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Christian\n         Commission agent pertaining to personal, camp, and war-related\n         events. Also present is a fragment from a Confederate warship,\n         the \n         Drewry.","Two letters were written by B. H. Hibbard of the U. S.\n         Christian Commission, stationed at City Point, Virginia. The\n         first (on Commission stationery), August 1, 1864, describes\n         for \"Brother George\" his typical daily duties at the base\n         hospital--dispensing food, clothing, religious reading\n         material; promoting morale; and conducting meetings and\n         services for the troops. \n         1On August 10, Hibbard describes\n         the grisly aftermath of the Confederate sabotage explosion at\n         City Point (April 9): \"I Saw the most appalling sight I ever\n         witnessed. Men stretched on the Ground dead and dying . . .\n         and such screeching such agony and writhing . . . arms and\n         legs and head and bodys of men . . . there was barely room to\n         set your foot without stepping on something that had been\n         thrown up the explosion.\" \n         2","John H. Francis, camp of the 7th New York Independent\n         Battery [7th Battery, New York Light Artillery], 24th Army\n         Corps, during the siege of Petersburg writes on February 2,\n         1865 to \"Friend George\" that he has been detailed as a clerk\n         for three months. He describes his quarters (a log house) and\n         his company. An attack by Confederate vessels led to the\n         destruction of the rebel ram (gunboat and tender) \"Drury\" [CSS\n         Drewry; destroyed on the James River by Union artillery,\n         January 24, 1865]; \n         3Francis encloses a three-inch\n         fragment (tied with red, white and blue ribbons). He recalls\n         his visit to Baltimore three years previously and\n         characterizes it as \"a very fair city but the girls can't hold\n         a candle-stick to the Brooklyn maidens, who in my opinion are\n         No. 1, and can't be beat in any respect\"; he also mentions the\n         24th regiment's (a New York infantry or militia regiment)\n         selection of an armory site back home, an organization\n         identified as \"The Brotherhood of State Street,\" and being\n         under fire at \"Butler's Canal\" [Dutch Gap Canal].","Another soldier, George F. Morse (perhaps the same \"George\"\n         to whom the previous letters were addressed?), writes from\n         Petersburg on April 11, 1865 to his father regarding his good\n         opinion of the U. S. Christian Commission (this letter is on\n         Commission stationery). He also claims that Confederate\n         General Robert E. Lee has arrived in the city as a prisoner of\n         war but he has not yet seen him. [Morse was mistaken. Lee was\n         never held as a prisoner nor did he return to Petersburg after\n         its April 2 evacuation. He remained in the Appomattox Court\n         House area until April 12 before returning to his Richmond\n         residence.] Morse informs his father that he is sending a note\n         with a delegate of the U. S. Christian Commission \n         4who plans to visit Brooklyn and\n         concludes that with the surrender of the Army of Northern\n         Virginia \"Everyone thinks the war is about over, the Rebs\n         themselves say there is no use of fighting anymore.\"","1The U. S. Christian Commission,\n         under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., provided spiritual\n         guidance, distributed Bibles, newspapers and magazines,\n         conducted wholesome diversions to relieve the boredom of camp\n         life, sent soldiers' money home for their families and\n         otherwise promoted the social, religious and psychological\n         welfare of Union soldiers. The Commission had a large\n         headquarters facility at City Point. Andrew Boyd Cross, \n         The War and The Christian\n         Commission(Baltimore, 1865), vol. I, 48; Edward P.\n         Smith, \n         Incidents of The United States\n         Christian Commission(Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott\n         \u0026 Co, 1871), 316-344.","2See also the Civil War Diary of\n         David Probert, accession number 10776, entry on page\n         8/7/64.","3Paul H. Sliverstone, \n         Warships of the Civil War\n         Navies(Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press,\n         1989), 242. 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The\n         first (on Commission stationery), August 1, 1864, describes\n         for \"Brother George\" his typical daily duties at the base\n         hospital--dispensing food, clothing, religious reading\n         material; promoting morale; and conducting meetings and\n         services for the troops. \n         \u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e1\u003c/emph\u003eOn August 10, Hibbard describes\n         the grisly aftermath of the Confederate sabotage explosion at\n         City Point (April 9): \"I Saw the most appalling sight I ever\n         witnessed. Men stretched on the Ground dead and dying . . .\n         and such screeching such agony and writhing . . . arms and\n         legs and head and bodys of men . . . there was barely room to\n         set your foot without stepping on something that had been\n         thrown up the explosion.\" \n         \u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Francis, camp of the 7th New York Independent\n         Battery [7th Battery, New York Light Artillery], 24th Army\n         Corps, during the siege of Petersburg writes on February 2,\n         1865 to \"Friend George\" that he has been detailed as a clerk\n         for three months. He describes his quarters (a log house) and\n         his company. An attack by Confederate vessels led to the\n         destruction of the rebel ram (gunboat and tender) \"Drury\" [CSS\n         Drewry; destroyed on the James River by Union artillery,\n         January 24, 1865]; \n         \u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e3\u003c/emph\u003eFrancis encloses a three-inch\n         fragment (tied with red, white and blue ribbons). He recalls\n         his visit to Baltimore three years previously and\n         characterizes it as \"a very fair city but the girls can't hold\n         a candle-stick to the Brooklyn maidens, who in my opinion are\n         No. 1, and can't be beat in any respect\"; he also mentions the\n         24th regiment's (a New York infantry or militia regiment)\n         selection of an armory site back home, an organization\n         identified as \"The Brotherhood of State Street,\" and being\n         under fire at \"Butler's Canal\" [Dutch Gap Canal].\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAnother soldier, George F. Morse (perhaps the same \"George\"\n         to whom the previous letters were addressed?), writes from\n         Petersburg on April 11, 1865 to his father regarding his good\n         opinion of the U. S. Christian Commission (this letter is on\n         Commission stationery). He also claims that Confederate\n         General Robert E. Lee has arrived in the city as a prisoner of\n         war but he has not yet seen him. [Morse was mistaken. Lee was\n         never held as a prisoner nor did he return to Petersburg after\n         its April 2 evacuation. He remained in the Appomattox Court\n         House area until April 12 before returning to his Richmond\n         residence.] Morse informs his father that he is sending a note\n         with a delegate of the U. S. Christian Commission \n         \u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e4\u003c/emph\u003ewho plans to visit Brooklyn and\n         concludes that with the surrender of the Army of Northern\n         Virginia \"Everyone thinks the war is about over, the Rebs\n         themselves say there is no use of fighting anymore.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e1\u003c/emph\u003eThe U. S. Christian Commission,\n         under the auspices of the Y. M. C. 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The\n         first (on Commission stationery), August 1, 1864, describes\n         for \"Brother George\" his typical daily duties at the base\n         hospital--dispensing food, clothing, religious reading\n         material; promoting morale; and conducting meetings and\n         services for the troops. \n         1On August 10, Hibbard describes\n         the grisly aftermath of the Confederate sabotage explosion at\n         City Point (April 9): \"I Saw the most appalling sight I ever\n         witnessed. Men stretched on the Ground dead and dying . . .\n         and such screeching such agony and writhing . . . arms and\n         legs and head and bodys of men . . . there was barely room to\n         set your foot without stepping on something that had been\n         thrown up the explosion.\" \n         2","John H. Francis, camp of the 7th New York Independent\n         Battery [7th Battery, New York Light Artillery], 24th Army\n         Corps, during the siege of Petersburg writes on February 2,\n         1865 to \"Friend George\" that he has been detailed as a clerk\n         for three months. He describes his quarters (a log house) and\n         his company. An attack by Confederate vessels led to the\n         destruction of the rebel ram (gunboat and tender) \"Drury\" [CSS\n         Drewry; destroyed on the James River by Union artillery,\n         January 24, 1865]; \n         3Francis encloses a three-inch\n         fragment (tied with red, white and blue ribbons). He recalls\n         his visit to Baltimore three years previously and\n         characterizes it as \"a very fair city but the girls can't hold\n         a candle-stick to the Brooklyn maidens, who in my opinion are\n         No. 1, and can't be beat in any respect\"; he also mentions the\n         24th regiment's (a New York infantry or militia regiment)\n         selection of an armory site back home, an organization\n         identified as \"The Brotherhood of State Street,\" and being\n         under fire at \"Butler's Canal\" [Dutch Gap Canal].","Another soldier, George F. Morse (perhaps the same \"George\"\n         to whom the previous letters were addressed?), writes from\n         Petersburg on April 11, 1865 to his father regarding his good\n         opinion of the U. S. Christian Commission (this letter is on\n         Commission stationery). He also claims that Confederate\n         General Robert E. Lee has arrived in the city as a prisoner of\n         war but he has not yet seen him. [Morse was mistaken. Lee was\n         never held as a prisoner nor did he return to Petersburg after\n         its April 2 evacuation. He remained in the Appomattox Court\n         House area until April 12 before returning to his Richmond\n         residence.] Morse informs his father that he is sending a note\n         with a delegate of the U. S. Christian Commission \n         4who plans to visit Brooklyn and\n         concludes that with the surrender of the Army of Northern\n         Virginia \"Everyone thinks the war is about over, the Rebs\n         themselves say there is no use of fighting anymore.\"","1The U. S. Christian Commission,\n         under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., provided spiritual\n         guidance, distributed Bibles, newspapers and magazines,\n         conducted wholesome diversions to relieve the boredom of camp\n         life, sent soldiers' money home for their families and\n         otherwise promoted the social, religious and psychological\n         welfare of Union soldiers. The Commission had a large\n         headquarters facility at City Point. Andrew Boyd Cross, \n         The War and The Christian\n         Commission(Baltimore, 1865), vol. I, 48; Edward P.\n         Smith, \n         Incidents of The United States\n         Christian Commission(Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott\n         \u0026 Co, 1871), 316-344.","2See also the Civil War Diary of\n         David Probert, accession number 10776, entry on page\n         8/7/64.","3Paul H. Sliverstone, \n         Warships of the Civil War\n         Navies(Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press,\n         1989), 242. For an outline of the 7th's career, see Frederick\n         H. Dyer, \n         A Compendium of the War of the\n         Rebellion(New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959), vol. 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The\n         first (on Commission stationery), August 1, 1864, describes\n         for \"Brother George\" his typical daily duties at the base\n         hospital--dispensing food, clothing, religious reading\n         material; promoting morale; and conducting meetings and\n         services for the troops. \n         1On August 10, Hibbard describes\n         the grisly aftermath of the Confederate sabotage explosion at\n         City Point (April 9): \"I Saw the most appalling sight I ever\n         witnessed. Men stretched on the Ground dead and dying . . .\n         and such screeching such agony and writhing . . . arms and\n         legs and head and bodys of men . . . there was barely room to\n         set your foot without stepping on something that had been\n         thrown up the explosion.\" \n         2","John H. Francis, camp of the 7th New York Independent\n         Battery [7th Battery, New York Light Artillery], 24th Army\n         Corps, during the siege of Petersburg writes on February 2,\n         1865 to \"Friend George\" that he has been detailed as a clerk\n         for three months. He describes his quarters (a log house) and\n         his company. An attack by Confederate vessels led to the\n         destruction of the rebel ram (gunboat and tender) \"Drury\" [CSS\n         Drewry; destroyed on the James River by Union artillery,\n         January 24, 1865]; \n         3Francis encloses a three-inch\n         fragment (tied with red, white and blue ribbons). He recalls\n         his visit to Baltimore three years previously and\n         characterizes it as \"a very fair city but the girls can't hold\n         a candle-stick to the Brooklyn maidens, who in my opinion are\n         No. 1, and can't be beat in any respect\"; he also mentions the\n         24th regiment's (a New York infantry or militia regiment)\n         selection of an armory site back home, an organization\n         identified as \"The Brotherhood of State Street,\" and being\n         under fire at \"Butler's Canal\" [Dutch Gap Canal].","Another soldier, George F. Morse (perhaps the same \"George\"\n         to whom the previous letters were addressed?), writes from\n         Petersburg on April 11, 1865 to his father regarding his good\n         opinion of the U. S. Christian Commission (this letter is on\n         Commission stationery). He also claims that Confederate\n         General Robert E. Lee has arrived in the city as a prisoner of\n         war but he has not yet seen him. [Morse was mistaken. Lee was\n         never held as a prisoner nor did he return to Petersburg after\n         its April 2 evacuation. He remained in the Appomattox Court\n         House area until April 12 before returning to his Richmond\n         residence.] Morse informs his father that he is sending a note\n         with a delegate of the U. S. Christian Commission \n         4who plans to visit Brooklyn and\n         concludes that with the surrender of the Army of Northern\n         Virginia \"Everyone thinks the war is about over, the Rebs\n         themselves say there is no use of fighting anymore.\"","1The U. S. Christian Commission,\n         under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., provided spiritual\n         guidance, distributed Bibles, newspapers and magazines,\n         conducted wholesome diversions to relieve the boredom of camp\n         life, sent soldiers' money home for their families and\n         otherwise promoted the social, religious and psychological\n         welfare of Union soldiers. The Commission had a large\n         headquarters facility at City Point. Andrew Boyd Cross, \n         The War and The Christian\n         Commission(Baltimore, 1865), vol. I, 48; Edward P.\n         Smith, \n         Incidents of The United States\n         Christian Commission(Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott\n         \u0026 Co, 1871), 316-344.","2See also the Civil War Diary of\n         David Probert, accession number 10776, entry on page\n         8/7/64.","3Paul H. Sliverstone, \n         Warships of the Civil War\n         Navies(Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press,\n         1989), 242. 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The\n         first (on Commission stationery), August 1, 1864, describes\n         for \"Brother George\" his typical daily duties at the base\n         hospital--dispensing food, clothing, religious reading\n         material; promoting morale; and conducting meetings and\n         services for the troops. \n         \u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e1\u003c/emph\u003eOn August 10, Hibbard describes\n         the grisly aftermath of the Confederate sabotage explosion at\n         City Point (April 9): \"I Saw the most appalling sight I ever\n         witnessed. Men stretched on the Ground dead and dying . . .\n         and such screeching such agony and writhing . . . arms and\n         legs and head and bodys of men . . . there was barely room to\n         set your foot without stepping on something that had been\n         thrown up the explosion.\" \n         \u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e2\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eJohn H. Francis, camp of the 7th New York Independent\n         Battery [7th Battery, New York Light Artillery], 24th Army\n         Corps, during the siege of Petersburg writes on February 2,\n         1865 to \"Friend George\" that he has been detailed as a clerk\n         for three months. He describes his quarters (a log house) and\n         his company. An attack by Confederate vessels led to the\n         destruction of the rebel ram (gunboat and tender) \"Drury\" [CSS\n         Drewry; destroyed on the James River by Union artillery,\n         January 24, 1865]; \n         \u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e3\u003c/emph\u003eFrancis encloses a three-inch\n         fragment (tied with red, white and blue ribbons). He recalls\n         his visit to Baltimore three years previously and\n         characterizes it as \"a very fair city but the girls can't hold\n         a candle-stick to the Brooklyn maidens, who in my opinion are\n         No. 1, and can't be beat in any respect\"; he also mentions the\n         24th regiment's (a New York infantry or militia regiment)\n         selection of an armory site back home, an organization\n         identified as \"The Brotherhood of State Street,\" and being\n         under fire at \"Butler's Canal\" [Dutch Gap Canal].\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eAnother soldier, George F. Morse (perhaps the same \"George\"\n         to whom the previous letters were addressed?), writes from\n         Petersburg on April 11, 1865 to his father regarding his good\n         opinion of the U. S. Christian Commission (this letter is on\n         Commission stationery). He also claims that Confederate\n         General Robert E. Lee has arrived in the city as a prisoner of\n         war but he has not yet seen him. [Morse was mistaken. Lee was\n         never held as a prisoner nor did he return to Petersburg after\n         its April 2 evacuation. He remained in the Appomattox Court\n         House area until April 12 before returning to his Richmond\n         residence.] Morse informs his father that he is sending a note\n         with a delegate of the U. S. Christian Commission \n         \u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e4\u003c/emph\u003ewho plans to visit Brooklyn and\n         concludes that with the surrender of the Army of Northern\n         Virginia \"Everyone thinks the war is about over, the Rebs\n         themselves say there is no use of fighting anymore.\"\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e1\u003c/emph\u003eThe U. S. Christian Commission,\n         under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., provided spiritual\n         guidance, distributed Bibles, newspapers and magazines,\n         conducted wholesome diversions to relieve the boredom of camp\n         life, sent soldiers' money home for their families and\n         otherwise promoted the social, religious and psychological\n         welfare of Union soldiers. The Commission had a large\n         headquarters facility at City Point. Andrew Boyd Cross, \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe War and The Christian\n         Commission\u003c/title\u003e(Baltimore, 1865), vol. I, 48; Edward P.\n         Smith, \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eIncidents of The United States\n         Christian Commission\u003c/title\u003e(Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott\n         \u0026amp; Co, 1871), 316-344.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e2\u003c/emph\u003eSee also the Civil War Diary of\n         David Probert, accession number 10776, entry on page\n         8/7/64.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e3\u003c/emph\u003ePaul H. Sliverstone, \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eWarships of the Civil War\n         Navies\u003c/title\u003e(Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press,\n         1989), 242. For an outline of the 7th's career, see Frederick\n         H. Dyer, \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eA Compendium of the War of the\n         Rebellion\u003c/title\u003e(New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959), vol. III,\n         1397-1398.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"super\"\u003e4\u003c/emph\u003eCommission workers were known as\n         \"delegates.\" Cross, \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"italic\" href=\"\"\u003eThe War and The Christian\n         Commission\u003c/title\u003e, 48.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of four Civil War letters,\n         1864-1865, from New York soldiers and a U. S. Christian\n         Commission agent pertaining to personal, camp, and war-related\n         events. Also present is a fragment from a Confederate warship,\n         the \n         Drewry.","Two letters were written by B. H. Hibbard of the U. S.\n         Christian Commission, stationed at City Point, Virginia. The\n         first (on Commission stationery), August 1, 1864, describes\n         for \"Brother George\" his typical daily duties at the base\n         hospital--dispensing food, clothing, religious reading\n         material; promoting morale; and conducting meetings and\n         services for the troops. \n         1On August 10, Hibbard describes\n         the grisly aftermath of the Confederate sabotage explosion at\n         City Point (April 9): \"I Saw the most appalling sight I ever\n         witnessed. Men stretched on the Ground dead and dying . . .\n         and such screeching such agony and writhing . . . arms and\n         legs and head and bodys of men . . . there was barely room to\n         set your foot without stepping on something that had been\n         thrown up the explosion.\" \n         2","John H. Francis, camp of the 7th New York Independent\n         Battery [7th Battery, New York Light Artillery], 24th Army\n         Corps, during the siege of Petersburg writes on February 2,\n         1865 to \"Friend George\" that he has been detailed as a clerk\n         for three months. He describes his quarters (a log house) and\n         his company. An attack by Confederate vessels led to the\n         destruction of the rebel ram (gunboat and tender) \"Drury\" [CSS\n         Drewry; destroyed on the James River by Union artillery,\n         January 24, 1865]; \n         3Francis encloses a three-inch\n         fragment (tied with red, white and blue ribbons). He recalls\n         his visit to Baltimore three years previously and\n         characterizes it as \"a very fair city but the girls can't hold\n         a candle-stick to the Brooklyn maidens, who in my opinion are\n         No. 1, and can't be beat in any respect\"; he also mentions the\n         24th regiment's (a New York infantry or militia regiment)\n         selection of an armory site back home, an organization\n         identified as \"The Brotherhood of State Street,\" and being\n         under fire at \"Butler's Canal\" [Dutch Gap Canal].","Another soldier, George F. Morse (perhaps the same \"George\"\n         to whom the previous letters were addressed?), writes from\n         Petersburg on April 11, 1865 to his father regarding his good\n         opinion of the U. S. Christian Commission (this letter is on\n         Commission stationery). He also claims that Confederate\n         General Robert E. Lee has arrived in the city as a prisoner of\n         war but he has not yet seen him. [Morse was mistaken. Lee was\n         never held as a prisoner nor did he return to Petersburg after\n         its April 2 evacuation. He remained in the Appomattox Court\n         House area until April 12 before returning to his Richmond\n         residence.] Morse informs his father that he is sending a note\n         with a delegate of the U. S. Christian Commission \n         4who plans to visit Brooklyn and\n         concludes that with the surrender of the Army of Northern\n         Virginia \"Everyone thinks the war is about over, the Rebs\n         themselves say there is no use of fighting anymore.\"","1The U. S. Christian Commission,\n         under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., provided spiritual\n         guidance, distributed Bibles, newspapers and magazines,\n         conducted wholesome diversions to relieve the boredom of camp\n         life, sent soldiers' money home for their families and\n         otherwise promoted the social, religious and psychological\n         welfare of Union soldiers. The Commission had a large\n         headquarters facility at City Point. Andrew Boyd Cross, \n         The War and The Christian\n         Commission(Baltimore, 1865), vol. I, 48; Edward P.\n         Smith, \n         Incidents of The United States\n         Christian Commission(Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott\n         \u0026 Co, 1871), 316-344.","2See also the Civil War Diary of\n         David Probert, accession number 10776, entry on page\n         8/7/64.","3Paul H. Sliverstone, \n         Warships of the Civil War\n         Navies(Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press,\n         1989), 242. For an outline of the 7th's career, see Frederick\n         H. Dyer, \n         A Compendium of the War of the\n         Rebellion(New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1959), vol. III,\n         1397-1398.","4Commission workers were known as\n         \"delegates.\" Cross, \n         The War and The Christian\n         Commission, 48."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n            \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":0,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:57:07.540Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu01523"}}],"included":[{"type":"facet","id":"repository_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Repository","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.","value":"University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.","hits":1},"links":{"remove":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=B.H.+Hibbard+Letters+%0A+%0A+1864-1865\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Virginia%2C+Special+Collections+Dept.\u0026view=compact"}}]},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/facet/repository_ssim.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=B.H.+Hibbard+Letters+%0A+%0A+1864-1865\u0026f%5Brepository%5D%5B%5D=University+of+Virginia%2C+Special+Collections+Dept.\u0026view=compact"}},{"type":"facet","id":"collection_ssim","attributes":{"label":"Collection","items":[{"attributes":{"label":"B.H. 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