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Abstract
Letters to their family in Ohio from James M. Hartley and Thomas J. Hartley. James M. Hartley served in the Ohio 116th. Volunteer
Infantry, Company B stationed during the Civil War at Romney, WV; Winchester, VA; Sharpsburg, MD; Martinsburg, WV; and Richmond,
VA. Thomas J. Hartley was mustered into an unidentified Ohio regiment at Camp Ripley, OH and served in Stanford, KY and Nicholasville,
KY. These letters, most being from James M. Hartley, reflect conditions in the U. S. Army in the field during the Civil War
mentioning late payroll payments and occasional shortages of food rations. The correspondence of James M. Hartley is more
detailed with him giving his opinions about the battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, and the siege of Richmond. Often he
notes that the Confederates surrender due to inadequate food provisions.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Hartley Brothers Civil War Letters, A&M 0601, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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