Re: 28th Reg, Ct Vol Inf.
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28th Reg, Ct Vol Inf.
Roger Bradley 11/02/06
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Civil War Manuscripts Project
Alphabetical Name List A - B
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Bradley, Caroline Conklin
Salisbury
Civilian, Female
1862-1863
1 Volume
Diary. Within a Leet & Lane Ore Bed record book, 1853-1864, which includes the labor accounts of a mining company in West Stockbridge, MA, is the diary of Mrs. Bradley in Salisbury beginning as her husband enlists as Quartermaster in the 28th Connecticut Infantry in 1862. The Bradleys were married in 1841. Milton Bradley, Jr. (b.1822), enlisted 1 September 1862 and was mustered-in on 15 November 1862. He resigned on 14 March 1863. The record book also contains Milton Bradley's "Amount of Money paid out Soldiering," a sum of $73.25. Caroline's diary begins on 15 September 1862, though her husband would not leave the New Haven rendezvous with his unit until mid-November, "I went to the shop for the first time in my life to get a horse shod." The account is full of trouble with her hired hand, John Runnells. On 18 September, "John drunk in the barn"; on 19 September, "John drunk again to day," and the story was much the same the following day. On 13 February 1863, "I made stockings a very lonely evening thought much of my Dear Husband." By the third week in February Caroline was trying to hire a man for the summer. On 21 February she wrote, "I have had a lonely day," and on 25 February, "I missed my husband much." Finally, on 26 February 1863, Caroline notes, "Went to see if I could hire a man. I shed many tears to day." According to the official record, Milton Bradley resigned on 14 March 1863; however, when Caroline's diary ends on 12 April 1863, he had not yet returned home."
Location: MS 94353, Leet & Lane Ore Bed
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Re: 28th Reg, Ct Vol Inf.
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