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John Clark Esarey Civil War Letters
John Clark Esarey
January 11, 1865 Letter
From: John Clark Esarey (Camp of the 53rd Indiana Volunteers, Fort Beaufort, South Carolina)
To: Barbara Ewing Esarey (Oil Township, Perry County, Indiana)
"I have not seen a snowdrop this winter, yet the weather is warm here now."
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Other Civil War Letters
The John Clark Esarey Civil War letters document his service in the 53rd Regiment Indiana Volunteers during late 1864 and early 1865, including his participation in Sherman's March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign.
Letters from John Clark Esarey to Barbara Ewing Esarey:
- November 8, 1864 – From Marietta, GA
- December 20, 1864
- December 31, 1864
- January 11, 1865 (this page)
- January 20, 1865
- March 26, 1865
- March 31, 1865
- April 11, 1865
- April 1865 (undated)
- May 10, 1865
- May 26, 1865
- June 2, 1865
Letters from Barbara Ewing Esarey to John Clark Esarey:
Letters to/from Parents and Family:
- November 8, 1864 – JCE to Parents
- January 12, 1865 – JCE to Jonathan Davis Esarey
- April 22, 1865 – JCE to Parents
- May 6, 1865 – JDE to JCE
- June 6, 1865 – JDE to JCE
Other Documents:
- May 31, 1865 – JCE Discharge Papers
Historical Context
These letters follow John Clark Esarey from his entry into the 53rd Regiment Indiana Volunteers (September 27, 1864), through his participation in the devastating campaigns of William Tecumseh Sherman known as The March to the Sea and the Carolinas Campaign, to his discharge the following summer in Washington, D.C.