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Box 1

 Container

Contains 16 Results:

Correspondence, 1861 November

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

The correspondence in this folder deals primarily with guard duty, military drills, and Company F's Prussian drillmaster.

Dates: 1861 November

Correspondence, 1862 January-June

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

These letters cover Confederate prisons, military camp life and drills, the environment of occupied Nashville, Tennessee, patriotic symbolism, family life, and military operations in Middle Tennessee.

Dates: 1862 January-June

Correspondence, 1862 July-December

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

This material discusses the condition of occupied Nashville, military operations in Tennessee and Kentucky, guerrilla warfare, foraging expeditions, General William Starke Rosecrans, and finally the city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Dates: 1862 July-December

Correspondence, 1863 January-June

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

This correspondence discusses the battle of Stones River, Milton Weaver's family history, the environment the 74th Ohio has encountered in Tennessee, life in camp, and Copperheads.

Dates: 1863 January-June

Correspondence, 1863 July-December

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

The letters in this folder are devoted primarily to two military encounters: the Battle of Lookout Mountain and the Siege of Chattanooga.

Dates: 1863 July-December

Correspondence, 1864 January-August

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

These letters cover family life, conscription, and General William Tecumseh Sherman's famous March to the Sea. These letters also show Weaver's growing weariness in their discussions of total war and war fatigue (later known as shell shock and post-traumatic stress disorder).

Dates: 1864 January-August

Correspondence, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Note

These letters deal with many of the topics listed above, but either were never dated or their dates can no longer be deciphered.

Dates: undated

Correspondence, 1862 August-1864 December

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note

These letters, primarily written to Milton Weaver by his mother, Ann, deal with masculinity, life on the Northern home front, Copperheads, and conscription.

Dates: 1862 August-1864 December

Correspondence, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note

These letters deal with the topics covered in Folder 8, but their dates cannot be determined.

Dates: undated

Correspondence, 1856 October-1858 April 22

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note

This correspondence focuses primarily on a Democratic Convention and sickness in the Weaver family.

Dates: 1856 October-1858 April 22

Correspondence, 1864 September-1866 February

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note

These letters deal with the period following Milton Weaver's death on September 1, 1864. They include the letter from Captain Walter Crook, Milton Weaver's commanding officer, announcing his death, letters of bereavement, and discussions of the Presidential election of 1864.

Dates: 1864 September-1866 February

Poetry, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: IV
Scope and Contents Note

These poems discuss the concepts of duty and death as well as Sherman's March to the Sea.

Dates: undated

Envelopes, 1862-1864

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: V
Scope and Contents Note

These envelopes, probably originating with the correspondence catalogued earlier, are particularly notable for the patriotic logos that decorate many of them. Others bear personal messages and miscellaneous doodling.

Dates: 1862-1864

Invitations and Bills of Sale, 1866-1894

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: V
Scope and Contents Note

These documents consist primarily of invitations to various parties, but the folder also includes such items as an 1888 bill of sale to Robert Weaver.

Dates: 1866-1894

Recipes, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: V
Scope and Contents Note

The items in this folder include innovative recipes for hair wash and toothache medicine

Dates: undated

Image of Milton Weaver, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: VI
Scope and Contents Note

This image constitutes an undated tintype of Milton Weaver in Union uniform.

Dates: undated