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Letter from Henry to Sallie, May 23, 1863
Letter from Henry to Sallie, January 25, 1865
Letter from Henry to Sallie, March 13, 1865
Letter from Henry to Sallie, March 29, 1865
Letter from Henry to Sallie, December 18, 1863
Letter from Henry to Sallie, February 1, 1865
Letter from Henry to Sallie, July 27, 1863
Letter from Henry to Sallie, October 27, 1863
Letter from Henry to Sallie, April 28, 1865
Letter from Henry to Sallie, June 26, 1865
Letter from Henry to Sallie, June 30, 1865
Letter from Henry to Sallie, November 21, 1863
Letter from Henry to Sallie, January 12, 1865
Letter from Henry to Sallie, February 3, 1865
Letter from Henry to Sallie, September 11, 1863
Letter from Henry to Sallie, January 21, 1865
Letter from Henry to Sallie, May 23, 1863
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1863 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry admits that he is Sallie's "soldier friend" as has sent her the book.
Letter from Henry to Sallie, January 25, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry reflects on how it is almost February, their wedding month. He tells Sallie how much he loves her and can't wait for their future together.
Letter from Henry to Sallie, March 13, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry 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 Henry to Sallie, March 29, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1865 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
The 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 Henry to Sallie, December 18, 1863
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1863 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
After being in the rain and mud all day, Henry writes to Sallie from beside a fire. The day before, he rode eight miles in the rain for butter to prepare for a Christmas meal in the camps. He is determined to stay cheerful despite the weather.
Letter from Henry to Sallie, February 1, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1865 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry writes from Savannah, Georgia saying that he should soon be marching to South Carolina.
Letter from Henry to Sallie, July 27, 1863
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1863 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry describes wanting to go for a solitary walk, but is interrupted by Southern ladies whom he walks home.
Letter from Henry to Sallie, October 27, 1863
Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1863 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry writes from Pochahontas, Tennessee, where he prepares to march for a "long campaign", and does not expect to be able to write for awhile. Henry confesses that he is in love with Sallie.
Letter from Henry to Sallie, April 28, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry 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 Henry to Sallie, June 26, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1865 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry 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 | 1865 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry 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.
Letter from Henry to Sallie, November 21, 1863
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1863 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry writes that he's made it to Pulaski, Tennessee, and has marched over 200 miles in fifteen days.
Letter from Henry to Sallie, January 12, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1865 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry has just arrived at camp in Georgia.
Letter from Henry to Sallie, February 3, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 12 pages | 1865 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
In 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 Henry to Sallie, September 11, 1863
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1863 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry writes about Sally's German music teacher, German language, and his Dutch heritage. He also writes on the subject of happiness.
Letter from Henry to Sallie, January 21, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1865 |
Henry Van Sellar and Sallie Pattison Correspondence (Digitized Content)
Henry 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.
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