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Catalog Number

XI.1.2.2019.029.48

Collection

Hazzard Family Collection

Object Name

Letter

Title

Letter from Thomas D. Hazzard to Joseph H. Hazzard

Scope & Content

From his station in Washington D.C., Thomas Davis Hazzard writes to his brother to update him on his life. Hazzard talks about visiting his friend Tom Bayle, who lived and worked very close to Hazzard's barracks. Hazzard caught up with Bayle and they were joined by another friend, Jim Ingrham. After that visit, Hazzard's troops were moved from their barracks at Kendall Green to the Rush Barracks near the White House. There they did not have lodging and had to sleep in sheds in the rain. He talks of his allotted down time, but how his busy schedule makes him keep a strict schedule even in his hours off.

Dates of Creation

April 10, 1864

Date

April 10, 1864

Notes

This letter is addressed to "Brother." All of Thomas D. Hazzard's letters are addressed to "Brother," in reference to Joseph H. Hazzard.

The full transcription of the letter is as follows:

Washington. D.C.
April 10th 1864
Dear Brother
I recived [received] your kind letter some days agoe [ago] and i was glad to hear that you have plenty of work and that you and your famile [family] was in good health.
I was suprised [surprised] to know that Tom Bayle was working so close for his shop was but 2 squars [squares] from Kendall Green and his bording [boarding] house is about 4 squars [squares] from Kendall Green So i called at his house to see him and the next day i whent [went] to the Shop and he maid [made] me goe [go] home with him and take dinner, so i had one good dinner, and while i was in the shop, thear [there] was a man come up to me and said how do you do Tom. and i did not know who he was, untill [until] Bayle said. This is Jim Ingrham. or long
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Jim who uest [used] to work at Smith's and he knowed [knew] me well.
Tom and Jim Both sends thir [their] respects to you thay [they] have good woork [work] as evry [every] man just has such a part of work to do, and thay [they] get 3 dollars a day.
On last Monday we left Kendall Green Barracks and marched to what is called Rush Barracks. Just in the rear of the White house and the War department but when we got thear [there]. thay [they] had no barracks for us so we stayed in the Sheeds [Sheds] for two days in the rain then we moved to the conner [corner] of 17th + I. streets which is in front of the White House, and in a fue [few] days wh we shall goe [go] to Rush Barracks again.
We get passes from 9 oclock in the morning untill [until] 3 ½ P.M. and from 7 untill [until] 12 oclock evry [every] night
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that is when we are not on duty, and thay [they] are verey [very] strictkk [strict] in evry thing [everything] and i am as independant [independent] as a [goss] for my time is verey [very] short now and i will not stand aney [any] fooling from aney one [anyone]-
I have not heard from Mother or from Nellie for over a week now so i think thay [they] begin to forget me but it will come all right by and by-
Give My Love + Respects to, John and Ann and the children
And Recive [Receive] the Same your self [yourself]
I remain Your Brother
Thos D. Hazzard
Write soon
Turn Over
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Direct to Me
Co [Company] "H." First Regt [Regiment] V.R.C. [Veterans Reserve Corps]
Rush Barracks.
Washington
D.C.
Good Night
[stylized] Write Soon.

Extent of Description

1 leaf, 10" by 7.9"

Relation

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Condition

Fair

Condition Notes

Overall, letter is in fair condition. This sheet has one vertical fold down its center. It has two horizontal folds splitting it into equal thirds. There is general discoloration throughout the sheet. This discoloration is more pronounced along the fold lines and edges, especially on the front of the page.

Legal Status

Owned by The Union League Legacy Foundation.