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Contains 54 Results:

Letter, Bennett, Robert to mother (assembly at Indianapolis, getting uniforms, will send home miniature portrait) Indianapolis, IN, Aug. 15, 1861

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Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Aug. 15, 1861

Letter, Bennett, Robert to sister and mother (picket duty, camp sermons, boys from home, food) Camp Lucy Carson, KY, Aug. 25, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Aug. 25, 1861

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (barren environment, carrying water) Lebanon, KY, Sept. 5, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Sept. 5, 1861

Letter, Bennett, Robert to sister (boys are well, barren environment, will send miniature, awaiting battle, no water) camp outside Lebanon, KY, Sept. 7, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Sept. 7, 1861

Letter, Bennett, Robert to mother (foraging, money, railroads burnt) camp outside Lebanon, KY, Sept. 9, 1861

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Sept. 9, 1861

Letter, Bennett, Robert to mother (healthy), undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: undated

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (Bill shot by citizen, peaches received, pillaging, healthy) Lebanon Junction, KY, Sept. 15, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Sept. 15, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to sisters Mary A. and Martha C. Bennett (cooking, called to battle), Lebanon Junction, KY, Sept. 16, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Sept. 16, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (unsure if Nicholas Bennett is dead, foraging, drafting in Indiana, sermons, hope to return to Indiana) Louisville, KY, Sept. 26, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Sept. 26, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (war's end, sermons, skirmish, Frankfort an awful place, money attached) Frankfort, KY, Oct. 12, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Oct. 12, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (foraging for honey, money, sickness) Frankfort, KY, Oct. 17, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Oct. 17, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to mother (will send home miniature) Frankfort, KY, Oct. 17, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Oct. 17, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (prisoner taken, price of butter, please send money, no coat) Frankfort, KY, Oct. 20, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Oct. 20, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (marching, bad roads, drinking water out of mud holes, please send socks) Bowling Green, KY, Nov. 5, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Nov. 5, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (price of butter and eggs, foraging and Union confiscation of property, war's end, miniature enclosed) Bowling Green, Nov. 8, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Nov. 8, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (Illinois soldier killed and buried along road, barren environment, marches) Camp near Scottsville, KY, Nov. 14, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Nov. 14, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father and sister (foraging, school, measles, making pancakes, drilling, deaths at hospital, price of coffee) Camp near Scottsville, KY, Nov. 22, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Nov. 22, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (price of boots, please send socks, sickness in camp) Camp Bledsoe, TN, Dec. 22, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Dec. 22, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (marching, wet weather, response to sister Martha) Camp near Pulaski, TN, Dec. 29, 1862

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Dec. 29, 1862

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (marching since Pulaski, no mail) Camp near Corinth, MS, Jan. 10, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Jan. 10, 1863

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father and sister (received boots, dead horses along the road, war's end) Murfreesboro, TN, Jan. 15, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Jan. 15, 1863

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (guard duty, please send paper and envelopes, picketing) Camp near Murfreesboro, TN, Jan. 20, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Jan. 20, 1863

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (payment, war won't end soon, please send paper) Murfreesboro, TN, Jan. 29, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Jan. 29, 1863

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father, mother and sister (captured horses and mules, Rebel senator and representative among prisoners taken, rebel sympathizers up North, regiment to be mounted, camp life, Union confiscation, payment) Murfreesboro, TN, Feb. 12, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Feb. 12, 1863

Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (raining, no pay, pillaging crops, advancing over rebels, please send stamps) Murfreesboro, TN, Feb. 19, 1863

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection From the Collection: Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates: Feb. 19, 1863