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Contains eleven letters from Edward Hayhurst to his brother Willie, his father, his mother, or his brother Thomas during October 1863. The letters were written while in a temporary camp in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and engaged in the "Chattanooga campaign"--the Cumberland Army was able to open "cracker lines" for supplies and communication from Brown's Ferry and Lookout Mountain, and broke General Bragg's siege (in place since the Confederate victory at the Battle of Chickamauga).

Scope and Contents Contains fifteen letters from Edward Hayhurst to his father or "Our Folks," his brothers (Joseph or Willie), or his mother during November and December 1863. The letters were written while in Chattanooga, Tennessee (in camp, on picket reserve, or on a skirmish line), or on the move over/through Missionary Ridge, Knoxville, and the Clinch Mountain area of Tennessee. During these two months, the only notable event was a battle the day before Thanksgiving in which the 124th, as part of the...

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Contains eleven letters from Edward Hayhurst to his father or "Our Folks," or his mother during January and February 1864. The letters were written while traveling in the Clinch Mountain/Knoxville area of Tennessee, south to a temporary camp at Campbell's Station (near Farragut, Tennessee), then back up to Knoxville. No notable battles or events recorded during this time.

Scope and Contents Contains fifteen letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father, his mother, or his brother Joseph during March and April 1864. The letters were written while Hayhurst's unit was on the road from Knoxville, Tennessee, up to New Market and over to Morristown, then back south through Knoxville and several other towns to Cleveland, Tennessee. No notable battles were recorded during this period, although Hayhurst spent about a week in a convalescent camp recovering from rheumatism...

Scope and Contents Contains sixteen letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father or "Our Folks," or his mother during May and June 1864. The letters were written while the 124th Ohio was traveling south from Cleveland, Tennessee through Buzzard's Roost (near Dalton, Georgia), Kingston, the Allatoona Mountains, and Dallas, northeast to near Acworth, then southeast to the Marietta area of Georgia. The unit participated in the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge in mid-May. Then, toward the end of June, Hayhurst...

Scope and Contents Contains thirteen letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father or "Our Folks," his mother, or his brother Thomas (as well as two letters from father Isaac to his wife while with Edward) during July and August 1864. The letters were written while Edward was recovering from typhoid fever and the resulting large hip ulcers, first at the General Hospital in Chattanooga (Tennessee), then at the Sherman Hospital in Nashville. Father Isaac Hayhurst came to sit with Edward in the Sherman...

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Contains fifteen 15 letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father, his mother, or his brother Joseph during September 1864. The letters were written while Hayhurst was in Sherman Hospital in Nashville, still recovering from typhoid fever and the hip ulcers it caused. He was transferred to the General Hospital (also in Nashville) in mid-September.

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Contains twelve letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father Isaac during October 1864. The letters were written while Edward continued to recover from his illness and ulcers, mainly in the General Hospital in Nashville; he was transferred to the Joe Holt General Hospital in Jeffersonville, Indiana, then to the Dennison Hospital near Cincinnati, Ohio, before being furloughed home at the end of October 1864. The furlough lasted until February 1865.

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Contains ten letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father Isaac during February 1865. The letters were written while Hayhurst was in Dennison Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, convalescing after a 3-month furlough. No significant events.

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Contains eleven letters written by Edward Hayhurst to his father, mother, or brother Joseph during March 1865. All letters were written while Hayhurst was convalescing in Dennison General Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. No notable events.