Loyal Barber Wort papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0700
Collection Organization
The Loyal Barber Wort Papers consist of a series of more than 60 Civil War era letters from Loyal B. Wort, of Hicksville, Ohio, to his wife, Susan G. Wort, with a few letters from other family members and friends. Transcripts with notations have been provided for some of the correspondence by the donors.
Loyal B. Wort (b. December 6,1830) served with the 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company E, from August 1861 till the expiration of his original three-year enlistment in September 1864, serving as a Regimental musician. The correspondence presents a fairly complete series of communications during the period Loyal was in the army.
Loyal Barber Wort correspondence , October 4, 1861-December 20, 1861
File – Box 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: October 4, 1861-December 20, 1861
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Dickson, Kentucky, October 4, 1861
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: October 4, 1861
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp Thom Letcher, October 14, 1861
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: October 14, 1861
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Hazel Green, Wolf County, Kentucky, October 28, 1861
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: October 28, 1861
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Prestonsburg, Kentucky, November 7, 1861
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 4
- Dates
- Creation: November 7, 1861
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp Jefferson, December 20, 1861
Item – Box 1, Folder: 1, Item: 5
- Dates
- Creation: December 20, 1861
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Barber Wort correspondence, January 19, 1862-December 26, 1862
File – Box 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: January 19, 1862-December 26, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp Jefferson, Elisabethtown, Kentucky, January 19, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: January 19, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp Jefferson, Elisabethtown, Kentucky, February 3, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: February 3, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp Adams, Bowling Green, Kentucky, February 17, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: February 17, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp Andrew Jackson, Kentucky, February 26, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 4
- Dates
- Creation: February 26, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp Taylor, Huntsville, Alabama, May 6, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 5
- Dates
- Creation: May 6, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp Taylor, Huntsville, Alabama, May 11, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 6
- Dates
- Creation: May 11, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp Taylor, Huntsville, Alabama, May 18, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 7
- Dates
- Creation: May 18, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp near Athens, Alabama, May 29, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 8
- Dates
- Creation: May 29, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp near Athens, Alabama, June 7, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 9
- Dates
- Creation: June 7, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp near Athens, Alabama, August 3, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 10
- Dates
- Creation: August 3, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Nashville, Tennessee, September 11, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 11
- Dates
- Creation: September 11, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Nashville, Tennessee, November 15, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 12
- Dates
- Creation: November 15, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Nashville, Tennessee, November 27, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 13
- Dates
- Creation: November 27, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Nashville, Tennessee, December 1, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 14
- Dates
- Creation: December 1, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Nashville, Tennessee, December 8, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 15
- Dates
- Creation: December 8, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp Hamilton, Tennessee, December 19, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 16
- Dates
- Creation: December 19, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp Hamilton, Tennessee, December 26, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 2, Item: 17
- Dates
- Creation: December 26, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Barber Wort correspondence, June 14, 1863-December 28, 1862
File – Box 1, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: June 14, 1863-December 28, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, June 14, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: June 14, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Decherd Station, Tennessee, August 5, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: August 5, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Decherd Station, Tennessee, August 13, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: August 13, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Camp near Stevenson, Alabama, August 23, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 4
- Dates
- Creation: August 23, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Chattanooga, Tennessee, September 23, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 5
- Dates
- Creation: September 23, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Chattanooga, Tennessee, October 7, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 6
- Dates
- Creation: October 7, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 12 or 19, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 7
- Dates
- Creation: November 12 or 19, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Chattanooga, Tennessee, December 1, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 8
- Dates
- Creation: December 1, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Chattanooga, Tennessee, December 13, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 9
- Dates
- Creation: December 13, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Chattanooga, Tennessee, December 17, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 10
- Dates
- Creation: December 17, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Chattanooga, Tennessee, December 20, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 11
- Dates
- Creation: December 20, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Chattanooga, Tennessee, December 28, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 3, Item: 12
- Dates
- Creation: December 28, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Barber Wort correspondence, January 5, 1864-September 4, 1864
File – Box 1, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: January 5, 1864-September 4, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Chattanooga, Tennessee, January 5, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: January 5, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Tyners Station, Tennessee, March 18, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: March 18, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Graysville, Georgia, March 30, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: March 30, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Graysville, Georgia, April 3, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 4
- Dates
- Creation: April 3, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Graysville, Georgia, April 7, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 5
- Dates
- Creation: April 7, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Cassville, Georgia, May 21, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 6
- Dates
- Creation: May 21, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Lost Mountain, Georgia, June 19, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 7
- Dates
- Creation: June 19, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Lone Mountain, Georgia, June 25, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 8
- Dates
- Creation: June 25, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, near Marietta, Georgia, July 4, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 9
- Dates
- Creation: July 4, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, near Atlanta, Georgia, July 10, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 10
- Dates
- Creation: July 10, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, near Atlanta, Georgia, July 19, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 11
- Dates
- Creation: July 19, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, near Atlanta, Georgia, July 23, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 12
- Dates
- Creation: July 23, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, near Atlanta, Georgia, August 11, 1964
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 13
- Dates
- Creation: August 11, 1964
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, near Atlanta, Georgia, August 20, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 14
- Dates
- Creation: August 20, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Susan Wort, Jonesboro, Georgia, September 4, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 4, Item: 15
- Dates
- Creation: September 4, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Barber Wort correspondence, August 12, 1862-December 28, 1863
File – Box 1, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: August 12, 1862-December 28, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Esta Wort, Tennessee, July 16, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 5, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: July 16, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Loyal Wort to Esta Wort, Chattanooga, Tennessee, December 28, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 5, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: December 28, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
John Wort to Loyal Wort, Fort Wagner, August 12, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 5, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: August 12, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
John Wort to Loyal Wort, Fort Wagner, September 21, 1862
Item – Box 1, Folder: 5, Item: 4
- Dates
- Creation: September 21, 1862
- Language of Materials
- English
Susan Wort correspondence, September 11, 1863-August 1, 1864, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: September 11, 1863-August 1, 1864, undated
- Language of Materials
- English
Susan Wort to Loyal Wort, Hicksville, Ohio, August 1, 1864
Item – Box 1, Folder: 6, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: August 1, 1864
- Language of Materials
- English
Louisa Miller to Susan Wort, LaSalle County, Illinois, undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 6, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: undated
- Language of Materials
- English
Louisa Miller to Susan Wort, LaSalle County, Illinois, September 11, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 6, Item: 3
- Dates
- Creation: September 11, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Miscellaneous correspondence, April 16, 1863
File – Box 1, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: April 16, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Price E. Clough to Winfield Barber, Portage, Ohio, April 16, 1863
Item – Box 1, Folder: 7, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: April 16, 1863
- Language of Materials
- English
Unmatched covers, undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 7, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: undated
- Language of Materials
- English
Poems, undated
File – Box 1, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: undated
- Language of Materials
- English
"Thoughts of a Soldier's Wife", undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 8, Item: 1
- Dates
- Creation: undated
- Language of Materials
- English
"Who Wouldn't be a Soldier", undated
Item – Box 1, Folder: 8, Item: 2
- Dates
- Creation: undated
- Language of Materials
- English