His frequently discusses his religious sentiments as well as afflictions from disease and battlefield wounds. The letters also detail life in army camps and other routine aspects of military duty such as drill and picket duty. Thereafter, the letters detail the participation of the 143rd Regiment in the Tennessee campaign during the autumn of 1863, particularly at Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge then the Atlanta Campaign in May 1864, where it was engaged in skirmishes at Resaca and Dallas, Georgia. The letters indicate he was stationed in the vicinity of Washington, D.C., from October 1862 to April 1863, then in the vicinity of Norfolk, Virginia, until July 1863. Primary recipients were his sisters Louisa and Eliza. This collection of letters was sent by Bunnell to his siblings and parents while he was serving in the Army. Finding aid to the Albert Ames Papers.Īrthur, Chester Alan. The collection includes a small pocket diary kept by Albert from May 3 to September 16, 1864, which details daily activities and accounts of mess (food) supplied to officers in Battery G for September 1864 obituaries, letters of condolence, and other papers concerning his death and a historical and biographical sketch about Albert that was written in 1890 by Nelson Ames, who later wrote a book about the 1st N.Y. Albert was a conscientious young man who fought solely for the reunion of his country and he never mentions slavery as an issue worth fighting about. In addition to descriptions of battles and campaigns, the letters contain much information about camp life, army gossip, comments on patriotism.
The letters were sent mostly to his family in Oswego, New York, or to his father in Albany, New York. These papers consist chiefly of letters related to the military service of Albert Ames during the Civil War.
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