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Start Over Collection Richard S. and Celia Morgan Papers, 1860/1867, bulk 1862/1865 Date range 1865

Correspondence between Richard S. Morgan  and Celia Frary, 1864/1867 Box 1, Folder 2

The following excerpts have been provided by the seller: Richard, Mar. 18, 1865 - "I am now Post Apothecary at Camp Butler...I am teaching some colored soldiers to read - how are you abolitionist?; next Sunday if I have time I am going to preach to them in their barracks." Richard, March 20, 1865 [last letter, Camp Butler, Apothecary, enlisted in 91st IL] "My regt is in New Orleans. I look well in uniform. I am altering my privates coat into officer putting staff buttons on it; tearing of[f] the cord and putting a stripe on my pants. I have two contrabands to wait on me. They clean my boots etc...I do nothing but fill ward prescriptions; examine the sick. I have touched more small pox; measles today than you can shake a stick at...I have charge of all the Porter Ale Wine; Whiskey medicine; keep the key in my pocket. What a jolly temptation is it not?"; "Geo Hand had his brother here. He has just gone home with him a corpse. I am used to this however." Celia, April 3, 9, 1865 - "RICHMOND is Taken! Taken at last almost beyond doubt! So Father Abraham say...to days paper says Grant has been fighting for three days and has taken twelve thousand prisoners and fifty pieces of artillery. I am so rejoiced I can scarcely write."; "This present battle will fill the hospitals again. Our brave soldiers may God bless them in this world and the next."; "Dear Richard if you will be a good boy and can show me that you do not drink at all I will try and make you a visit sometime this summer..."

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Correspondence from Family, Friends, and Acquaintances, 1861/1865 Box 1, Folder 3

The following excerpts have been provided by the seller: David Leroy, Surgeon, 91st IL, Sheperdsville, KY, Dec. 1862 - "We are...located at present in this little town of Shepperssville to guard the bridge over Salt River on the Louisville; Nashville R.R. The bridge has been destroyed by the Rebels 3 times in the last six months, been two fights or rather skirmished." [Lists promotions of various 91st soldiers.] Mary E. Robinson, Akron, OH, Oct. 27, 1861 - "We have war news every day. They are doing considerable for the Soldiers here. They have started a dime society for their benefit. They have received $35.00 and the ODD fellows presented them with fifty more and they meet once a week to sew for them." J. Macalister, M.D., Chicago, Aug. 31, 1865 [to Celia] - "...the cause of your sorrow is no more. Alas! that one so young; & who might have been so respected should have thus died - "

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Richard S. and Celia Morgan Papers, 1860/1867, bulk 1862/1865 0.17 Linear Feet

Morgan, Richard S., d. 1865

This collection, 1860-1867, consists mainly of letters between Richard S. Morgan, a Chicago apothecary and Celia Frary, a Morris, Illinois schoolteacher, who married in Grundy County, Illinois in 1863. The correspondence begins in the Fall of 1862 when Richard was an Assistant Apothecary at the Federal Drug Store, Camp Douglas, IllinoisL. In addition, there is correspondence with parents, other family members and friends, three photographs, and teachers' certificates.

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Series 1: Correspondence, 1861/1867

This series contains correspondence between Richard S. Morgan and Celia Frary, as well as correspondence from friends, family members, and acquaintances from 1862 to 1867. Topics of letters include Richard's work as an apothecary at various military camps and shops, the couple's courtship and subsequent marriage, the couple's marital issues, Richard's alcoholism, and the couple's separation. Topics of letters between Celia and others include Topics of letters include Celia's work as a schoolteacher, mail order purchases, advertisements, family news, and updates from friends.

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