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Civil War Letters of Elisha Randolph Robinson

Civil War Letters of Elisha Randolph Robinson

This collection of letters is correspondence between soldier and sergeant E. Randolph Robinson and various members of his family during his nearly three years serving with the Union army in the U.S. Civil War. The bulk of his letters were sent from locations in Virginia, including Suffolk, Manassas Junction, Culpeper and Harpers Ferry. He was present at Appomattox when Lee surrendered and wrote of what he witnessed among the troops that day in the field. Most of the letters written to him were from family members in LaGrange and other locations in New York state and include several written prior to and after Robinson's Civil War service.

Elisha Randolph (Dott) Robinson was born on July 27, 1841, to Nathaniel C. and Roxa Mendel Robinson in the hamlet of LaGrange, Town of Covington, Wyoming County, New York. He attended school at the Middlebury Academy in Wyoming, N.Y. and taught school in Leicester, N.Y. before enlisting in Company D, 130th Regiment, New York State Volunteers in 1862. In mid-1863, he was transferred to the 1st NY Dragoons and served through the end of the war. He married Cornelia Maria Lane in 1875, with whom he had two sons, and died in Warsaw, N.Y. in 1924.

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Submissions from 1863 1863

Letter to Parents---June 6, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Men---May 26, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---May 19, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Ren---May 15, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Mother---May 4, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Sister Hannah---April 28, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Men---April 25, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---April 21, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Sister Hannah---April 17, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---April 16, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---April 11, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Men---April 8, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Men---April 7, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Sister Hannah---March 31, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Jont---March 27, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Sister Hannah---March 18, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---March 4, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Ren---February 26, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Men---February 20, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Hannah---February 15, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---February 6, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother---February 1, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---January 12. 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Unaddressed---January 2, 1863, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Submissions from 1862 1862

Letter to Sister---December 30, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Father and Mother---December 25, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Men---December 18, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---December 12, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Mother---December 2, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Sister---November 30, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---November 27, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---November 26, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Unaddressed---November 25, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---November 23, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Sister---November 18, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Father---November 16, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Father---November 14, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Sister---November 14, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Father and Mother---November 11, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---November 11, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Hannah---November 7, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Lorenzo---November 6, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Sister---November 6, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---November 3, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Lorenzo---October 14, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Mother---October 14, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---October 11, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Sister---October 8, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Will---October 4. 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---October 4, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Ren---October 3, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Mendell---October 3, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---October 3, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Sister Hannah---October 1, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---September 28, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Sister---September 25, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother---September 24, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Brother Men---September 21, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---September 20, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---September 20, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---September 14, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---September 13, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---September 11, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---September 10, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---September 8, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Letter to Parents---August 28, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Unaddressed---August 5, 1862, Dott (Elisha) Randolph Robinson

Bill of lading indicating the delivery of one box in 1862, United States Express Company