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2013.70.43a-b
Shelbyville Tenn. July 5th 1863.
Dear Mother
I thought as I sat looking out from my window this Sabbath day that I’de [sic] write you again &
you must excuse me for not having written more frequently. & you will do so when I tell you
that for the past five weeks this army has been the most of the time “on the march” &
consequently I have had but little time or advantages or conveninces [sic] for writing as at such
times I am most busily employed keeping up the Survey of the country in advance of the troops
& collecting information concurring the character of the Roads & country for emediate [sic] use
- So that of late I have neglected writing my friends more than I would otherwise have done About the first of June we broke up camp at Franklin Tenn and marched to Triune - about 12
miles dist. [sic] & on the 23d we marched to a point South of Murfesboro [sic] to move on the
Right of the Army of the Cumberland in its advance towards Brags army then at Shelbyville &
other points near by - Those heavy rains commenced & never did I see such rain
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rain. rain continually nothing but rain & mud. but Genl. Rosecrans not to be daunted by rain or
mud nor by all the eliments [sic] combined steadily pushed his Grand Army along - moving
about 5 miles per day. but some of the Corps. which marched on the Pike road could easily keep
pace with those marching on Dirt Roads - Instead of moveing [sic] on Shelbyville directly & by
converging roads to its front. Rosy threw the main portion of his army around Shelbyville to the
East & leaving Genl Granger’s Corps to bring up the Right & protect the Rear & right - well has
he done it for no sooner had Genl Granger the order to march forward than he put his cavalry in
front (consisting of two Divisins [sic] under Genl. Stanly & the finest Cavalry I have ever seene
[sic]) & pushed right onto Shelbyville & so great was the shock produced by the Rebs that what
forces Brag had left there broke in confusion in every directin [sic] & Granger’s Cavalry
charging thrugh [sic] the town like a [Whrilund] drove every thing opposed to them & [litterly]
forced nearly two Hundred rebel cavalry in to Duck River drowng [sic] about 75 - this cavalry
left [Granger &] assisted in the pursuit of Brag & now are pressing him on all sides in his hasty
retreat from Tullahoma which Genl[sic] Rosecran occupied on the 3d Yesterday I was inPage 3
formed that Genl Brag had lost quite a large train capturd [sic] by our Cav. You ought to be here
in Shelbyville & witness the Sights & see how many poor refugees are comg [sic] back to their
homes. now that the [iron head] of despotism [sic] is lifted by the presence of Rosy - These
persons in many cases are old men who have sons in the federal Tenn. Regimints [sic] & they
thronged the streets with anxous [sic] hearts & Strand [sic] eyes watching our Cavalry as it
passed thrugh [sic] to get a glimps [sic] at their friends - many a poor mothes [sic] heart was
made glad to behold her son again. Indeed this is the first City in all my sojourning in the army
since leaving Rockford last fall where there is a Jenuine [sic] Union Spirit & feeling exhibited
the ladies instead of throwing a dark veil over their still darker hearts & faces - as they are in
�Kentucky & all along our line of march. look cheerful & very frequently condesend [sic] to wave
the handkerchief - So you can easily determine that their [sic] is a broad basis of Union
Sentiment in Middle Tennessee - and those soldiers under the drill of U.S. officis [sic] - or in the
cause of the Union proved in the late encounters to be more than a match for the Reb. Ten.
Cavalry which have been so long holding this portion of the State in thraldom [sic] & subjection
- I think Tenne [sic] is lost forever to Rebellion
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dont believe that the whole Confederate Army combined could drive Rosy back to the
Cumberland. Recruiting will go on here briskly - I think our cause looks very hopeful indeed &
shortly the misguided & decived [sic] people of the south will be compelled to respect the old
National Government - I am staying here having recd an order from Genl Rosy to make a map of
this place & vicinity as soon as possible. Genl. Bond & cmd [sic] is at Wartrace about 8 miles
East of Shelbyville – on the Rail Red [sic] I recd a letter from my dear Sadie last evening - & with it her photograph - how pleasant & calm
she looks so much like a woman - her countenance look more frail then [sic] it used to look dear mother does she worry much concerning me - If I thought she did and it was [infuring] her
health I would resign & come home - for I do believe it my duty to do so I could not remain in
the service & know my sweet wife was gradually suffering or pining on the account of it & I
have been in the service nearly two & one half years - I know I could [do] will out of the service
now - but I do so dislike to leave it when so many brave ones are willing to sacrifice their lives but dear mother write me emediately [sic] will you about Sadie - tell me just how she is & how
she takes my being absent from her - I will awat [sic] your letter anxiusly [sic] Am glad to hear
that Luther & Aaron are all right - nothing new to day Rain again - here hard rain evry [sic] day
for 13 days - direct to Shelbyville
Your Affet[sic] Son in Law
C.T. Dunham
To
May F. Hess
�
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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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2013.70.43a-b
Shelbyville Tenn. July 5th 1863.
Dear Mother
I thought as I sat looking out from my window this Sabbath day that I’de [sic] write you again & you must excuse me for not having written more frequently. & you will do so when I tell you that for the past five weeks this army has been the most of the time “on the march” & consequently I have had but little time or advantages or conveninces [sic] for writing as at such times I am most busily employed keeping up the Survey of the country in advance of the troops & collecting information concurring the character of the Roads & country for emediate [sic] use - So that of late I have neglected writing my friends more than I would otherwise have done - About the first of June we broke up camp at Franklin Tenn and marched to Triune - about 12 miles dist. [sic] & on the 23d we marched to a point South of Murfesboro [sic] to move on the Right of the Army of the Cumberland in its advance towards Brags army then at Shelbyville & other points near by - Those heavy rains commenced & never did I see such rain
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rain. rain continually nothing but rain & mud. but Genl. Rosecrans not to be daunted by rain or mud nor by all the eliments [sic] combined steadily pushed his Grand Army along - moving about 5 miles per day. but some of the Corps. which marched on the Pike road could easily keep pace with those marching on Dirt Roads - Instead of moveing [sic] on Shelbyville directly & by converging roads to its front. Rosy threw the main portion of his army around Shelbyville to the East & leaving Genl Granger’s Corps to bring up the Right & protect the Rear & right - well has he done it for no sooner had Genl Granger the order to march forward than he put his cavalry in front (consisting of two Divisins [sic] under Genl. Stanly & the finest Cavalry I have ever seene [sic]) & pushed right onto Shelbyville & so great was the shock produced by the Rebs that what forces Brag had left there broke in confusion in every directin [sic] & Granger’s Cavalry charging thrugh [sic] the town like a [Whrilund] drove every thing opposed to them & [litterly] forced nearly two Hundred rebel cavalry in to Duck River drowng [sic] about 75 - this cavalry left [Granger &] assisted in the pursuit of Brag & now are pressing him on all sides in his hasty retreat from Tullahoma which Genl[sic] Rosecran occupied on the 3d Yesterday I was in-
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formed that Genl Brag had lost quite a large train capturd [sic] by our Cav. You ought to be here in Shelbyville & witness the Sights & see how many poor refugees are comg [sic] back to their homes. now that the [iron head] of despotism [sic] is lifted by the presence of Rosy - These persons in many cases are old men who have sons in the federal Tenn. Regimints [sic] & they thronged the streets with anxous [sic] hearts & Strand [sic] eyes watching our Cavalry as it passed thrugh [sic] to get a glimps [sic] at their friends - many a poor mothes [sic] heart was made glad to behold her son again. Indeed this is the first City in all my sojourning in the army since leaving Rockford last fall where there is a Jenuine [sic] Union Spirit & feeling exhibited the ladies instead of throwing a dark veil over their still darker hearts & faces - as they are in Kentucky & all along our line of march. look cheerful & very frequently condesend [sic] to wave the handkerchief - So you can easily determine that their [sic] is a broad basis of Union Sentiment in Middle Tennessee - and those soldiers under the drill of U.S. officis [sic] - or in the cause of the Union proved in the late encounters to be more than a match for the Reb. Ten. Cavalry which have been so long holding this portion of the State in thraldom [sic] & subjection - I think Tenne [sic] is lost forever to Rebellion
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dont believe that the whole Confederate Army combined could drive Rosy back to the Cumberland. Recruiting will go on here briskly - I think our cause looks very hopeful indeed & shortly the misguided & decived [sic] people of the south will be compelled to respect the old National Government - I am staying here having recd an order from Genl Rosy to make a map of this place & vicinity as soon as possible. Genl. Bond & cmd [sic] is at Wartrace about 8 miles East of Shelbyville – on the Rail Red [sic] -
I recd a letter from my dear Sadie last evening - & with it her photograph - how pleasant & calm she looks so much like a woman - her countenance look more frail then [sic] it used to look - dear mother does she worry much concerning me - If I thought she did and it was [infuring] her health I would resign & come home - for I do believe it my duty to do so I could not remain in the service & know my sweet wife was gradually suffering or pining on the account of it & I have been in the service nearly two & one half years - I know I could [do] will out of the service now - but I do so dislike to leave it when so many brave ones are willing to sacrifice their lives - but dear mother write me emediately [sic] will you about Sadie - tell me just how she is & how she takes my being absent from her - I will awat [sic] your letter anxiusly [sic] Am glad to hear that Luther & Aaron are all right - nothing new to day Rain again - here hard rain evry [sic] day for 13 days - direct to Shelbyville
Your Affet[sic] Son in Law
C.T. Dunham
To
May F. Hess
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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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Christopher T. Dunham
Civil War 1861-1865
Correspondence
Freeport, Illinois
Mary Hess
Midway Village Museum
Shelbyville Tennessee
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2013.70.22
Head Quarters 3d Division A Ky
Franklin Tenn April 30th / 63
My Dear Mother,
Your very kind letter of the 26th I was most glad to recieve [sic] – although it gave me much pain
and grief to hear of my darling Wife being still so sick – Oh dear Mother you cannot half
emagine [sic] how my poor heart yearns to see my loving wife again. & never have I felt before
the strong arm of military power as at the present time & never have I felt so much like – leaving
the service as at the present time, and indeed I would cirtainly [sic] do so if it were not that we
are on the extreme Right & front of the Army of the Cumberland & the Enemy in considerable
force just a few miles to our front. I do fully appreciate the claims of my country to my feeble
services – but at the same time I ought to consider the claim of my sweet darling wife & she so
sick too.
You may tell Sadie that as soon as I can get a “Leave of Absence” I will come home & see her &
that I think there will be an opportunity to get one before long. Just at the present time – General
Rosecrans says he wants all the officers at their posts. So I think before long we will have
another battle. & then Officers who merit –
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them will be able to a [sic] Leave of absence but more officers go home who do not merit it than
those who do. General Baird himself nor Genl. Granger could not get a Leave of absence unless
on the account of their Sickness that is the rule which is now established. My dear mother you
may well emagine [sic] my feelings to hear how my poor sick Wife was grieved to know I could
not come to her – do mother kiss her once for me – I find by your letter that She is lower than I
had expected – I hope she will speedily recover – What suffering she must have endured – Two
babes, how it supprised [sic] me when I heard of it. I think they were remarkably large – I knew
Sadie was a good Mother – poor darling how bad she must have felt to see her dear babes laid
away in the grave & her husband so far away from her I should really loved [sic] to have been
home to have seen them – wonder who the “old Woman” was who thought they looked so much
like their Pa –
No doubt you do every thing [sic] to keep my Darling in good spirits. Dear Mother you must be
very tired & ill by watching so much but oh I do wish you would give her every possible care
and attentions. Oh how much do I wish I could nurs [sic] her. I could do it so well I know, & I
pray she may never again be sick without my being by her bed to nurse & care for her. Dr. Mc
Pheters, the Medical Director on the Staff of Genl. Baird (& who is [messing] with me) says he
thinks Sadie will get along pretty well now, but that she must
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be very careful – You must write me more about Sadie –
�What did she think of her babes! did it grieve her much to see them taken away does the Doc.
Prentice think her health will be good after she gets well – as though she had not had the babes
prematurely? – tell me what he thinks about it – Oh my sweet wife – she looked so pretty & the
picture of health when she was out to see me & now so sick. I have her dear picture close by me
– would it was the original, but I will wait patiently until the time comes when I can be permitted
to see her.
You wished me to tell you how far I am from home. From Franklin Tenn. It is [10] miles to
Nashville & nearly 200 miles to Louisville Ky, & 600 miles from Freeport so you see it would
not take more than two days to come home – We are very strongly fortified at Franklin & the
[adjoining] towns or posts – I was boxing out fortifications at Brentwood when the news came of
my darlings Sickness. I have not written my Mother yet. but will soon she will feel very bad to
know of my darlings misfortune – Mother would come out & see her I believe & perhaps she
could help in nursing her. I am so glad that Sadie has such confidence in you. She believes you
can do most any thing[sic] for her – To day[sic] has been the one to be observed by fasting &
prayer – the proclamation of the President making it so – the troops looked fine – there is but
little Sickness now in camp. The boys have the Shelter tents – which are only large enough for
two soldiers, they look very singular – tell darling
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Sadie that those troops which she saw at Danville & which were mostly taken prisoners will be
back in a few days, & tell her too that all the Staff of & General Baird sympathize with me in my
disappointment in not coming home. & that they feel very bad to know that my Darling wife is
sick they ask me frequently have I gotten further news from my wife.
How are all the family do write me tell Stephen to write me – Ive [sic] not had a letter from him
in a long time tell him I will be happy to answer any & every letter
Where is Luther now write me
Tis getting quite late so good bye my dear Mother from your Affet [sic] Son in Law
C.T. Dunham
To Mary F. Hess
Freeport, Ill
P.S. I would like to have my Razor sent me I left it in Sadies [sic] basket at Danville & are there
any spurs now at the house I [need] a pair
I see Mr Cochran has married
may they have a happy time –
C.T.D.
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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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1861-1865
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Midway Village Museum
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Bittle Civil War Letter Collection
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2013.70.22
Head Quarters 3d Division A Ky
Franklin Tenn April 30th / 63
My Dear Mother,
Your very kind letter of the 26th I was most glad to recieve [sic] – although it gave me much pain and grief to hear of my darling Wife being still so sick – Oh dear Mother you cannot half emagine [sic] how my poor heart yearns to see my loving wife again. & never have I felt before the strong arm of military power as at the present time & never have I felt so much like – leaving the service as at the present time, and indeed I would cirtainly [sic] do so if it were not that we are on the extreme Right & front of the Army of the Cumberland & the Enemy in considerable force just a few miles to our front. I do fully appreciate the claims of my country to my feeble services – but at the same time I ought to consider the claim of my sweet darling wife & she so sick too.
You may tell Sadie that as soon as I can get a “Leave of Absence” I will come home & see her & that I think there will be an opportunity to get one before long. Just at the present time – General Rosecrans says he wants all the officers at their posts. So I think before long we will have another battle. & then Officers who merit –
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them will be able to a [sic] Leave of absence but more officers go home who do not merit it than those who do. General Baird himself nor Genl. Granger could not get a Leave of absence unless on the account of their Sickness that is the rule which is now established. My dear mother you may well emagine [sic] my feelings to hear how my poor sick Wife was grieved to know I could not come to her – do mother kiss her once for me – I find by your letter that She is lower than I had expected – I hope she will speedily recover – What suffering she must have endured – Two babes, how it supprised [sic] me when I heard of it. I think they were remarkably large – I knew Sadie was a good Mother – poor darling how bad she must have felt to see her dear babes laid away in the grave & her husband so far away from her I should really loved [sic] to have been home to have seen them – wonder who the “old Woman” was who thought they looked so much like their Pa –
No doubt you do every thing [sic] to keep my Darling in good spirits. Dear Mother you must be very tired & ill by watching so much but oh I do wish you would give her every possible care and attentions. Oh how much do I wish I could nurs [sic] her. I could do it so well I know, & I pray she may never again be sick without my being by her bed to nurse & care for her. Dr. Mc Pheters, the Medical Director on the Staff of Genl. Baird (& who is [messing] with me) says he thinks Sadie will get along pretty well now, but that she must
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be very careful – You must write me more about Sadie –
What did she think of her babes! did it grieve her much to see them taken away does the Doc. Prentice think her health will be good after she gets well – as though she had not had the babes prematurely? – tell me what he thinks about it – Oh my sweet wife – she looked so pretty & the picture of health when she was out to see me & now so sick. I have her dear picture close by me – would it was the original, but I will wait patiently until the time comes when I can be permitted to see her.
You wished me to tell you how far I am from home. From Franklin Tenn. It is [10] miles to Nashville & nearly 200 miles to Louisville Ky, & 600 miles from Freeport so you see it would not take more than two days to come home – We are very strongly fortified at Franklin & the [adjoining] towns or posts – I was boxing out fortifications at Brentwood when the news came of my darlings Sickness. I have not written my Mother yet. but will soon she will feel very bad to know of my darlings misfortune – Mother would come out & see her I believe & perhaps she could help in nursing her. I am so glad that Sadie has such confidence in you. She believes you can do most any thing[sic] for her – To day[sic] has been the one to be observed by fasting & prayer – the proclamation of the President making it so – the troops looked fine – there is but little Sickness now in camp. The boys have the Shelter tents – which are only large enough for two soldiers, they look very singular – tell darling
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Sadie that those troops which she saw at Danville & which were mostly taken prisoners will be back in a few days, & tell her too that all the Staff of & General Baird sympathize with me in my disappointment in not coming home. & that they feel very bad to know that my Darling wife is sick they ask me frequently have I gotten further news from my wife.
How are all the family do write me tell Stephen to write me – Ive [sic] not had a letter from him in a long time tell him I will be happy to answer any & every letter
Where is Luther now write me
Tis getting quite late so good bye my dear Mother from your Affet [sic] Son in Law
C.T. Dunham
To Mary F. Hess
Freeport, Ill
P.S. I would like to have my Razor sent me I left it in Sadies [sic] basket at Danville & are there any spurs now at the house I [need] a pair
I see Mr Cochran has married
may they have a happy time –
C.T.D.
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Christopher T. Dunham to his mother, Mary Hess, written April 30, 1863 from the headquarters of the 3rd Division Army of Kentucky in Franklin, Tennessee.
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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. 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. In 1872 he was admitted to the Elgin Insane Asylum where he died January 27, 1878. His early letters were to his fiancee Sarah Cummings, spelled "Saddie"later changed to "Sadie". They married in the fall of 1862.
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April 30, 1863
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Midway Village Museum
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Christopher Theodore Dunham
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2013.70.22
Christopher T. Dunham
Civil War 1861-1865
Correspondence
Franklin, Tennessee
Freeport, Illinois
Mary Hess
Midway Village Museum