Manuscripts Division
William L. Clements Library
University of Michigan

Finding aid for
Hussey-Wadsworth Family Papers, 1830-1945

Finding aid created by
T. Moore 1987, recataloged by Rob S. Cox 1997

Summary Information
Title: Hussey-Wadsworth family papers
Creator: Hussey-Wadsworth family
Inclusive dates: 1830-1945
Extent: 255 items (1.25 linear feet)
Abstract:
The Hussey-Wadsworth papers document the involvement of two well-to-do families in the Civil War, Spanish-American War and, less intensively, in the two World Wars.

Language: The material is in English
Repository: William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan
909 S. University Ave.
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1190
Phone: 734-764-2347
Web Site: www.clements.umich.edu


Access and Use
Acquisition Information:

1986. M-2264.3.

Access Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Copyright:

Copyright status is unknown.

Preferred Citation:

Hussey-Wadsworth family papers, William L. Clements Library, The University of Michigan


Biography

Hussey, George Alexander, 1843-1929

Rank : Private; 1st Lieut. (1862 December 31); Capt. (1863 June 1); Private (1864 May 6)

Regiment : 83rd New York Infantry Regiment. Co. I (9th New York State Militia) (1861-1865) (1861 July 17-1862 December 31)
103rd New York Infantry Regiment. Co. I and E (1861-1865) (1862 December 31-1863 November 18)
165th New York Infantry Regiment. Co. A (1862-1865) (1864 May 6-1865 September 1)

Service :1861 July 17-1865 September 1

Wadsworth, Andrew S., 1870-1945

Rank : Unknown

Regiment : 1st Nebraska Infantry Regiment (1898-1899)

Service :1898-1899

George Tuttle Hussey was born February 27, 1812, the posthumous son of George Hussey II (d. 1811). When George Hussey's widow, Elisabeth Nichols Hussey, remarried to David Wheeler Tuttle, the step-father's surname was appended to the baby's as a middle name. Despite the resulting differences in names, the baby was routinely identified as "George III" and, in turn, his son George Alexander Hussey (1843-1929), was called "George IV."

In 1836, at the age of twenty-four, George Tuttle Hussey embarked on what would become a thirty-five year career at the Bank of New York in New York City. On the side, he assisting in founding the Bank and Insurance City Post in September, 1854, which changed name four years later to Hussey's Instant Special Message Post. Hussey and his employees presented drafts, notes, and checks at banks for payment or certification, and the firm employed between 25 and 40 messengers, who delivered notes, packages, and bundles to Brooklyn, Jersey City, Yorkville, Harlem, Staten Island, and other places in the metropolitan area. Besides founding the Message Post, Hussey helped establish the Church of Atonement in Brooklyn. He died July 3, 1890, aged 78, and was survived by his wife, Mary Jane Alexander, and two children, Mary Hussey Blair and George Alexander Hussey.

George Alexander Hussey was born December 23, 1843, in either Bergen, N.J., or New York City. As a young member of the economic elite of the city, Hussey took the de rigeur European tour at age seventeen, traveling across Switzerland and Bavaria, brushing up on his German and soaking up the local culture, but he had a rude awakening on returning home: political crisis. In July, 1861, three months after the Civil War began, Hussey enlisted as a private in Company I, 9th New York Militia Regiment (the New York City Guards), which was mustered into the federal service as the 83rd New York Infantry Regiment. During most of 1861, the 83rd Regiment was stationed in the ring of forts surrounding Washington, but late in the fall, they were reassigned to western Maryland and served for a time as the body guard for Gen. N.P. Banks. During the summer, they took part in the Shenandoah Campaign, and returned to the eastern part of the state, arriving to participate in the Bull Run campaign.

During the 2nd Battle of Bull Run on August 30, 1862, Hussey was wounded in the chest and spent time recuperating in Philadelphia's National Guard Hospital. After recovering, he accepted a commission as first lieutenant in Co. I of the 103rd New York Infantry, formed in part from remnants of the 3rd German Rifles. The 103rd served primarily in southeastern Virginia, and were present at Suffolk during the siege, where on May 3, 1863, Hussey was wounded in action for a second time. Just under a month later, he was promoted to Captain of Co. E, and that November, he was discharged at the expiration of his two years' obligation. He returned to military life one final time, beginning May, 1864, as a member of New York's 165th Regiment, serving through the end of the war and receiving an honorable discharge in September, 1865.

Returning to civilian life, George served as his father's secretary from September, 1865, to October, 1866, leaving that position for a job with the Merchants' Union Express Company. However when that company merged with the American Express Company in March, 1869, George was let go. Four months later, he landed with the Fourth National Bank of New York City, where he held a number of positions. While employed at the bank, he married Carrie Elisabeth St. John on November 25, 1875. Sixteen years later, George resigned as coupon collection clerk. According to a biography of the New York Volunteers of the 103rd Regiment, he later received a job with the Treasury Department. At the time of his death in 1929, he was a resident of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Andrew S. Wadsworth was the son of John Gilbert and Sarah Ashby Wadsworth. Born in New Lebanon, N.Y., on October 2, 1870, he enlisted in the 1st Nebraska Infantry on April 27, 1898, only a few days before Admiral George Dewey moved his fleet into Manila Bay. In July, Wadsworth and the 1st Nebraska Regiment arrived in the Philippines and commenced active campaigning. On April 23, 1899, while fighting Filipino insurgents, he was shot twice in the leg, and spent the next nine months as a convalescent in Manila and San Francisco hospitals.

After returning to the States, Andrew spent much of his time trying to get his military pension increased, which, in 1901, was set at only fifteen dollars per month. It was twenty years before he saw any increase in his pension, which fluctuated wildly in value during the Depression before peaking in 1944, at a rate of sixty dollars per month. In the following year, approximately forty-six years after being wounded, he was awarded the Purple Heart.

The Husseys are related to Andrew Wadsworth only through George T. Hussey's great-grandson, George William DeBell, who married Wadsworth's niece, Jean Wadsworth Hasbrouck.


Collection Scope and Content Note

The Hussey-Wadsworth papers fall into two main categories, documenting the involvement of two well-to-do families in the Civil War, Spanish-American War and, less intensively, in the two World Wars. While military involvement forms the core of the collection, there is also interesting material relating to the social and educational lives of upper class New Yorkers, business affairs, and of particular note, the Reconstruction period in Georgia. The collection centers around three main figures: George Tuttle Hussey, his son, George Alexander Hussey, and Andrew S. Wadsworth.

Highly educated and a gifted writer, George Alexander Hussey's letters are uniformly interesting and enjoyable. One of the most remarkable of his letters is a 61 page description of his tour through Bavaria and Switzerland, written in November, 1860. With room to spare, Hussey lavished attention on the sites in Munich, Zürich, and Dachsen, where he marveled at the waterfalls, and he was captivated by everything from the sublime mountains to a cheese maker's simple house, the Freiburg Bridge, and European power politics. Hussey's appreciation of the landscape, architecture and high culture, however, did not extend to the "ignorant" masses whom he observed groveling in prayer to a statue of the Virgin Mary.

Shortly after returning from Europe, Hussey became a Union soldier and began relating his experiences to his father. A common complaint in his correspondence was his desire for a commission. Believing that influence and money purchased rank, Hussey told his father that both were necessary if he wished to become a first lieutenant and then a captain, and when his father did not respond with the alacrity which Hussey felt due, he scolded him. The delay, he insisted, had cost him one hundred dollars (67). Ambitious, young Hussey did finally achieve the rank of captain. He was discharged in November, 1863, reenlisted the following May, and again, almost immediately began his pursuit of a commission, this time, though, through the help of his friends rather than his father (81).

Tensions between George Alexander Hussey and his father extended deeper than the simple matter of assistance in obtaining a commission. The animosity may have stemmed from the length of time it took the younger Hussey to repay a debt he had incurred during his European tour. In December 1860, George IV borrowed forty dollars from K. Grossgebauer, a resident of Gotha, Germany (47, 53). George III apparently accused his son of lying about the debt, and in response, George IV complained that his father treated him like a child (53). By May, 1864, Private Hussey had paid off the debt, but the ill feelings continued to grow (80). As a result, he began directing his letters to his mother and sister.

George Alexander's letters also reflect some of the problems facing Union officers. In June, 1862, he wrote that ten officers of the 83rd Regiment had resigned in two months and that many more would have done the same had their resignations been accepted. Apparently, the officers did not get along well with the regiment's colonel, who was said to be "a perfect idol of gold and silver" (37). In March, 1863, eight more officers tendered their resignations, followed by seven more in June. This tumult in the officers' ranks was matched by ill discipline, and arrests were not uncommon. In July, 1863, for example, eight officers were under arrest, and in July, 1865, after some "unknown" soldiers "played a Yankee trick" on a general at Morris Island, the entire 165th Regiment was disarmed and sent as prisoners to Fort Sumter. Even the officers were placed under arrest, though according to Hussey, they had done nothing wrong (121).

Although the 165th Regiment was said to have a good reputation, in Hussey's opinion, it was a poor organization. While traveling on the Victor, the soldiers threw food valued at $1,000 overboard, some men were known thieves while in the service, and more than one hundred of the regiment's soldiers served time in correctional institutions, with about the same number listed as deserters (85). While at Hart's Island, two soldiers even tried to escape in a general's boat (80).

In addition to a fine description of the activities of the 165th Regiment, the Hussey-Wadsworth Papers includes a number of references to white opinions of African American civilians and soldiers and the general rise in racial tensions during early Reconstruction. In June, 1865, for example, Hussey reported that Black civilians were in control of the South Carolina rice plantations and he was impressed with their industriousness. Nevertheless, Black and white soldiers were involved in a number of altercations in Charleston, including one particularly violent incident in which African Americans were accused of using brickbats on the whites (121). Some white soldiers who refused to mount guard with Black soldiers were imprisoned at Fort Pulaski (121).

When not fighting or quarreling with each other, the Union soldiers spent some of their time battling Confederates. Hussey's letters include accounts of several skirmishes, most notably of the Siege of Suffolk in May, 1863, which left forty Union privates and four officers wounded, including Hussey (61). Among Hussey's other duties was escorting Confederate prisoners to camps and forts. In September, 1864, he accompanied 150 prisoners to Camp Chase, Ohio. Along the way, Confederate sympathizers tried to give the prisoners money, food, and clothing (92), and given the strength of this sentiment, it is not surprising that a month later, when leading 200 Confederate officers to Fort Delaware, Hussey wrote that they were all "secessionists to the backbone" (93).

During the presidential election in 1864, Hussey appears to have been in the minority of his regiment in supporting Lincoln. Four-fifths of the 165th Regiment, he wrote, favored McClellan (94), though all of the soldiers of the 165th mourned the president's death (112).

Andrew S. Wadsworth's letters also provide valuable documentation of military experience, focused on the period of the American intervention in the Philippines. His letters provide several accounts of skirmishes with Filipino insurgents, including a vivid description of the skirmish in which he was wounded and a quartermaster sergeant was killed. The letters are equally important in documenting an average soldier's attitudes toward the enemy in one of America's first imperial wars. Wadsworth had few kind words for the insurgents, whom he frequently referred to by racial epithets, and commented not only on their primitive weapons -- mostly bows, arrows and shields, but also on their tactics. By Wadsworth's reckoning, the insurgents battled American soldiers two or three times a week, and were known to jump out of trees in ambush (173).

In other letters, Wadsworth turned his eye to the battered Spanish gunboats in Manila Bay (158), the American victory at Manila (160), Filipino civilians (158, 159, 160), and Chinese laborers engaged in the novelty trade (160, 161), and whom the Filipinos hated (161). Referring to Manila, Andrew wrote that it was "behind the times," but that it had the finest electric lighting he had ever seen. He asserted, however, that the Filipinos were not concerned with cleanliness: people suffering from either smallpox or leprosy walked the streets of Cavite openly, and Filipino civilians removed the clothes of dead Spanish soldiers and resold them. Andrew himself bought a pair of pants and a shirt.

The Hussey-Wadsworth Papers also provide a brief but interesting description of trenches and bombing during the First World War (210), and there is brief commentary on censorship, the German retreat, and the determination of American soldiers (208, 210). One letter refers to the bombing of London during Word War II (232) and to war rationing in both the United States and Great Britain (231, 232).

According to Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News, George Tuttle Hussey sold stamps to collectors and issued bronze pennies. Examples of these stamps and coins, dated 1863, are housed in the Postal History Collection.

Subject Terms

    Subjects:
    • Bathing.
    • Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
    • Finance, Personal.
    • Food.
    • Guerrillas--Philippines.
    • Military camps.
    • Military deserters.
    • Military discharge.
    • Military pensions--United States--Spanish-American War, 1898.
    • Money--Confederate States of America.
    • United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
    • United States. Army.
    • United States. Army--Nebraska Infantry Regiment, 1st.
    • United States. Army--New York Infantry Regiment, 83rd (1861-1864)
    • United States. Army--New York Infantry Regiment, 103rd.
    • United States. Army--New York Infantry Regiment, 165th.
    Subjects - Visual Materials:
    • Spanish-American War, 1898.
    Genre Terms:
    • Account books.
    • Estate records.
    • Photographs.
    Contents List
       Container / Location    Title
     
    Hussey-Wadsworth family papers,  1830 January 29-1945 March 21 [series]:
    Box   1 Folder   1-71
    Correspondence, 1833-1863 July
    Box   2 Folder   72-129
    Correspondence,  1863 August -1868
    Box   3 Folder   130-212
    Correspondence, 1869-1919
    Box   4 Folder   213-238
    Correspondence, 1920-n.d.
    Box   5 Folder   242a
    Account books, 1846-1849,  1850,  1898
    Box   5 Folder   243
    Hussey, DeBell, Denslow genealogy
    Box   5 Folder   244
    Miscellaneous
    Box   5 Folder   245
    Ninth Regiment of New York--Veterans, 1871-1925
    Box   5 Folder   252a
    Wadsworth, Andrew Silas--Death and estate, 1945-46
    Box   5 Folder   253
    Wadsworth, Andrew Silas--Pension, 1900-1946
    Box   5 Folder   254
    Wadsworth family: genealogy, estates, wills
    Box   5 Folder   255
    George A. Hussey, Mary Hussey Blair: Wills, estates, maps
    Box   C.5.3  
    Photographs (Family portraits; Spanish-American War)
    Box   C.8.4  
    Photographs (Family portraits; Spanish-American War)
    Box   F.11.30  
    Photographs (Family portraits; Spanish-American War)
    Box   F.11.31  
    Photographs (Spanish-American War)
    Additional Descriptive Data
    Separated Materials

    The Hussey-Wadsworth photographs are housed in the Photographs Division, located in boxes C.5.3; C.8.4; and F.11.30-31.

    Bibliography

    Hussey, George A. and Todd, William. History of the Ninth Regiment N.Y.S.M.-N.G.S.N.Y. (Eighty-Third N.Y. Volunteers) (N.Y., 1889)

    Reilly, Margaret Inglehart. "Andrew Wadsworth, a Nebraska Soldier in the Philippines, 1898-1899."Nebraska History 68, 4 (1987), 183-199

    Partial Subject Index
    African-Americans
    • 138
    • see also under United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 and Spanish-American War, 1898
    African Americans--Social conditions
    • 105
    African Americans--Social conditions--Georgia
    • 119, 120
    African Americans--Social conditions--South Carolina
    • 120-121
    African Americans--South Carolina
    • 120
    African Americans--Virginia
    • 27
    Agricultural machinery
    • 230
    Agriculture
    • 135, 230
    Arthur, Chester Alan, 1830-1886
    • 136
    Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894
    • 17, 18, 22, 28, 35, 36
    Baseball
    • 164
    Bathing
    • 28, 38, 72, 85, 95, 111, 154, 163
    Bombardment--Philippines
    • 159
    Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
    • 10, 11, 28, 35, 37
    Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862
    • 39
    California--Description and travel
    • 6
    Camouflage (Military Science)
    • 28
    Camps (Military)--California
    • 154, 155
    Camps (Military)--District of Columbia
    • 10, 12
    Camps (Military)--Maryland
    • 14, 25, 26
    Camps (Military)--Nebraska
    • 153, 154, 155, 162, 163, 165, 168, 175, 176
    Camps (Military)--Philippines
    • 162, 168
    Camps (Military)--South Carolina
    • 72, 77
    Camps (Military)--Virginia
    • 32, 34, 63
    Catholic Church--Switzerland
    • 9
    Cavite (Philippines)--Description and travel
    • 158, 159
    Cemeteries
    • 38, 42
    Censorship
    • 210
    Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
    • 133
    Charleston (S.C.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    • 121
    Charlestown (W.Va.)--Description and travel
    • 27
    Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)
    • 154
    Chinese--Philippines
    • 160, 161, 163, 180
    Christmas
    • 168, 173
    Civilians--Maryland--Civil War, 1861-1865
    • 15
    Civilians--Philippines--War of 1898
    • 157-161, 169
    Civilians--Virginia--Civil War, 1861-1865
    • 27, 28, 29, 35, 36, 38, 88, 92
    Coffee
    • 20
    Confederate States of America. Army--Artillery
    • 59, 93
    Confederate States of America. Army--Uniforms
    • 104
    Confederate States of America. Navy
    • 227
    Contraband of war
    • 27
    Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
    • 217
    Corcoran, Michael, 1827-1863
    • 58, 59
    Counterinsurgency
    • 23, 28, 121
    Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
    • 71
    Dairy farms
    • 230
    Dakota Indians
    • see also under United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 and United States--History--War of 1898
    • 148
    Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
    • 28, 113, 119
    DeBell family
    • 240
    Deeds
    • 6, 212
    Denslow family
    • 240
    Deserters, Military
    • 11, 12, 17, 31, 80, 85, 108, 111
    Dewey, George, 1837-1917
    • 152, 157, 158, 159, 160
    Dismal Swamp (Va.)--Description and travel
    • 53, 57
    Dismal Swamp, Va., Skirmish at, 1863
    • 57
    Draft
    • 58, 59, 72
    Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863
    • 70
    Draft:--Substitution
    • 110
    Drill and minor tactics
    • 11
    Drowning
    • 66
    Enemy relations
    • 86
    Episcopal Churches--New York (State)--Brooklyn
    • 5
    Estates (Law)
    • 243, 247, 248
    Executions and executioners
    • 59
    Fessenden, James Deering, 1833-1882
    • 95
    Filipinos
    • 157-161, 169
    Finance, Personal
    • 33, 36, 38, 47, 52, 53, 58, 78, 79, 80
    Firearms
    • 32
    Firearms--Accidents
    • 12
    Food
    • 10, 27, 28, 31, 57, 63, 85, 88, 95, 102, 104, 105, 117, 168, 172, 175, 176, 181, 185
    Football
    • 166, 194, 197
    Foraging--Virginia
    • 27, 30
    Fort Delaware Military Prison
    • 112, 113, 114
    Fortification, Field
    • 28
    Foster, John Gray, 1823-1874
    • 71
    Fredericksburg (Va.)--Description and travel
    • 33
    Front Royal (Va.)--Description and travel
    • 35
    Fugitive slaves
    • 23
    Funeral rites and ceremonies
    • 13, 42, 61, 229
    Genealogy
    • 240, 246
    George V, King of England, 1865-1936
    • 229
    Germany--Description and travel
    • 9
    Gettysburg Address, 1863
    • 74
    Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.)
    • 218
    Gillmore, Quincy Adams, 1825-1888
    • 121
    Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1888
    • 83, 86
    Great Britain--Description and travel
    • 229, 230
    Guard duty
    • 88, 90, 112, 120
    Guerrillas--Philippines
    • 157, 159, 165, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 179, 180, 181
    Guerrillas--Virginia
    • 28, 86, 89
    Harding, Warren Gamaliel, 1865-1923
    • 217
    Harper's Ferry (W.Va.)--Description and travel
    • 26, 86, 91
    Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893
    • 133
    Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879
    • 57, 61, 62
    Hussey family
    • 240
    Idaho--Frontier and pioneer life
    • 134-135
    Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863
    • 36
    Keyes, Erasmus Darwin, 1810-1895
    • 58, 70
    Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh, 1837-1891
    • 70
    Leprosy--Philippines
    • 158
    Letters of recommendation
    • 129, 142
    Lice
    • 80, 81
    Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
    • 22, 34, 94
    Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Death and burial
    • 112
    Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
    • 13
    Livestock--Breeding
    • 135
    Lizards as food
    • 169
    Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
    • 62
    Louis Napoleon, 1808-1871
    • 9
    Malaria
    • 21, 116
    Malolos (Philippines)--Description and travel
    • 175, 176
    Manassas (Va.)--Description and travel
    • 35
    Manila (Philippines)--Description and travel
    • 159, 160, 161
    Marches--Maryland
    • 14, 15
    Marches--Virginia
    • 26, 28, 32, 33, 70
    McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885
    • 20, 21, 22, 94
    McDowell, Irvin, 1818-1885
    • 36
    Migration, Internal
    • 134
    Military discharge
    • 31, 79, 115, 118, 119, 122, 123, 222
    Military discharge
    • 170, 185, 187, 188
    Military prisons--Delaware
    • 112-117
    Miller, Frances (Mrs. William Henry Seward)
    • 13
    Mines and mining--Idaho
    • 134, 135
    Mobile (Ala.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    • 72
    Money--Confederate States of America
    • 24, 28, 30, 31, 55
    Monkeys
    • 168
    Monroe, James, 1758-1831
    • 136
    Morale
    • 35, 62
    Morgan, Edwin Denison, 1811-1883
    • 22
    Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916
    • 86, 89
    Newspapers
    • 72
    Norfolk (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    • 65, 72
    Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883
    • 36
    Ordnance
    • 76, 130
    Paddock, Algernon Sidney, 1830-1897
    • 139
    Pensions, Military--United States--War of 1898
    • 200, 201, 202, 214, 215, 216, 244, 246
    Philadelphia (Pa.)--Description and travel
    • 43, 44
    Philippines--History--Insurrection, 1896-1898
    • See Andrew Wadsworth letters
    Philippines--History--Insurrection, 1899-1901
    • See Andrew Wadsworth letters
    Phillips, Benjamin T.
    • 16-18, 25, 26
    Picket duty
    • 11, 22, 57, 88, 95
    Plantations--Louisiana
    • 83
    Portsmouth (Va.)--Description and travel
    • 63, 65, 70
    Presidents--United States--Election--1864
    • 94
    Prisoners of war--Confederate States of America
    • 92, 93
    Protestant Episcopal Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
    • 5
    Race relations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
    • 105
    Race relations--South Carolina
    • 120-121
    Railroads--Accidents
    • 48, 108
    Railroads--Idaho
    • 135
    Rappahannock River, Va., Skirmish at, 1862
    • 29
    Rationing--United States
    • 232
    Reconstruction
    • 237
    Reconstruction--Georgia
    • 119, 120
    Reconstruction--South Carolina
    • 120-122
    Red Bluff (Calif.)--Description and travel
    • 6
    Red Cross
    • 153, 155
    Robbery
    • 48, 85
    Rosecrans, William Starke, 1819-1898
    • 72
    Sabotage
    • 28
    Saint George's Episcopal Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.)
    • 5
    Sampson, William Thomas, 1840-1902
    • 152, 158
    San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel
    • 153, 154
    Santa Mesa (Philippines)--Description and travel
    • 164
    Savannah (Ga.)--History--Reconstruction
    • 121
    Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
    • 21
    Scurvy
    • 93, 94, 98, 116
    Shenandoah River, Va, Skirmish at, 1862
    • 28
    Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1862
    • 28, 29, 33, 36 (et al.)
    Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 August-November
    • 86-91
    Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
    • 91, 93
    Shields, James, 1806-1879
    • 36
    Skirmishes
    • 21, 28, 29, 70, 88
    Skirmishes--Philippines
    • 172, 173, 174, 179, 180
    Smallpox
    • 80
    Soldiers--Alcohol use
    • 35, 62
    Soldiers--Recreation
    • See also Baseball, Football
    • 162, 168
    Soldiers--Transport
    • 157, 158, 159, 160
    South Carolina--Description and travel
    • 72
    Spies
    • 24, 59
    Spinola, Francis Barretto, 1821-1891
    • 38
    Stealing
    • 85
    Stevenson, John Dunlap, 1821-1897
    • 88
    Suffolk (Va.)--History--Siege, 1863
    • 53, 57, 59-62
    Switzerland--Description and travel
    • 9
    Thanksgiving day
    • 164
    Tobacco habit
    • 159, 161, 163
    United States--History--1919-1933
    • 217
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
    • 23, 24, 25, 27, 31, 53, 58, 63, 66, 105, 108, 117, 119, 120, 121
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades
    • 50
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties (Statistics, etc.)
    • 21, 38, 39, 43, 58, 59, 61, 70
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects
    • 28
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals
    • 29, 39, 98, 99
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
    • 25, 29, 31, 70, 99
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments
    • 213, 218
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, German
    • 12
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Indian
    • 80
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Peace
    • 105
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Post-war plans
    • 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 124, 125
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Postal service
    • 20, 36
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons
    • 27, 35, 58, 60, 90-93, 112-117
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Railroads
    • 89, 90, 93
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music
    • 21
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
    • 242
    United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women
    • 24, 92
    United States--History--War of 1898--Blacks
    • 163
    United States--History--War of 1898--Casualties (Statistics, etc.)
    • 163, 172, 173, 175, 178, 179, 180, 181
    United States--History--War of 1898--Health aspects
    • 162, 163
    United States--History--War of 1898--Hospitals
    • 178-180
    United States--History--War of 1898--Medical care
    • 39, 179, 180, 190-193a, 195, 197
    United States--History--War of 1898--Participation, Indian
    • 172
    United States--History--War of 1898--Public opinion
    • 152, 172, 177, 181
    United States--History--War of 1898--Songs and music
    • 169
    United States--History--War of 1898--Spanish troops
    • 157, 158, 159, 160
    United States--History--War of 1898--Veterans
    • 206, 228, 244
    United States--History--War of 1898--Women
    • 153, 155, 160, 163, 168, 180
    United States. Army--Barracks and quarters
    • 80
    United States. Army--Chaplains
    • 16, 18, 25
    United States. Army--Corrupt practices
    • 37, 43
    United States. Army--Enlistment
    • 45, 46, 69, 77, 92, 164, 165, 171
    United States. Army--Nebraska Infantry Regiment, 1st (1898-1899)
    • 150-198 passim
    United States. Army--New York Infantry Regiment, 83rd (1861-1865)
    • 10-43
    United States. Army--New York Infantry Regiment, 103rd (1861-1865)
    • 45-78
    United States. Army--New York Infantry Regiment, 165th (1862-1865)
    • 79-123
    United States. Army--Officers
    • 23, 28, 63, 71, 121
    United States. Army--Officers--Resignation
    • 21, 37, 55, 65
    United States. Army--Pay, allowances, etc.
    • 55
    United States. Army--Promotions
    • 28, 34, 37, 38, 45, 48, 65, 67, 71, 75, 81, 99, 100, 117
    United States. Army--Reenlistment
    • 77
    United States. Army--Surgeons
    • 31
    United States. Army--Uniforms
    • 11, 27, 28, 39, 95, 104
    Vaccination
    • 154
    Wadsworth family
    • 246
    Wages
    • 6, 134, 230
    War crimes
    • 208
    War wounds
    • 39
    Warrenton (Va.)--Description and travel
    • 38
    Warships
    • 35, 48, 50, 59, 72, 85, 100
    Warships--Spain
    • 158
    Washington (D.C.)--Description and travel
    • 11
    Weapons--Philippines
    • 172
    Williamsburg (Va.)--Description and travel
    • 70
    Winchester (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
    • 36
    Wives--Idaho
    • 135
    Women
    • 9, 135, 230
    Women--Confederate States of America
    • 38
    Women--Philippines
    • 160
    World War, 1914-1918
    • 208, 210, 211
    World War, 1939-1945
    • 232
    Wounded soldiers
    • 39, 179, 180, 190-193a
    Yellow fever
    • 121
    Yorktown (Va.)
    • 30, 70
    Young Men Christian Association
    • 139, 140
    Zouaves
    • 21, 31, 120