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Sutlers

Sutlers and other civilian merchants and couriers were important to the soldiers in making their circumstances a little more comfortable and keeping them connected to home. Peter discussed them by name in some instances, and apparently Clarinda knew them. He commented on how reliable they were (or were not), and whether their rates were reasonable.

In one case, he was upset by one who went back and forth to Utica but had described the condition of the 146th as dirty and demoralized. He stopped associating with that person.

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Date	Summary	Transcript	Event Description	Theme
1863-02-19	02-19-1863s.htm	Pending.html	Tom back, William Jones, Demming, Tom Gray, Sergeant school, her walking to school barefoot	u:m:g:s:p:a:i:
1863-02-22	02-22-1863s.htm	Pending.html	sketch winter scene on home page Armyofthepatomic.gif, snow, tents, wood, sickness and death, froze finger, government shoes, Deming, shoemaker Dennison, Washington Birthday	s:p:d:m:a:
1863-03-01	03-01-1863s.html	03-01-1863t.html	Camp near Potomac Creek,diarrhea, Demming, Dave Reese, rebel prisoners grit to backbone,well dressed, Julia, ward money, says March 1 1862 (wrong year)	s:m:p:d:
1863-03-25	03-25-1863s.htm	Pending.html	predicts Rebs are drawing them back through Fredericksburg to Richmond, Joe Hooker, Generals, Demming reports dirtiest demoralized Regt, booed	f:s:d:
1863-04-09	04-09-1863s.htm	Pending.html	Grand Review by Lincoln 80 thousand troops, Rebels opposite, Fredericksburg ruins, children begging, no pay, sketching for money, whittling	p:d:s:o:
1863-09-03	09-03-1863s.htm	Pending.html	papers George not drafted, Sarah Graff, Mr. Place, mean women Washington, Philip Smith, Bill Sweatfager, Bill Dagwell, Charles Milburey, Brother Henry	d:u:s:g:n:a:
1863-11-20	11-20-1863s.htm	Pending.html	not getting her mail, she lost tooth and hair turns grey, hospital men furlough to vote, Culpeper, Rapidan, another Chancellorsville, no paper or sutler	m:g:p:s:g:c:
1863-11-24	11-24-1863s.htm	Pending.html	marched to cross Rapidan but rain and mud, Meade determined, Fredericksburg, made 2 pictures for a dollar, Boys need tobacco, Tom Washington discharge	g:p:s:m:f:a:
1863-12-20	12-20-1863s.htm	Pending.html	no locations, Bealton Station? cold, exposure, hungry, buying bread, tent with fireplace,sent 2 letters since crossed Rapidan, afraid she is cold in old house, Tom letter	d:u:s:a:
1863-12-25	12-25-1863s.htm	Pending.html	got paid, sending $50 for Christmas, all buying at sutlers, bed of boughs, got paints, James Handwright, Steve Lent, hopes peace in New Year	s:d:u:p:
1864-01-15	01-15-1864s.htm	Pending.html	Smith, Handwright, tries to be good to soldiers, speak well of him,whiskey New Years eve, Capt Clasgens and Lieut Dutton recruit Utica, Mosbys guerrillas	u:s:p:d:m:
1864-04-14	04-14-1864s.htm	Pending.html	Thursday the 14th, 1864- probably April- scans used to say mm-14-1864, warm, Spring campaign, drills,not transferred to Navy, Clarinda living downtown, Lotty, downhill worst	g:u:p:w:s: