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New Paltz Feb 17/63
Friend Johan,
Your letter of
the 24th I received about a
week ago and was very glad to
hear you are getting along so
well. I had meant to have
written before this but it seems
I have been very busy but
you must excuse me for this
time and I will try and do
better the next time. I suppose
it would be useless for me to
conjecture were [where] you are at the
time of writing this for you
might be in battle with the
bullets hissing over your head
or you might be sitting in your
tent enjoying yourself, or possibly
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | 1863-02-17 Letter from Solomon Dubois to Johannes Lefevre |
| Creator | Dubois, Solomon |
| Date.Original | 1863-02-17 |
| Contributors | Bellow, Katie (Transciber) |
| Description | Letter written from Solomon Dubois to Johannes discussing news from home. Sol is concerned that Johannes may be "hard up" for women and then goes on to write about his trip to Plattekill to see Fredrick Douglas speak. He thinks his talk was good and mentions that Douglas' grandfather was Governor of Maryland. He writes that it is quiet at home, with all the wild boys off fighting. Johannes shouldn't worry that there won't be any women left for him when he returns from the war. He closes asking Johannes to remember him to the boys in his regiment. |
| Notes | Eldest son of Josiah P. Lefevre, Johannes, was born on May 26, 1837, and attended the academies at New Paltz Academy and Claverack, and Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., where he graduated in the Scientific field in 1860 and Civil Engineering in 1861. During the Civil War, Johannes helped to organize, and later joined the Company E. of the 156th Regiment of N.Y. Volunteers for whom he served as Second and later First Lieutenant in 1862, and First Lieutenant of the 156th N. Y. Regiment of Infantry in October, 1863. He also held the positions of Regimental Quartermaster, Quartermaster of the Pioneer Corps under Gen. Banks and served as Civil Engineer at Camp Bisland, Port Hudson joined Sheridan's Army of the Shenandoah, and fought in the battle of Winchester. On October 18, 1864, Johannes received the commission of Captain of the N. Y. 156th Regiment and the next day commanded his troops in the battle of Cedar Creek, where he was fatally wounded. Captain Johannes LeFevre died three weeks later at Tidball Hospital in Winchester, Virginia. His body is buried in the New Paltz Rural Cemetery |
| Subject.LCSH |
Huguenots United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence African American men African American leadership African American social reformers |
| Subject.TGM |
Battlefields Men War Campaigns & battles African Americans |
| Subject.Local |
Lefevre family |
| Personal Name |
Lefevre, Johannes (1837-1864) DuBois, Solomon, 1839-1924 |
| Location |
New Paltz - Ulster County - New York New Orleans, LA |
| HRVH Topic |
African Americans Women Military |
| Language | eng |
| Format.Original | copy of hand written letter |
| Resource Type |
Image Still Image |
| Source | Lefevre, Peter (1759-1830) AND Josiah P. Collection |
| Donor | Lefevre, Perry |
| Publisher.Digital | Historic Huguenot Street |
| Date.Digital | 2009 |
| Format.Digital | jpeg |
| Exhibit Homepage | http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/hhslefever/ |
| Digital.Collection |
I regret to inform you |
| Holding.Institution | Historic Huguenot Street |
| Contact.Information |
Library 88 Huguenot Street New Paltz, NY 12561 (845)255-6738 http://www.huguenotstreet.org |
| Rights | This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial uses of the item may be subject to fees and restrictions. Please contact the holding institution for information. |
| Technical.Data | Archival TIFF - MicroTEK 9800XL; Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0; 24 bit color; 600 ppi; RGB; 43, 073, 560 bytes: 5503x2608 pixels; no compression |
| Compound objects | feb17lefevre |
Description
| Title | 1 |
| Contributors | Bellew, Katie, transcriber |
| Personal Name |
Lefevre, Johannes (1837-1864) |
| Language | eng |
| Format.Original | jpeg |
| Resource Type | Text |
| Source | Lefevre, Peter (1759-1830) AND Josiah P. Collection |
| Donor | Lefevre, Perry |
| Publisher.Digital | Historic Huguenot Street |
| Date.Digital | 2009 |
| Format.Digital | image/jpeg |
| Exhibit Homepage | http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/hhslefever/ |
| Digital.Collection | I regret to inform you |
| Holding.Institution | Historic Huguenot Street |
| Contact.Information |
Library 88 Huguenot Street New Paltz, NY 12561 (845)255-6738 http://www.huguenotstreet.org |
| Rights | This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial uses of the item may be subject to fees and restrictions. Please contact the holding institution for information. |
| Technical.Data | Archival TIFF - MicroTEK 9800XL; Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0; 24 bit color; 600 ppi; RGB; 43, 073, 560 bytes: 5503x2608 pixels; no compression |
| Translation | New Paltz Feb 17/63 Friend Johan, Your letter of the 24th I received about a week ago and was very glad to hear you are getting along so well. I had meant to have written before this but it seems I have been very busy but you must excuse me for this time and I will try and do better the next time. I suppose it would be useless for me to conjecture were [where] you are at the time of writing this for you might be in battle with the bullets hissing over your head or you might be sitting in your tent enjoying yourself, or possibly |
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