Benjamin Franklin Heuston Papers, 1849-1894

Appendix I: Chronological List of Letters, B.F. Heuston to His Wife

Date Place
1862
August 29 Camp Utley, Racine, Wisconsin
September 1 Camp Utley, Racine, Wisconsin
September 12 Camp Utley, Racine, Wisconsin
September 20 Cincinnati, Ohio
September 21 Cincinnati, Ohio
September 25 Camp Mitchell, Kentucky, near Cincinnati, Ohio
October 2 Camp Mitchell, Kentucky, near Cincinnati, Ohio
October 8 Camp Mitchell, Kentucky, near Cincinnati, Ohio
October 23 Georgetown, Kentucky
October 25 Lexington, Kentucky
November 9 Camp Granger, near Lexington, Kentucky
November 15 Nickolasville, Kentucky
1863
January 4 Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio
January 11 Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio
January 18 Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio
February 3 Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio
February 24 Waynesville, Warren County, Ohio (contains a copy of a letter B.F. Heuston received from Wisconsin state assemblyman A.W. Newman)
March 9 Waynesville, Ohio
March 15 Camp Chase General Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
March 19 Camp Chase General Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
March 24 Camp Chase General Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
April 1 Camp Chase General Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
April 7 Camp Chase General Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
Undated Camp Chase General Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
May 10 Camp Chase General Hospital, Columbus, Ohio
May 13 [Not given]
May 17 Cincinnati
[May 20] Letter from D.R. May, Captain, 22nd Wisconsin Volunteers to BFH
May 24 Cairo, Illinois
May 29 Camp Jackson, near St. Louis, Missouri
June 4 Camp Gamble, St. Louis, Missouri
June 8 Camp Gamble, St. Louis, Missouri
June 10 Camp Gamble, St. Louis, Missouri
June 16 [Not given]
June 18 [Not given] (written on the back of a letter with the salutation: “Dear Uncle,” and signed “Hendley”)
June 29 Franklin, Tennessee [inserted here was a one page printed poem “Southern Beauties...” 5x13 inches]
July 7 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
July 7 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
August 4 [Not given, probably the same]
August 11 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
August 16 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
August 20 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Undated Murfreesboro, Tennessee
August 24 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
August 27 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
August 30 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
September 16 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
September 18 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
September 20 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
September 26 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
October 2 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
October 3 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
October 25 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
October 31 Murfreesboro, Tennessee (on the back of a letter to B.F. Heuston from George M. Zell, his brother-in-law)
November 6 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
November 15 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
November 16 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
December 2 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
December 8 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
December 14 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
December 16 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
December 25 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
December 27 Murfreesboro, Tennessee (on letter from his brother John)
1864
January 1 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
January 14 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
January 23 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
January 23 Murfreesboro, Tennessee (on the back of a letter from Stephen Knowls to B.F. Heuston)
February 1 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
February 8 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
February 15 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
February 19 Murfreesboro, Tennessee
February 25 Lavergne, Tennessee
March 2 Nashville (on the back of a letter from his brother John)
March 5 Nashville
March 5 Nashville
March 13 Nashville
March 14 On Steamer Newsboy, Nashville
March 18 On Gunboat, Newsboy, Pulaski County, Kentucky
March 23 Nashville
March 29 Nashville
March 30 Nashville
April 5 Nashville
April 9 Nashville
April 15 Nashville
April 17 Nashville
April 23 Nashville
April 25 Gullahoma, Tennessee
April 29 Bridgeport, Alabama
May 2 near Chattanooga, Tennessee
May 4 Ringgold, Georgia
May 8 “in field”
May 22 Nashville Field Hospital (Cumberland)
May 26 Nashville Field Hospital (Cumberland)
June 1 Nashville Field Hospital (Cumberland)
June 7 Nashville Field Hospital (Cumberland)
June 16 Nashville Field Hospital (Cumberland)
July 7 Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
July 14 Harvey Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin
July 18 Harvey Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin
July 22 Harvey Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin
August 27 Camp Randall, Madison, Wisconsin
September 2 Nashville
September 10 Nashville, Cumberland Hospital
September 14 Nashville, Cumberland Hospital
September Chattanooga, Tennessee
September 19 Atlanta, Georgia [special order detailing BFH to headquarters Company C]
September 25 Atlanta, Georgia
September 28 Atlanta, Georgia
October 2 Atlanta, Georgia
October 9 Atlanta, Georgia
October 14 Atlanta, Georgia
October 21 Atlanta, Georgia
October 29 Atlanta, Georgia
November 5 Atlanta, Georgia
November 9 Atlanta, Georgia
December 14 5 miles NW of Savannah, Georgia
December 27 Savannah, Georgia
December 31 Savannah, Georgia
1865
January 8 Rice Swamps of South Carolina, near Savannah, Georgia
January 15 Scriven's Ferry, South Carolina, near Savannah, Georgia
January 17 Scriven's Ferry, South Carolina, near Savannah, Georgia
January 22 South Carolina
January 24 Hardee' s Landing, South Carolina
January 31 Robertsville, South Carolina
March 12 Fayetteville, North Carolina
March 14 Fayetteville, North Carolina
March 21 In field 20
March 26 In field 20
April 2 In field 20
April 9 [Not given]
April 15 Raleigh, South Carolina
April 19 Raleigh, South Carolina
April 29 Raleigh, South Carolina
April 29 Raleigh, South Carolina
May 9 5 miles from Richmond, Virginia
May 21 Alexandria, D.C.
May 28 Near Washington, D.C.
May 29 [not given]
June 3 Near Washington, D.C.
June 11 Washington

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