Stephen F. Hathaway correspondence, 1863-1866Soldier with Co. C, 14th Regiment, Mass. Volunteers and 36th U.S. Colored Troops. Letters written by Stephen Hathaway to his cousin Gus in Boston. Hathaway served with Company C, 14th Regiment, of the Massachusetts Volunteers, and later with the 36th U.S. Colored Troops.
Many of the Civil War letters were written from Fort Duncan, Md. Among the topics mentioned are Hooker's army; military activities leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg; Grant's movements; prisoners; Confederate deserters; Confederate fear of Sherman; the death of Abraham Lincoln; and the fate of Jefferson Davis. After the Civil War, Hathaway wrote from Brazos Santiago, Texas while stationed there with the 36th U. S. Colored Troops, and expressed his enjoyment of the area.
