Utica references appear in Peter's letters both before and during the Civil War, offering interesting historical tidbits. Clarinda moved a few times without Peter's approval during the eighteen months that Peter was in the 146th. Although the addresses were not listed, he did comment on her living quarters, giving a glimpse of life in Utica during the War. His recollections of going to fun events in Utica with her before the War are also of interest.
A series of letters about Clarinda accepting assistance from Peter's employers at Hart and Dagwell and from the City ('Ward money') without his approval provide more context. Harwood's daguerrotype shop, where Peter's sister worked and he and his father may have been previously employed, is mentioned in several letters. Other companies, landmarks, and elected officials are mentioned.
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| 1858-06-12.......from Peter in Troy to Clarinda in Utica, boat full of water, bully team, Cyrus, coal Schenectady 06-12-1858s.htm |   | u: |
| 1862-06-19.......from Utica, lonesome, garden, fiddle, looks "choopfallen", Jerry Mullin, Alex Lyons, circus 06-19-1862s.htm |   | u: |
| 1862-06-29.......sabbath, lonesome, Almeda gave birth, Julia and Tom, Malvina, musksprate, Hills, Brown came in shop, paired with Fragment 2, need to add text from s,t,i,closing I shall go to church tonight 06-29-1862s.htm |    | u: |
| 1862-07-06.......wants her to come home, chores, she has stayed with Rose so long, July 4,draft 07-06-1862s.htm |   | u: |
| 1862-10-07.......friend Marion in Cohoes to Clarinda, heard some "mate" died in Utica, is it Peter? 10-07-1862MAs.htm |   | u: |
| 1862-11-05.......Camp Seward, letterhead of Cleveland w woman and poem, coats, Julia and Tom, $3 left 11-05-1862s.htm |   | u: |
| 1862-11-30.......Camp at Fredericksburgh, her military clothes, his dream, Ida, Peace rumors, hopes to settle it 11-30-1862s.htm |   | u: |
| 1862-11-30MA.......to Clarinda from Marion in Cohoes, glad to hear it is not Peat who was dead, other friends, mill is running, got ten percent 11-30-1862MAs.htm |   | u: |
| 1862-12-08.......Camp near Fredericksburgh, freezing, tent like pocket handkerchief, all sick, rumors go home if no pay, old castle & cabbage 12-08-1862s.htm |   | u: |
| 1862-12-19.......Camp on Potomac Creek, sketch of Fredericksburgh made during bombardment, Tom to General Hospital 12-19-1862s.htm |    | u: |
| 1862-12-20.......Camp on Potomac Creek, Tom sick dysentary, court martial, no more Fredericksburgh 12-20-1862s.htm |   | u: |
| 1862-12-23.......Camp on Potomac Creek, reflects on peaceful life, buried 2 more, court martial 30 pound log, peace talk 12-23-1862s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-01-06.......from John W. Breish thanks for kindness to brother, can not get body, saw his folks and they are well 01-06-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-01-11.......guard Gen Warrens hq, daughter of the Regt 17th regulars chased by drunk soldiers, Burnside, Breish trinkets, resignations, all wish war over 01-11-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-01-30.......got box she and Julia sent, can not get it to Tom, remitant and typhoid fevers, pay, Fredericksburgh relics 01-30-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-02-19.......Tom back, William Jones, Demming, Tom Gray, Sergeant school, her walking to school barefoot 02-19-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-02-xx.......probably between visit to Tom Feb 2 and March 1 letter that mentions Julia and turkey box, ward money, sergeant 02-xx-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-03-10.......Camp sketch archway, Zouave uniform, Tom, Julia, turkey, money, Bates, Tyler, Sarah 03-10-1863s.html |    | u: |
| 1863-03-21.......firing around, smallpox vaccine,wants her to live with his parents, not her sister Julia, Tom may be discharged,George avoided draft? 03-21-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-04-14.......orders to move, 8 days rations, Cavalry says across river, sent her letters home with Mr. England owns Genesee St shoe store, sister Mally 04-14-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-04-24.......Hooker relieved of Command, rumor Fremont, upset his father is turning her out, Tom mad Julia letter says mother renting rooms 04-24-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-04-26.......tramp to Falmouth and Fredericksburg ruins, Rebel soldiers fishing in Union uniforms, graybacks and yellow bellies, pack 8 days rations, her living with strangers 04-26-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-05-31.......she is alone in shanty, Ft. Corcoran, Fletch, Givens, Billy and Charley Kirkland, Camp Seward easy, 146 not 4th of July soldiers, papers not come 05-31-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-06-03.......over cold, her letter with money, her lifting heavy things, who wanted the money, Fletch digearious fever, has not heard from Col, strawberries 06-03-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-06-07.......no letter from Col which was his hope of getting home, no one allowed to leave, how much are provisions and rent for paddy hole, where is George 06-07-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-06-28DB.......Dear Brother, would have written if knew in Utica, does not write all hardships, discourages from enlisting, love to father and mother 06-28-1863DBs.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-07-06SG.......from Sarah Graff in Hawkinsville NY to Clara, left Utica, house on lake, wishes died with husband and child, asks for Clara husband and children 07-06-1863SGs.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-07-08.......Ida sick, Papa girl, Willie, George to picnic, since telegram presentiment Lord will punish, rebels destroyed, tired, Malvina, Harwoods, Justis Place 07-08-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-07-12.......ring for Ida, rumor exchange soon, George, Utica Herald, picnic, she was cheated on stockings pay, Fletch photo, Bill Jones, Co A surrender, surrounded 07-12-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-07-16.......Ida sick again, sorry he told Fletch why she called for him and he told parents, Otto Gulick, Capson factory, money, Mary Myers 07-16-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-07-19.......hopes she got money, Ida sick, George & Mally do not write, will be exchanged, driving Rebels hard, hopes wicked rebellion ends, tired of lying around 07-19-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-07-24.......feels bad his folks treated her with disrespect, one room upstairs, her living so poorly, Joey steps and night society, Ida ring, no houses, George drafted? 07-24-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-07-31.......Joey letter picture, Mr. Hart, Bill Dagwell, Kate baby, prisoners revolted, new camp, guard, cut rations, CO stoned, furlough too late June 8, Dimbleby 07-31-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-08-02.......hot sun, Mr. Hart, prisoners guarded, half rations, revolted, desperate men may claim rights by force, could have been home, says Aug 2 1863 (wrong year) 08-02-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-08-07.......got her picture, soldiers will fall in love, she cannot come or might be blackguarded, Jim Harper, new Camp Parole better, cannot get stamps 08-07-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-08-15.......upset letter from Bill Dagwell says she went twice to Hart and Dagwell for money, what Old [Top?] said at Carters, cannot do his country justice 08-15-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-08-16.......got letter and picture of Mother, carries a lot of pictures, yellow fever, whiskey and quinine, Joey, young [top?], Sarah Graff, true as steel 08-16-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-08-23.......has been a year, may never come home, remembers their parting, Regt reduced from 900 to 170, 4th Oneida had it easy, sending papers 08-23-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-08-28.......Julia letter, her hop picking, Dave Jones horrible news, Commissioners cannot agree on exchange, Negro Soldiers, busy in charge of 68 men, same power as Capt 08-28-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-08-29.......sends picture, discourages hop picking, Utica draft, George, lay awake remembers Chancellorsville, human butchery, in charge Squad No 11 08-29-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-09-03.......papers George not drafted, Sarah Graff, Mr. Place, mean women Washington, Philip Smith, Bill Sweatfager, Bill Dagwell, Charles Milburey, Brother Henry 09-03-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-09-08.......Lieut furlough, deserters to be shot, detached corps, Ben Chapman, Michael Keating, Phil Smith and Andy, Washington women, caught something, Tom, Sarah 09-08-1863s.htm |     | u: |
| 1863-09-16.......tramp to Washington, War Dept, Smithsonian, Navy Yard, Capitol, Dave Laughlin, father to Roscoe Conklin for furlough, Francis Kernin, strict orders 09-16-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-09-27.......11th and 12th Corp left, Fletch must go with 5th not stay hospital with docs, tell Ida Pa will come home, will not desert, promotion, Admiral picture 09-27-1863s.htm |    | u: |
| 1863-10-08.......back with Regt, bewildered, Regt altered, looked on with pride, new drills, Uticans would wonder, uniforms, owe Uncle Sam, march 8 days rations 10-08-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-10-22.......13 days driving Rebels and retreating, captured more than them, Fletch march stocking feet, Fairfax, 96 conscripts, Bill Dagwood, paired with Fragment 1 10-22-1863s.htm |    | u: |
| 1863-10-31.......moving 4 weeks, shoes no soles wet feet, Dagwell, sold picture 50 cents, 250 conscripts, 146th great name no praise at home, Gen Garrard loved, Battle Bristow Station 10-31-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-11-13.......suffered a great deal but well, made 2 pictures and got dollar, send him watercolor paints, Kate and Hank, Ida and Willie Sunday School, beau (probably Sarah), Jake 11-13-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-12-20.......no locations, Bealton Station? cold, exposure, hungry, buying bread, tent with fireplace,sent 2 letters since crossed Rapidan, afraid she is cold in old house, Tom letter 12-20-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-12-25.......got paid, sending $50 for Christmas, all buying at sutlers, bed of boughs, got paints, James Handwright, Steve Lent, hopes peace in New Year 12-25-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1863-12-xx.......undated, Bealton, probably mid-Dec 1863, her Dec 7 letter, Meade rumor, half rations, winter shanty, soldiers will not get paid, Tom invalid corps, paired with Undated 2 12-xx-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1864-01-03.......date looked like 5, she should not have sent money, James Handwright furlough, Edic guard house brought things, deserter executed, uniform picture, exposure deaths 01-03-1864s.htm |   | u: |
| 1864-01-11.......says Dec 11 but probably Jan 11, scans are Dec 11 1863, guard duty railroad no sleep 48 hour shifts, will not reenlist, Bill [Morey?], James Handwright, Edic 12-11-1863s.htm |   | u: |
| 1864-01-15.......Smith, Handwright, tries to be good to soldiers, speak well of him,whiskey New Years eve, Capt Clasgens and Lieut Dutton recruit Utica, Mosbys guerrillas 01-15-1864s.htm |     | u: |
| 1864-01-22.......got pictures, wishes Card de Visites, Melora Teed letter, shimmer, rats, been sick, Sweet Oil and Laudanum, Fletch home to recruit?, furloughs, George sleigh ride 01-22-1864s.htm |   | u: |
| 1864-02-06.......2 days guard duty rail road, cannons, captured 7 guerrillas included major, those wounded, Cone and Stanford arrested, how treated Jakes wife, Sarah, Zouave sketch 02-06-1864s.htm |   | u: |
| 1864-02-11.......Julia mad at Tom, all owed money but prepare they may never get it, bounties exhaust Treasury, take $2 a week from Baker and City subsidy, lengthy cruel war statement 02-11-1864s.htm |   | u: |
| 1864-02-26.......forwarding home pictures too heavy to carry, includes his own, with George Whittens brother, had with him weary miles VA and captivity in Rebeldom 02-26-1864s.htm |     | u: |
| 1864-02-xx.......probably February 8-14 1864, Undated 3, error sent her a letter for Eliza in St Johnsville, guard Gen Warren HQ, send army made Valentine, cold better 02-xx-1864s.htm |   | u: |
| 1864-03-08.......talks of deserting because his family is treating her like a slave, Kate, Hank, children, wedding, gaieties, cries, mad, wants to protect her 03-08-1864s.htm |   | u: |
| 1864-03-11.......friends with Fletch but not tent mates, his picture, not a loafer, Willie, Ida, Mally, Bill Jones, Sarah, Garrards Tigers, men owe govt for clothes 03-11-1864s.htm |   | u: |
| 1864-03-21.......Stewarts Cavalry anticipated raid, Navy application, Mr. Hart, Lotty, father, heavy cannon, referenced enclosed Daily Chronicle clipping poem Soldiers Letters, Ford theater 03-21-1864s.htm |     | u: |
| 1864-04-14.......Thursday the 14th, 1864- probably April- scans used to say mm-14-1864, warm, Spring campaign, drills,not transferred to Navy, Clarinda living downtown, Lotty, downhill worst 04-14-1864s.htm |     | u: |
| 1864-04-23.......afraid did not pass Navy exam, preparations, officers on soldiers rations, bread and molasses, no communications after 26th, her dream is wrong, he is well 04-23-1864s.htm |     | u: |
| 1865-06-19GC.......George C. Carter to Clarinda, brief notice husband officially reported deceased 06-19-1865gcs.htm |  | u: |
| 1865-06-20GC.......George C. Carter to Clarinda, reliable news received from Army decease has been established, proceed with claims on government 06-20-1865gcs.htm |   | u: |
| MusterRoll2.......Muster Rolls for Tom Lumbard, Fletch and Wes Dimbleby MusterRoll2i.htm |    | u: |