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Camp of 156 N.Y.V. Carrollton
January 24th, 1863
Friend Sol
Tis Saturday night. I am sitting in my white walled house, (wall tent) thinking of my friends around the Paltz, and trying to contrive where I would be to night, if I were home; I expect you boys are at Choir Meeting a ‘pitching in generally’ It is almost a year now since I have been at the Paltz to attend Choir meeting but I suppose it goes on about as usual. But I can hardly see where you can get your women from, there have so many of them been getting married lately. Well Sol, I suppose you people around the Paltz are real inquisitive to know how we live “a way down south in Dixie” Well to begin with, our camp is about four miles above New Orleans & a mile from the Mississippi. It is situated on a very level plain just out side of the village of Carrollton and and (sic) land, which to-day, with a present height of water in the Great Father of Waters, would be inundated to the depth of two feet, if the ‘Levee’ or embankment on the shore of the river should give way or be cut through by some treacherous hand.
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | 1863-01-24, Letter from Johannes Lefevre to Sol. Dubois |
| Creator | Lefevre, Johannes (1837-1864) |
| Date.Original | 1863-01-24 |
| Description | Letter written from Johannes Lefevre to Sol. Dubois during the Civil War. Johannes wrote this letter while serving in the Union Army and camped outside of New Orleans. In the letter Johannes describes the role escaped slaves played in the war. They were employeed by Union soldiers to cook, shine boots, clean swords, chop wood, and perform picket duty in exposed places. |
| Notes |
Surname spellings and their variants: Lefevre, Lefever; Dubois, DuBois Johannes Lefevre, 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 |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Fugitive slaves |
| Subject.TGM |
Civil wars Soldiers Correspondence |
| Personal Name | Lefevre, Johannes (1837-1864) |
| HRVH Topic |
Military African Americans |
| Language | eng |
| Format.Original | handwritten manuscript |
| Resource Type | Text |
| Publisher.Digital | Historic Huguenot Street |
| Date.Digital | 2007 |
| Exhibit Homepage | http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/hhslefever/ |
| Digital.Collection |
African American Presence in the Hudson Valley I regret to inform you |
| Holding.Institution |
Historic Huguenot Street |
| Contact.Information |
Library 88 Huguenot Street New Paltz, NY 12561 845-255-1660 http://www.huguenotstreet.org |
| Compound objects | jlefevreletter |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Resource Identifier | hhs_CivilWarLetter_1.jpg |
| Publisher.Digital | Historic Huguenot Street |
| Format.Digital | image/jpeg |
| Contact.Information |
Library 88 Huguenot Street New Paltz, NY 12561 845-255-1660 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. |
| Translation |
Camp of 156 N.Y.V. Carrollton January 24th, 1863 Friend Sol Tis Saturday night. I am sitting in my white walled house, (wall tent) thinking of my friends around the Paltz, and trying to contrive where I would be to night, if I were home; I expect you boys are at Choir Meeting a ‘pitching in generally’ It is almost a year now since I have been at the Paltz to attend Choir meeting but I suppose it goes on about as usual. But I can hardly see where you can get your women from, there have so many of them been getting married lately. Well Sol, I suppose you people around the Paltz are real inquisitive to know how we live “a way down south in Dixie” Well to begin with, our camp is about four miles above New Orleans & a mile from the Mississippi. It is situated on a very level plain just out side of the village of Carrollton and and (sic) land, which to-day, with a present height of water in the Great Father of Waters, would be inundated to the depth of two feet, if the ‘Levee’ or embankment on the shore of the river should give way or be cut through by some treacherous hand. |
| Compound objects | jlefevreletter |
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