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2013.70.38
Head Quarters Co. F: 92d Ill. Vol
Bridgeport Ala. Nov. 6th 1863
My Darling Wife
Wonder how you are this evening my dear one! Ive been in my tent all day writing a little
reading the papers &c. &c. and this evening feel pretty tired doing nothing.
I am not as well situated now as I was before coming down from Harrison's Landing as the
roads were so awful muddy that it became necessary to abandon my stove - consequently I've no
fire - but tomorrow I think of having the boys build me a log fireplace and chimney - wont that
be nice to counteract the long & chilly rains which are so frequent in this latitude at this season
of the year. Yesterday and today however have been fine days.
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We will undoubtedly remain at this post about 10 or 12 days as it will require that length of time
for the Col. to return from Nashville with our fresh horses - new saddles and new rifles - then we
will be splendidly equiped [sic] and ready to go to the front again.
My love I would love dearly to hear from you this evening I do hope & trust that you are much better! Sadie I think of you many times a day & oh how my heart bleeds for you - I am not near
as well as I used to be and of course I can take but little interest in the service! but I think by a
month or so of time I will be well again. Some times [sic] I feel entirely discouraged on the
account of my sickness - feeling that I'm justly desearted [sic] by every body [sic] and then I will
feel better and for a while forget all my misfortunes and try to do much about my Co. and
Co.papers &c. and shortly I will
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feel weak again - The only way my sickness affects me is by weakness My blood is in pretty
good condition and I can ride or walk any where [sic] and no one would know or mistrust that I
am at all unwell - If the Regiment does not suit me better than it now does after we are reequiped [sic] I shall go [to] Dept. Hd. Quarters and remain there during my term of enlistment.
which is 23 months as I've searved [sic] out 13 already - has it not been a long time Sadie to us!
does it not appear a long time since I first went into the service! about 30 mounths [sic] - well tis
a long time surely but I think one more year will close the war - and then all the volunteers can
go home and enjoy the dearly purchased peace I see there is a new call for troops that will turn out some of the brave boys at home
will it not. I would like to have
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about twenty five more men in my company - I started to from Rockford with 96 men & offices
[sic] and I now have only 72 living by deaths desertions - discharges 24 men so I need 25 to have
a good large company - I cannot write anyth'g [sic] can I dear of any account now as I feel that I
do not know anything of interest to write –
The mail just came in no letter for me – so good night my dear wife –
Your Affct Husband
CTD
To
Sadie
Please remember me to all
�
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The Bittle Civil War Letter Collection includes letters written between 1861 and 1865 by brothers Robert (Bert), George and Charles Sealy, their sister Mary, and another relative, Christopher T. Dunham.
The Sealy siblings - Charles, George, Robert, and Mary Ann - were all born in Castle Cary, Somersetshire, England to Richard Sealy and Maria Louisa Champion Sealy. The family moved to Rochester, New York around 1843, finally settling in Rockford, Illinois in 1855.
When the Civil War arrived, Charles Sealy enlisted in the Company G 44th Regiment of the Illinois Infantry from Winnebago County. Meanwhile George and Robert Sealy each enlisted in the Company G 45th Illinois Volunteers. Charles was injured and eventually captured during the battle of Chickamauga. He was taken to Andersonville Prison where he died June 10, 1864.
Robert and George Sealy were present at the Battle and Fall of Vicksburg and survived to see the end of the war and beyond. George returned to Rockford, Illinois and worked for Emerson, Talcott & Co. He died in 1909. Robert moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1868. He died in 1888.
Christopher T. Dunham (connected to the Sealy family through his daughter’s marriage), lived in Freeport, Illinois starting in 1856 and worked as county surveyor. He enlisted in the 11th Illinois Regiment of the Union Army and served on and off throughout the Civil War. He and Sarah Cummings married in 1862. After the war he returned to his surveying work in Freeport, but was admitted to the Elgin Insane Asylum in 1872 where he died 6 years later.
The letters speak of their experiences serving in the army, of their camp sites, and plans, and are a record of the confusion and stress families back home felt during this time.
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2013.70.38
Head Quarters Co. F: 92d Ill. Vol
Bridgeport Ala. Nov. 6th 1863
My Darling Wife
Wonder how you are this evening my dear one! Ive been in my tent all day writing a little reading the papers &c. &c. and this evening feel pretty tired doing nothing.
I am not as well situated now as I was before coming down from Harrison's Landing as the roads were so awful muddy that it became necessary to abandon my stove - consequently I've no fire - but tomorrow I think of having the boys build me a log fireplace and chimney - wont that be nice to counteract the long & chilly rains which are so frequent in this latitude at this season of the year. Yesterday and today however have been fine days.
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We will undoubtedly remain at this post about 10 or 12 days as it will require that length of time for the Col. to return from Nashville with our fresh horses - new saddles and new rifles - then we will be splendidly equiped [sic] and ready to go to the front again.
My love I would love dearly to hear from you this evening I do hope & trust that you are much - better! Sadie I think of you many times a day & oh how my heart bleeds for you - I am not near as well as I used to be and of course I can take but little interest in the service! but I think by a month or so of time I will be well again. Some times [sic] I feel entirely discouraged on the account of my sickness - feeling that I'm justly desearted [sic] by every body [sic] and then I will feel better and for a while forget all my misfortunes and try to do much about my Co. and Co.papers &c. and shortly I will
Page 3
feel weak again - The only way my sickness affects me is by weakness My blood is in pretty good condition and I can ride or walk any where [sic] and no one would know or mistrust that I am at all unwell - If the Regiment does not suit me better than it now does after we are re-equiped [sic] I shall go [to] Dept. Hd. Quarters and remain there during my term of enlistment. which is 23 months as I've searved [sic] out 13 already - has it not been a long time Sadie to us! does it not appear a long time since I first went into the service! about 30 mounths [sic] - well tis a long time surely but I think one more year will close the war - and then all the volunteers can go home and enjoy the dearly purchased peace -
I see there is a new call for troops that will turn out some of the brave boys at home will it not. I would like to have
Page 4
about twenty five more men in my company - I started to from Rockford with 96 men & offices [sic] and I now have only 72 living by deaths desertions - discharges 24 men so I need 25 to have a good large company - I cannot write anyth'g [sic] can I dear of any account now as I feel that I do not know anything of interest to write –
The mail just came in no letter for me – so good night my dear wife –
Your Affct Husband
CTD
To
Sadie
Please remember me to all
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Christopher T. Dunham to his wife Sarah E. (Sadie) Cummings written November 6, 1863 from the Headquarters of Company F, 92nd Illinois Volunteers in Bridgeport, Alabama.
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Christopher Theodore Dunham was born Sept 24, 1836 in Berkshire, Tioga County, NY. He moved to Freeport, Stephenson County, IL around 1856 and in 1860 was elected county surveyor. In the spring of 1861 he enlisted as a corporal in Capt. Atkin's company in the 11th Illinois Regiment of the Union Army. He transferred to Noleman's Calvary Company and was mustered out July 5, 1862. He returned to Freeport where he again enlisted under the President's call of July 1. 1862 and was elected Captain of Company F, 92nd Illinois Volunteers. With his background as a surveyor, he was detailed as Topographical officer on the staff of Brigadier General A. Baird, commander of his regiment's division. He married Sarah (“Sadie” or “Saddie”) E. Cummings September 22, 1862 in Freeport, Illinois. In 1864 he was tendered by Governor Yates the commission of Lt. Col. but turned it down to remain on staff duty. He was also attached to HQ 3rd Div. Army of Kentucky and HQ 1st Div. Reserve Army Corps. After returning to Freeport he was again surveying, but in 1872 was admitted to the Elgin Insane Asylum, where he died January 27, 1878.
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November 6, 1863
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Midway Village Museum
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Christopher Theodore Dunham
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2013.70.38
Bridgeport Alabama
Christopher T. Dunham
Civil War 1861-1865
Correspondence
Freeport, Illinois
Midway Village Museum
Sarah E. (Sadie) Cummings