Letters; Milroy family--Correspondence; Military service, Volunteer; Apples--Harvesting; Grapes--Harvesting; Home life
A letter from Milroy's wife, Mary, filling him in on the fruit crop of the year. She also details the activities of friends and neighbors. Colfax is due to visit Rensselaer to enlist volunteers.
Letters; Milroy family--Correspondence; Jasper (Horse); Home life; African American domestics--Indiana--Rensselaer; Soldiers Aid Society (Jasper County, Ind.)
A letter from Milroy's wife, Mary, writing that Ben is home and glad to be home and safe. The kids are enjoying rides on Jasper. Colfax is to speak soon in Rensselaer.
A letter from Colfax (in Washington DC) to Milroy about the possibility of rehiring Milroy for a post, and of the possibility of the 9th moving closer to the fighting. Letters have been sent to General McClellan from Colfax, Cameron and Lincoln on...
A letter from Schuyler Colfax (a member of Congress) to Milroy. Colfax tells Milroy that he passed Milroy's name on to John Fremont, who will soon be taking over the Virginia campaign. Milroy did not want to be under the command of someone his...
