January 1863                      Columbus, Ky. [Cont’d on 2 January].

                7 February 1863                    Helena, Ark. [Cont’d 8 February].

                9 February 1863                    Helena, Ark.

                12 February 1863                  Helena, Ark.

                22 February 1863                  Helena, Ark. [Fragment].

                27 February 1863                  Helena, Ark. [Cont’d 28 February aboard steamboat Lebanon].

 

 

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