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Showing posts with label Emory Upton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emory Upton. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Emory Upton to his Sister, January 6, 1860

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WEST POINT, January 6, 1860. MY DEAR SISTER: Another year has joined the past, and 1860 bright with promises, has dawned upon us.  “We kn...

Emory Upton to his Sister, January 20, 1860

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West Point, January 20, 1860. MY DEAR SISTER: The nature of your letter shows conclusively your deep interest in my welfare. Your letter d...

Emory Upton to his Sister, February 5, 1860

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WEST POINT, February 5, 1860. MY DEAR SISTER: . . . I have just been discussing with my room-mate our prospects as army officers.  My lif...
Monday, January 4, 2021

Emory Upton to his Sister, June 3, 1860

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WEST POINT , June 3, 1860. MY DEAR SISTER: . . . This is the anniversary of my arrival at West Point. Four years ago today, in the pride a...

Emory Upton to his Sister, October 21, 1860

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WEST POINT, October 21, 1860. MY DEAR SISTER:  The Price of Wales created a good deal of excitement here on Monday last.  The plain was t...

Emory Upton to his Sister, October 28, 1860

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 WEST POINT, October 28, 1860. MY DEAR LITTLE SISTER: Your letter was duly received; and, as it was full of information, it was read with ...

Emory Upton to his Sister, December 1, 1860

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WEST POINT, December 1, 1860. MY DEAR SISTER:  You must pardon me, but I must introduce the general and all-absorbing topic of conversati...

Emory Upton to his Sister, December 21, 1860

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WEST POINT, December 21, 1860 DEAR SISTER:  We are on general review in mineralogy and geology preparatory to our last January examinatio...

Emory Upton to his Sister, January 12, 1861

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 WEST POINT, January 12, 1861. MY DEAR SISTER: This is examination-week. My reports have not been quite so good as you may have desired, b...

Emory Upton to his Brother, February 2, 1861

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 WEST POINT, February 2, 1861.   MY DEAR BROTHER: I have not heard from you in a long time.  I want to ascertain your views on the subject...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

Emory Upton to Maria Upton, February 25, 1857

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February 25, 1857. DEAR SISTER: . . . I am glad to hear of your good health and assiduity to study, and that you are exerting every facult...

Emory Upton to Maria Upton, April 12, 1857

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WEST POINT, April 12,1857 . MY DEAR SISTER: . . . In your last letter you asked if I sincerely believed in a God.  I can say yes.  I also be...

Emory Upton to Maria Upton, September 7, 1857

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WEST POINT, September 7, 1857 . MY DEAR SISTER: . . . In your letter you allude to my demerit.  I must say that it gave me the bluest kind o...

Emory Upton to Maria Upton, February 13, 1858

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WEST POINT, February 13, 1858 . DEAR SISTER: . . . I received a letter from Sister L— in which she says that she and S— have experienced r...

Emory Upton to Maria Upton, February 9, 1859

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WEST POINT, February 9, 1859 . MY DEAR SISTER: . . . The perusal of your last letter gave me great pain, yet I am glad you gave me so clear ...

Emory Upton to Maria Upton, March 26, 1859

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WEST POINT, March 26, 1859 . DEAR SISTER: . . . Dear Le Roy’s request to me shall not be unheeded.  I have resolved, yes, begun to seek the ...

Emory Upton to Maria Upton, April 23, 1859

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WEST POINT, April23, 1859. DEAR SISTER: . . . You have doubtless heard that I have my trust in the “Friend that sticketh closer than a bro...

Emory Upton to his cousin E——, May 1, 1859

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WEST POINT, May 1, 1859 . DEAR COUSIN E——: I have heard that you have experienced a change of heart, and that you propose to live hereafter ...
Monday, August 24, 2020

Congressman Benjamin Pringle to Emory Upton, March 12, 1856

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House of REPRESENTATIVES , WASHINGTON, D.C., March 12, 1856. DEAR SIR: I have the pleasure of indorsing a notice signed by the Secretar...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: May 10, 1864

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During the day went to the regt. Some beef, 16½ cents per pound. Thomas and I went to the front. Arrived there at nearly sundown just as a ...