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Brothers at the Front The Wade letters, 1862–1864
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    The letters

    18624 letters
    1. Jul 27 Willie to Parents
    2. Aug 8 James to Parents
    3. Aug 10 James to Parents
    4. Oct 26 Willie to Parents (partial)
    186316 letters
    1. Mar 4 Willie to Parents
    2. Mar 13 Willie to Parents
    3. Jun 4 Willie to Family
    4. Jun 12 & 13 Willie to Mother
    5. Jul 6 James to Parents
    6. Sep 1 James to Mother
    7. Sep 4 Willie (unaddressed)
    8. Sep 21 Willie to Mother
    9. Oct 3 Father to Willie
    10. Oct 15 James to Mother
    11. Oct 19 James to Mother
    12. Oct 22 & 25 Willie to Parents
    13. Nov 13 Special Orders No. 273
    14. Nov 20 & 26 James to Parents
    15. Dec 27 Mother to James
    16. Dec 27 Willie to James
    186413 letters
    1. Jan 15 James to Adams Express
    2. Jan 17 James to Mother
    3. Jan 18 James to Parents
    4. Feb 21 James to Parents
    5. Apr 13 James to Parents
    6. Apr 15 Special Order No. 78
    7. Apr 22 Field Orders
    8. May 24 James to General N.P. Banks
    9. Jun 26 James to Mother
    10. Sep 3 James to Mother
    11. Oct 4 Capt. W.W. Bliss to James
    12. Oct 7 James to Brig. General M.C. Meigs (transmittal)
    13. Oct 25 Receipt to James D. Wade for Company Property

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    H.A. Jenney

    Lives Behind the Letters Generals, officials and public figures

    Not identified

    A note on the side of Special Orders No. 273, which discharged James from the 176th New York to accept his commission, reads: “Paid this private in full to Discharge. H.A. Jenney, Paymaster, U.S.A.” (Special Orders No. 273, November 13, 1863). Nothing more about him has been found yet.

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    1863 Nov 13
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    Letters transcribed and edited by Melissa K. Dewey and David M. Jones, 2007, from original documents entrusted to them by William Webb Wade, a descendant of the brothers. Read the Editors’ Note

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