By Craig Hilmer
Chauncey J. Hilll, in 1864, was a 26 year old farmer just married to 20 year old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. The Press has run several weeks of these letters to date, with one final week to go to the final set.
Private Hill, in our series, is sitting in Rolla Missouri with Company K, waiting orders to move South to engage the enemy. In this series of letters he talks of camp life, while Sarah gives him the low down on home life and drops the news that she is pregnant.
Showing posts with label Rolla. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rolla. Show all posts
Friday, November 28, 2014
Chauncey Hill: Part 6
By Craig Hilmer
Chauncey J. Hill, in 1864, was a 26-year-old farmer just married to 20-year-old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. The Press has run several weeks of these letters to date, with just two more weeks to go to the final set.
Private Hill, in our series, is sitting in Rolla Missouri with Company K, waiting orders to move South to engage the enemy. While the letters he sent Sarah over the month or so Company K was housed in Rolla are a great insight into the drudgery of camp life for the Civil War soldier, they don’t always make for scintillating reading. Therefore, we’ll excerpt some of the more interesting passages and today offer a poem that Chauncey wrote young Sarah Downing on May 24, 1863 when they were courting.
Chauncey J. Hill, in 1864, was a 26-year-old farmer just married to 20-year-old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. The Press has run several weeks of these letters to date, with just two more weeks to go to the final set.
Private Hill, in our series, is sitting in Rolla Missouri with Company K, waiting orders to move South to engage the enemy. While the letters he sent Sarah over the month or so Company K was housed in Rolla are a great insight into the drudgery of camp life for the Civil War soldier, they don’t always make for scintillating reading. Therefore, we’ll excerpt some of the more interesting passages and today offer a poem that Chauncey wrote young Sarah Downing on May 24, 1863 when they were courting.
Chauncey Hill: Part 5
By Craig Hilmer
Chauncey J. Hill, in 1864, was a young farmer just married to 20 year old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. Some of those letters are being reprinted in The St. Charles Press over the next few weeks.
In week five of our series Private Hill is in St. Louis, Missouri, being staged with his company at Schofield Barracks as they prepare to transport to Fort Wyman in Rolla Missouri. Fort Wyman was the last stop a Minnesota Regiment made before being shipped south to battle with the rebel army.
Chauncey J. Hill, in 1864, was a young farmer just married to 20 year old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. Some of those letters are being reprinted in The St. Charles Press over the next few weeks.
In week five of our series Private Hill is in St. Louis, Missouri, being staged with his company at Schofield Barracks as they prepare to transport to Fort Wyman in Rolla Missouri. Fort Wyman was the last stop a Minnesota Regiment made before being shipped south to battle with the rebel army.
Chauncey Hill: Part 4
By Craig Hilmer
An early settler to the St. Charles area was Chauncey J. Hill. Hill, in 1864, was a young farmer, just married to 20 year old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. Some of those letters are being reprinted in The St. Charles Press over the next few weeks.
Week four of our series finds Private Hill in Missouri, following a short leave in St. Charles and an encampment in La Crosse as his company is on it’s way South to fight the rebel army.
An early settler to the St. Charles area was Chauncey J. Hill. Hill, in 1864, was a young farmer, just married to 20 year old Sarah Downing. Both had family who farmed in the Saratoga area and were themselves just setting up their own household and farm when Chauncey was called up to offer his services to the Minnesota 9th Regiment, Company K for battle in the Civil War.
He and Sarah corresponded during the war and those letters were maintained by family until they were donated to the Minnesota Historical Society in the 1960s. Some of those letters are being reprinted in The St. Charles Press over the next few weeks.
Week four of our series finds Private Hill in Missouri, following a short leave in St. Charles and an encampment in La Crosse as his company is on it’s way South to fight the rebel army.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)