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Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-10-28
No full textMr. Norton writes from Stevenson, Alabama, of his delay in returning to Decatur. It was attacked
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-11-06
No full textMr. Norton writes his wife of how busy that he has been. He was sent on a reconnaissance party. He writes of family and friends
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-09-13
No full textMr. Norton recounts in his letter to his wife, Hattie, of meeting the rebels in Athens, Alabama. The rebels got away. He promises to tell her about the last twelve days and nights in his next letter
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-12-06
No full textMr. Norton, 2nd Lieutenant, reports to his wife, Hattie, from Stevenson, Alabama, about the activities of the past two weeks since his last letter. Decatur was evacuated and burned except four buildings. His regiment was to packed everything and leave with five days of rations. The Confederates were attracted to the smoke from the burning barracks. They were at the picket lines. When last of the Union troops (18th Regiment of Michigan and 103rd Regiment of Ohio) crossed the bridge, it was cut. From the bank of the river, they shelled the rebels until dark. They marched over 127 miles to Huntsville. It was evacuated. They rode the train to Brownsville and continue to a place near Bellfont. Mr. Norton worked on building winter quarters not knowing how long he would be there
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-08-28
No full textMr. Norton, an orderly sergeant, writes his wife, Hattie, of the slow mail delivery, friends, and their neighbors helping her with food. The news in his camp near Decatur, Alabama, concerns the general health of the men and weather in the area
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-10-25
No full textFrom City Hotel, Nashville, Tennessee, Mr. Norton writes his wife that he is now a Second Lieutenant of Company G and tells her of his pay. He mustered for the unexpired term of the regiment. Prisoners captured at Athens could be counted as the aggregate of the company. He will start back to Decatur soon
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-11-19
No full textIn this letter to his wife, Hattie, Mr. Norton continues to try to dispel rumors about him. He informs her that he can only get clothing from Nashville. He reflects on those from home who have lost their lives in the war
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-12-17]
No full textThis letters was begun on December 17th, 1864 in Stevenson, Alabama. Mr. Norton, an orderly sergeant, tells his wife of the sporadic communications. The railroads have been cut off. They have no communication further than Murfreesboro except by telegraph. On December 19th, he writes that they are to reoccupy Decatur and no time to write more
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-06-24
No full textMr. Norton, an orderly sergeant, writes his wife, Hattie, of being sick in Nashville and later in the camp. He was excused from picket duty and scouting for several days. A scouting party of two hundred soldiers from the regiment met a rebel picket. He gives details of the wounded and possible reasons why it went so badly for the company. He explains to her that as an orderly that he is not allow on picket or scouting trips
Letter from S. R. Norton to Hattie Norton, 1864-06-14
No full textMr. Norton, an orderly sergeant, writes his wife, Hattie, of the camp movement and the possibility of going to Rome, Georgia. He tells her of the destruction caused by their big guns in Decatur and the burning of a pontoon bridge across the Tennessee River two years earlier. In his postscript, he mentions that he has certificates from rebels of receiving kind treatment as prisoners from him and to do likewise to him if captured
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