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Peter L. Dumont's Civil War Site Themes

Utica

Utica references appear in Peter's letters both before and during the Civil War, offering interesting historical tidbits. Clarinda moved a few times without Peter's approval during the eighteen months that Peter was in the 146th. Although the addresses were not listed, he did comment on her living quarters, giving a glimpse of life in Utica during the War. His recollections of going to fun events in Utica with her before the War are also of interest.

A series of letters about Clarinda accepting assistance from Peter's employers at Hart and Dagwell and from the City ('Ward money') without his approval provide more context. Harwood's daguerrotype shop, where Peter's sister worked and he and his father may have been previously employed, is mentioned in several letters. Other companies, landmarks, and elected officials are mentioned.

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Date	Summary	Transcript	Event Description	Theme
1858-06-12	06-12-1858s.htm	06-12-1858t.htm	from Peter in Troy to Clarinda in Utica, boat full of water, bully team, Cyrus, coal Schenectady	g:u:
1862-06-19	06-19-1862s.htm	06-19-1862t.htm	from Utica, lonesome, garden, fiddle, looks "choopfallen", Jerry Mullin, Alex Lyons, circus	u:g:
1862-06-29	06-29-1862s.htm	Pending.html	sabbath, lonesome, Almeda gave birth, Julia and Tom, Malvina, musksprate, Hills, Brown came in shop, paired with Fragment 2, need to add text from s,t,i,closing I shall go to church tonight	u:g:
1862-07-06	07-06-1862s.htm	Pending.html	wants her to come home, chores, she has stayed with Rose so long, July 4,draft	u:g:
1862-10-07	10-07-1862MAs.htm	Pending.html	friend Marion in Cohoes to Clarinda, heard some "mate" died in Utica, is it Peter?	u:g:
1862-11-05	11-05-1862s.htm	Pending.html	Camp Seward, letterhead of Cleveland w woman and poem, coats, Julia and Tom, $3 left	p:u:
1862-11-30	11-30-1862s.htm	Pending.html	Camp at Fredericksburgh, her military clothes, his dream, Ida, Peace rumors, hopes to settle it	u:m:d:p:i:
1862-11-30MA	11-30-1862MAs.htm	Pending.html	to Clarinda from Marion in Cohoes, glad to hear it is not Peat who was dead, other friends, mill is running, got ten percent	u:
1862-12-08	12-08-1862s.htm	Pending.html	Camp near Fredericksburgh, freezing, tent like pocket handkerchief, all sick, rumors go home if no pay, old castle & cabbage	d:m:p:u:
1862-12-19	12-19-1862s.htm	Pending.html	Camp on Potomac Creek, sketch of Fredericksburgh made during bombardment, Tom to General Hospital	f:m:d:u:a:i:
1862-12-20	12-20-1862s.htm	Pending.html	Camp on Potomac Creek, Tom sick dysentary, court martial, no more Fredericksburgh	f:d:m:u:
1862-12-23	12-23-1862s.htm	Pending.html	Camp on Potomac Creek, reflects on peaceful life, buried 2 more, court martial 30 pound log, peace talk	f:u:d:p:m:a:
1863-01-06	01-06-1863s.htm	Pending.html	from John W. Breish thanks for kindness to brother, can not get body, saw his folks and they are well	m:u:
1863-01-11	01-11-1863s.htm	Pending.html	guard Gen Warrens hq, daughter of the Regt 17th regulars chased by drunk soldiers, Burnside, Breish trinkets, resignations, all wish war over	m:d:p:o:u:i:
1863-01-30	01-30-1863s.htm	Pending.html	got box she and Julia sent, can not get it to Tom, remitant and typhoid fevers, pay, Fredericksburgh relics	f:m:d:u:g:
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-xx	02-xx-1863s.htm	02-xx-1863t.htm	probably between visit to Tom Feb 2 and March 1 letter that mentions Julia and turkey box, ward money, sergeant	m:u:
1863-03-10	03-10-1863s.html	03-10-1863t.html	Camp sketch archway, Zouave uniform, Tom, Julia, turkey, money, Bates, Tyler, Sarah	z:m:u:
1863-03-21	03-21-1863s.htm	Pending.html	firing around, smallpox vaccine,wants her to live with his parents, not her sister Julia, Tom may be discharged,George avoided draft?	m:u:r:d:a:
1863-04-14	04-14-1863s.htm	Pending.html	orders to move, 8 days rations, Cavalry says across river, sent her letters home with Mr. England owns Genesee St shoe store, sister Mally	f:g:u:
1863-04-24	04-24-1863s.htm	Pending.html	Hooker relieved of Command, rumor Fremont, upset his father is turning her out, Tom mad Julia letter says mother renting rooms	p:u:z:o:
1863-04-26	04-26-1863s.htm	Pending.html	tramp to Falmouth and Fredericksburg ruins, Rebel soldiers fishing in Union uniforms, graybacks and yellow bellies, pack 8 days rations, her living with strangers	f:d:u:
1863-05-31	05-31-1863s.htm	Pending.html	she is alone in shanty, Ft. Corcoran, Fletch, Givens, Billy and Charley Kirkland, Camp Seward easy, 146 not 4th of July soldiers, papers not come	u:d:o:a:
1863-06-03	06-03-1863s.htm	Pending.html	over cold, her letter with money, her lifting heavy things, who wanted the money, Fletch digearious fever, has not heard from Col, strawberries	g:u:m:d:
1863-06-07	06-07-1863s.htm	Pending.html	no letter from Col which was his hope of getting home, no one allowed to leave, how much are provisions and rent for paddy hole, where is George	d:u:g:i:
1863-06-28DB	06-28-1863DBs.htm	06-28-1863DBt.htm	Dear Brother, would have written if knew in Utica, does not write all hardships, discourages from enlisting, love to father and mother	f:m:g:d:a:u:
1863-07-06SG	07-06-1863SGs.htm	07-06-1863SGt.htm	from Sarah Graff in Hawkinsville NY to Clara, left Utica, house on lake, wishes died with husband and child, asks for Clara husband and children	u:g:
1863-07-08	07-08-1863s.htm	Pending.html	Ida sick, Papa girl, Willie, George to picnic, since telegram presentiment Lord will punish, rebels destroyed, tired, Malvina, Harwoods, Justis Place	d:p:g:u:i:
1863-07-12	07-12-1863s.htm	Pending.html	ring for Ida, rumor exchange soon, George, Utica Herald, picnic, she was cheated on stockings pay, Fletch photo, Bill Jones, Co A surrender, surrounded	n:d:u:g:c:
1863-07-16	07-16-1863s.htm	Pending.html	Ida sick again, sorry he told Fletch why she called for him and he told parents, Otto Gulick, Capson factory, money, Mary Myers	d:u:g:
1863-07-19	07-19-1863s.htm	Pending.html	hopes she got money, Ida sick, George & Mally do not write, will be exchanged, driving Rebels hard, hopes wicked rebellion ends, tired of lying around	u:g:d:p:
1863-07-24	07-24-1863s.htm	Pending.html	feels bad his folks treated her with disrespect, one room upstairs, her living so poorly, Joey steps and night society, Ida ring, no houses, George drafted?	g:d:u:r:
1863-07-31	07-31-1863s.htm	Pending.html	Joey letter picture, Mr. Hart, Bill Dagwell, Kate baby, prisoners revolted, new camp, guard, cut rations, CO stoned, furlough too late June 8, Dimbleby	g:u:d:
1863-08-02	08-02-1863s.htm	Pending.html	hot sun, Mr. Hart, prisoners guarded, half rations, revolted, desperate men may claim rights by force, could have been home, says Aug 2 1863 (wrong year)	g:u:d:z:
1863-08-07	08-07-1863s.htm	Pending.html	got her picture, soldiers will fall in love, she cannot come or might be blackguarded, Jim Harper, new Camp Parole better, cannot get stamps	u:g:d:a:
1863-08-15	08-15-1863s.htm	Pending.html	upset letter from Bill Dagwell says she went twice to Hart and Dagwell for money, what Old [Top?] said at Carters, cannot do his country justice	u:d:a:
1863-08-16	08-16-1863s.htm	Pending.html	got letter and picture of Mother, carries a lot of pictures, yellow fever, whiskey and quinine, Joey, young [top?], Sarah Graff, true as steel	g:m:u:a:
1863-08-23	08-23-1863s.htm	Pending.html	has been a year, may never come home, remembers their parting, Regt reduced from 900 to 170, 4th Oneida had it easy, sending papers	d:o:n:u:p:a:
1863-08-28	08-28-1863s.htm	Pending.html	Julia letter, her hop picking, Dave Jones horrible news, Commissioners cannot agree on exchange, Negro Soldiers, busy in charge of 68 men, same power as Capt	g:u:p:a:
1863-08-29	08-29-1863s.htm	Pending.html	sends picture, discourages hop picking, Utica draft, George, lay awake remembers Chancellorsville, human butchery, in charge Squad No 11	p:u:r:g:d:c:i:
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:
1863-09-08	09-08-1863s.htm	Pending.html	Lieut furlough, deserters to be shot, detached corps, Ben Chapman, Michael Keating, Phil Smith and Andy, Washington women, caught something, Tom, Sarah	d:u:m:g:a:
1863-09-16	09-16-1863s.htm	Pending.html	tramp to Washington, War Dept, Smithsonian, Navy Yard, Capitol, Dave Laughlin, father to Roscoe Conklin for furlough, Francis Kernin, strict orders	p:u:a:
1863-09-27	09-27-1863s.htm	Pending.html	11th and 12th Corp left, Fletch must go with 5th not stay hospital with docs, tell Ida Pa will come home, will not desert, promotion, Admiral picture	d:m:u:
1863-10-08	10-08-1863s.htm	Pending.html	back with Regt, bewildered, Regt altered, looked on with pride, new drills, Uticans would wonder, uniforms, owe Uncle Sam, march 8 days rations	p:o:u:a:
1863-10-22	10-22-1863s.htm	Pending.html	13 days driving Rebels and retreating, captured more than them, Fletch march stocking feet, Fairfax, 96 conscripts, Bill Dagwood, paired with Fragment 1	g:p:o:m:u:a:
1863-10-31	10-31-1863s.htm	Pending.html	moving 4 weeks, shoes no soles wet feet, Dagwell, sold picture 50 cents, 250 conscripts, 146th great name no praise at home, Gen Garrard loved, Battle Bristow Station	d:u:p:g:
1863-11-13	11-13-1863s.htm	Pending.html	suffered a great deal but well, made 2 pictures and got dollar, send him watercolor paints, Kate and Hank, Ida and Willie Sunday School, beau (probably Sarah), Jake	u:d:g:i:
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:
1863-12-xx	12-xx-1863s.htm	12-xx-1863t.htm	undated, Bealton, probably mid-Dec 1863, her Dec 7 letter, Meade rumor, half rations, winter shanty, soldiers will not get paid, Tom invalid corps, paired with Undated 2	d:z:p:u:
1864-01-03	01-03-1864s.htm	Pending.html	date looked like 5, she should not have sent money, James Handwright furlough, Edic guard house brought things, deserter executed, uniform picture, exposure deaths	d:m:u:
1864-01-11	12-11-1863s.htm	Pending.html	says Dec 11 but probably Jan 11, scans are Dec 11 1863, guard duty railroad no sleep 48 hour shifts, will not reenlist, Bill [Morey?], James Handwright, Edic	d:u:
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:
1864-01-22	01-22-1864s.htm	Pending.html	got pictures, wishes Card de Visites, Melora Teed letter, shimmer, rats, been sick, Sweet Oil and Laudanum, Fletch home to recruit?, furloughs, George sleigh ride	u:m:d:g:p:
1864-02-06	02-06-1864s.htm	Pending.html	2 days guard duty rail road, cannons, captured 7 guerrillas included major, those wounded, Cone and Stanford arrested, how treated Jakes wife, Sarah, Zouave sketch	p:u:g:z:m:a:
1864-02-11	02-11-1864s.htm	Pending.html	Julia mad at Tom, all owed money but prepare they may never get it, bounties exhaust Treasury, take $2 a week from Baker and City subsidy, lengthy cruel war statement	p:u:m:d:g:a:
1864-02-26	02-26-1864s.htm	Pending.html	forwarding home pictures too heavy to carry, includes his own, with George Whittens brother, had with him weary miles VA and captivity in Rebeldom	u:
1864-02-xx	02-xx-1864s.htm	02-xx-1864t.htm	probably February 8-14 1864, Undated 3, error sent her a letter for Eliza in St Johnsville, guard Gen Warren HQ, send army made Valentine, cold better	g:u:
1864-03-08	03-08-1864s.htm	Pending.html	talks of deserting because his family is treating her like a slave, Kate, Hank, children, wedding, gaieties, cries, mad, wants to protect her	d:g:u:
1864-03-11	03-11-1864s.htm	Pending.html	friends with Fletch but not tent mates, his picture, not a loafer, Willie, Ida, Mally, Bill Jones, Sarah, Garrards Tigers, men owe govt for clothes	g:p:u:
1864-03-21	03-21-1864s.htm	Pending.html	Stewarts Cavalry anticipated raid, Navy application, Mr. Hart, Lotty, father, heavy cannon, referenced enclosed Daily Chronicle clipping poem Soldiers Letters, Ford theater	d:u:g:p:n:
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:
1864-04-23	04-23-1864s.htm	Pending.html	afraid did not pass Navy exam, preparations, officers on soldiers rations, bread and molasses, no communications after 26th, her dream is wrong, he is well	g:d:p:u:w:i:
1865-06-19GC	06-19-1865gcs.htm	06-19-1865gct.htm	George C. Carter to Clarinda, brief notice husband officially reported deceased	w:g:u:
1865-06-20GC	06-20-1865gcs.htm	06-20-1865gct.htm	George C. Carter to Clarinda, reliable news received from Army decease has been established, proceed with claims on government	w:g:u:
MusterRoll2	MusterRoll2i.htm	Pending.html	Muster Rolls for Tom Lumbard, Fletch and Wes Dimbleby	m:u:g: