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Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)

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  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, February 9, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1865Sallie socializes with friends and family while writing to Henry, wishes should go be with him instead of the empty laughter of the room.
  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, February 12, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Sallie's friend Sallie has been staying with her, as well as some of Sallie's family from Indianapolis.
  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, February 18, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Sallie returns from a funeral and writes, "My greatest fear in death has always been that I would die and be forgotten".
  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, February 26, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Sallie continues to socialize with family and friends, waiting to hear news of "Sherman's successes".
  • Letter from Henry to Sallie, February 3, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 12 pages | 1865In this letter, Henry conveys that he has just crossed the Savannah river with his regiment into South Carolina, a state in which no Union army has yet successfully battled in. He writes, “Sherman’s army does not fail.”
  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, March 12, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Sallie writes to Henry wondering where he is, writing "we are left in doubt to hope and fear". She writes from the kitchen in attempts to avoid the merriments of the rest of the house guests. This letter contains racist sentiments.
  • Letter from Henry to Sallie, March 13, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Henry assures Sallie that spring is coming, grass is greening, and the birds are chirping. He thinks the war will be over soon as the Union advances along the Carolinas. He laments the “cruel, cruel war.”
  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, March 19, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Sallies tells Henry about a family she meets, consisting of a widow, five daughters, and a son, who are looking for a home. Sallie says she would follow her husband no matter the situation.
  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, March 26, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Sallie has not heard from Henry since February 3 (perhaps, then, she did not get his March 13th letter until after this letter). She received word from Mr. Newall that Henry, despite not writing, is in good health.
  • Letter from Henry to Sallie, March 29, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1865The war not only brings Henry and Sallie physically apart, but temporally apart--their letters have been ariving weeks and even months late. Henry daydreams of he and Sallie together, and of him running along the railroad tracks back to Paris.
  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, March 30, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 14 pages | 1865Sallie dislikes a visiting preacher who is staying with her family. She helps as a stagehand in a local play. She adores a friend's baby who she thinks looks just like Henry. Letter is complete with envelope.
  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, April 7, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Sallie describes her friend Adda's wedding. Sallie dreams of Henry dead, and she wakes up crying.
  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, April 16, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Sallie gets word that Col. Sellars is home, but upon arriving home, discovers it is Maj. Merriman, whom she is delighted to see. She writes of "receiving the joyful news of the 'surrender of Lee's Army'' as well as the "reverse feeling" of "President Lincoln & Sec. Seward assassination". She writes, "Darling this is so sad just as things was beginning to look a little fair t...
  • Letter from Henry to Sallie, April 28, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Henry writes from Raleigh, North Carolina that starting the next day, they will be marching home. The war is nearing its end. Reflecting on Lincoln's death, Henry writes that Abraham Lincoln was "the gentle parent of the nation". He hopes to be home by the 4th of July.
  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, May 30, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Sallie wishes for Henry to hurry home; she spends her time with Adda during her visit.
  • Letter from Sallie to Henry, June 4, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Sallie helped with a local festival but deemed it a failure, as she wasn't feeling well and went home. She waits for Henry to return, and has gotten word to send this letter to Louisville, Kentucky.
  • Letter from Henry to Sallie, January 21, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1865Henry reflects on a child, Lizzie, whom he met in Savannah, who has yet to fully grasp the cruelty of war. Lizzie's father, a confederate, died in the war; Henry considers his role as Lizzie's father's "enemy". He laments on childhood innocence. He gives her an apple.
  • Letter from Henry to Sallie, June 26, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Henry wries from Louisville, saying that he decided not to remain in the U.S. Service as a promise to his dear Sallie.
  • Letter from Henry to Sallie, June 30, 1865
    Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865Henry writes again from Louisville; he is still unsure of when he will be home. He is certain he wants nothing to do with staying in the service, and is looking forward to simple housekeepings with his wife.
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