Box 4

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Addressed from: Camp Hale, Camp Linley, Fort Pennsylvania and Camp Pierpont. Most are addressed to his brothers, primarily Thomas Smedley, but also to Otto Smedley and to two Respected Friends at home Discusses drilling, troop movement, and strategy, his duties, meeting enslaved people, packages, and hot-air balloons.

Scope and Contents Addressed from: Camp Pierpont, Camp near Alexandria, Camp Prince Williams, Camp near Falmouth, Camp near Fredericksburg, Camp along James River, Camp near Harrisons Landing, Camp near Alexandria, Camp near Sharpsburg, and Camp 4th Regt. PRVC . Most are addressed to his brothers, Thomas and Otto, and one to his Mother. Discusses or often mentions: troop movements, rebel prisoners, members of the Meredith family, money/pay day, obtaining a tent in very bad weather, his father’s death, the...

Scope and Contents All sent to him in New York, and many discuss his loneliness and adventurousness for living there. One addressed to nephew and niece, plus another from an aunt thanking him for the gift of some fashion books and newspapers, a few from friends: a J. Grubb in Dublin, for one, discusses everything from the contested election of 1876 to a ministers and laymen convention. A few from cousins, for example: Anna Fisher in Jamesville NC, who mostly discusses the Centennial Exhibition, a Dublin cousin...