William Smith - our founder
A biography of William Smith, founder of William Smith College, Geneva, New York. In addition to biographical information on Smith and his background, author Anna Botsford Comstock also discusses his...
View ArticleLetter to Mother, August 31, 1860.
Taylor describes his journey from Western New York to Grosse Ile, Michigan, as well as his accomodations, the postal service, and his teaching duties.
View ArticleLetter to Mother, January 10, 1861.
Part of a letter from Edward Taylor to his mother, dated January 10, 1861, describing his Christmas in Michigan. The letter is incomplete, containing only the first two pages.
View ArticleLetter to Sister, May 5, 1861.
Letter to Edward's sister written from Detroit in 1861 in which he talks of his patriotism and that of Detroit residents in assisting with outfitting him in uniform.
View ArticleLetter to Lottie, January 10, 1861
Letter from Edward to his sister, Lottie, describing his homesickness around the holidays. There is brief mention of Geneva politics on page four.
View ArticleLetter to Mother, May 7, 1861.
Letter from Edward to his mother telling her of his position as a 1st Lieutenant with the 4th Michigan Volunteers, Company E.
View ArticleLetter to Mother, Brothers and Sisters, August 2, 1861.
Letter from Fort Woodbury, Viriginia, to Edward's family in which he briefly describes completion of the fort and it's location, and offers opinion on the war and politics of the day.
View ArticleLetter from Camp Woodbury, Virginia, to sister Lottie, August 26, 1861.
Letter to his sister from Camp Woodbury, Virginia, in which Edward laments the lack of newspapers and scarcity of paper for writing letters.
View ArticleLetter to Marie from Camp Woodbury, August 27, 1861.
Letter in which Edward describes difficulties with the postal service and letter delivery, high prices, and scarcity of paper. He also addresses his personal safety, abuse of soldiers, and the...
View ArticleLetter to Mother and family from Fort Woodbury, Virginia, September 18, 1861.
Letter from Fort Woodbury, Virginia, to his mother and family, in which Edward compares General McClellan and McDowell to a rope walking performance once seen in Geneva, New York.
View ArticleLetter to Mother from Fort Woodbury, Arlington Heights, Virginia, September...
This letter to Edward's mother is largely a recounting of his enlistment and quest for a commission while in Michigan. Near the end of the letter he tells of an encounter with Confederate soldiers...
View ArticleLetter to Will, October 17, 1861.
Letter to his brother, Will, in which Edward discusses exchange of prisonsers, the 50th regiment, and advises his brother on exercise.
View ArticleLetter to Lottie, October 7, 1861.
Edward writes to his sister, Lottie, from the Camp on Hall's Hill (Virginia) telling her of a recent bout with measles and a brief hospital stay.
View ArticleLetter to sister from Warrenton, Virginia, November, 1862
A letter to Edward's sister from camp near Warrenton, Virginia in which he laments the relieving of General McClellan from his command of the Army of the Potomac. Date at the head of the first page is...
View ArticleLetter to Lottie, November 25, 1861.
Taylor thanks his sister, Lottie, for a package received.
View ArticleLetter to Mother, February 11, 1862, from Fairfax, Virginia.
In a letter to his mother, Taylor describes the advance of the Union Army through Fairfax, near Manassas and Centreville, Virginia.
View ArticleIncomplete letter to Friends at Home from New Bridge, Virginia, June 9, 1862.
The first four pages of an incomplete letter from Edward to "Friends at Home" in which Edward describes his unit's progress since the Battle of Yorktown, including the Battle of Hanover Court House and...
View ArticleLetter to Sister Lottie from New Bridge, Virginia, June 18,1862
Camped on the land of a Dr. Gaines, a secessionist sympathizer, Edward predicts the end of the war after Richmond is captured. He talks of food and suppplies, expresses his desire for the position of...
View ArticleLetter to Sister Anna, June 21, 1862.
In a letter to his sister, Anna, written near Richmond, Virginia, Edward describes lithographs of Generals McClellan and Morell, as well as Colonel Woodbury, he is sending. He talks of a potential...
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