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Introduction | Biographical Sketch | Scope and Content | Series Description | Inventory
List of Transcripts

Introduction

The Ira B. Conine Correspondence consists of Civil War era letters between Conine, serving with the 118th O.V.I., and Jennie Bysel, who would later become his wife, with a few other papers and correspondence. The bulk of the letters date from 1862 to 1865, with a few documents as late as 1888.

The initial acquisition of the Conine Papers was purchased by the Center for Archival Collections from Charles Apfelbaum of Valley Stream, New York in November 1993, with an additional number of letters loaned for copying by Ruth Dicembrino in July 1998. No restrictions exist on the use of this collection. Duplication is permitted for the purposes of preservation and research. The collection was processed and register prepared by Marilyn Levinson, Curator of Manuscripts in November-December 1993, and revised in July 1998.

Biographical Sketch

Ira B. Conine was born in Licking County, Ohio on September 24, 1841 to William H. and Loretta Gail Conine. The family, which consisted of four children, Ira, Hannah, Sarah, and Statira, moved to Hancock County in 1848, where they farmed in the McComb area, near the farm of the Philip Bysel family.

During the period of the Civil War, Ira enlisted in August 1862 in Company G, 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Serving primarily in clerical positions, he was detailed as clerk in the Provost Marshal's Office in Falmouth, Kentucky until July of 1863, transferring then to duty in Boston, Massachusetts till November before returning to his regiment in Knoxville, Tennessee. Through the winters of 1863 and 1864 he remained with his Company, until he relocated in April 1864 to the Convalescent and Exchange Camp at Knoxville, where he served on detached duty as commissary sergeant. After mustering out in June 1865, Ira briefly located in Greenville, Tennessee, where he worked as depot commissary clerk at the post there. Returning to Ohio in August, he was married September 27, 1865 to Minerva J. Bysel, known as Jennie in the correspondence. The ceremony was a double wedding; the other couple being Ira's sister Hannah and George A.S. Apger, referred to as Anderson in the correspondence.

Jennie Bysel, was born in 1841 to Philip and Mary Carey Bysel. Her family included another sister, Jerucia, and a brother George. (During the period of the war, George served briefly with the 21st O.V.I., until discharged on certificate of disability in January of 1862; he rejoined the service with the 9th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry in February 1864). After her marriage to Ira Conine, Jennie went on to raise a family of six children, Wallace, Cloyce, Gail, William, Pearl, and Dallas. Jennie died at the age of 37 on July 19, 1878.

The post-war career of Ira Conine consisted of a period of farming in the McComb area, during which time he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1878, practicing actively in Hancock County. After the death of Jennie, Ira remarried in 1879 to Ella H. Shaw. They had no children. During this period Ira was active in the Knights of Pythias Lodge no. 179 in McComb, was a member of the John Howard Post no. 154, Grand Army of the Republic, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was generally well regarded in his profession, referred to in later obituaries as genial, jovial, and jolly. On March 31, 1891, while at the Henry County Courthouse in Napoleon on legal business, Ira suffered a heart attack and died. His funeral in McComb, held on Friday April 3, 1891, was attended by over 1000 people from throughout the county.

Scope and Content

The Ira B. Conine Correspondence (124 letters and 8 fragments) spans the years 1862 to 1865, covering the period of Conine's service in the 118th O.V.I., during much of which he served in various clerical posts on detached duty. The collection consists primarily of the letters between Conine and Minerva "Jennie" Bysel, with a few letters from other members of the Conine family.

The early letters from Ira to Jennie concern themselves, to a great extent, with defining their personal relationship while he is away from home, with some petty quarreling and jealousy. The series of letters he wrote while on detached duty escorting conscripts in Boston, and while returning to the Regiment in late 1863, provide the best description of military activities in the early correspondence. The correspondence written while serving as commissary sergeant at the Convalescent Camp at Knoxville relates several incidents of his social activities, particularly those involving his "messmate" Lieut. John W. Wallace, the Quartermaster of the camp.

One peculiar group of correspondence is the series of letters signed by James B. Carroll and C.W. Carroll addressed to various women. As revealed in Ira's letters to Jennie of Jan. 26 and Feb. 23, 1865, these items were written under assumed names by Conine, possibly aided by his friend John W. Wallace, as a form of amusement. After they would tire of writing to a particular person they would end the correspondence by "killing off" the writer, as illustrated by the item of Sept. 28, 1864 (C.W. Carroll to Laura Kopp, Chillicothe, Ohio), in which the recipient was informed that Lieut. J.W. Wallace was killed in a skirmish with Wheeler's Cavalry.

The letters of Jennie to Ira are not as complete as his correspondence to her. Apparently, she requested that he send her letters back home in bundles, but he did not always comply. The content of her letters primarily concerned events back home and relations with his family, her career teaching school near Ottawa, Ohio, and activities of mutual friends. Many of the individuals mentioned were members of the 21st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who came from the area around McComb and Findlay, including Isaac Cusac, Robert Dilworth, and James Porter.

The remaining letters in the collection are from several members of Ira Conine's family, including his mother and sisters. Since the family lived close to the Bysels, there are several references to Jennie in the letters. The relationship of Ira and Jennie seems to have been a topic of some concern, but the extent of friction is unclear. Of particular interest in these letters is the account of news of local political sentiments in the Findlay area during the Brough-Vallandigham campaign.

Series Description

CORRESPONDENCE

CORRESPONDENCE - IRA CONINE TO JENNIE BYSEL.
1862-1865.
Arranged chronologically
Letters (81 letters and 4 fragments) from Ira to Jennie, describing military activities, concerns about not receiving letters, and social life while serving with the 118th O.V.I. and on detached duty in Boston, Knoxville, and Greenville, Tennessee.

CORRESPONDENCE - IRA CONINE AS J.B.CARROLL, ETC.
1865.
Arranged chronologically
Letters (5 letters) written under assumed names, some with John W. Wallace; referred to in letters to Jennie Bysel of Jan. 26 and Feb. 23, 1865, and in her letter of Feb 16, 1865

CORRESPONDENCE - JENNIE BYSEL TO IRA CONINE.
1862-1865.
Arranged chronologically
Letters (59 letters) from Jennie to Ira, concerned with events back home and relations with his family, her career teaching school near Ottawa, Ohio, their relationship, and activities of mutual friends

CORRESPONDENCE - CONINE FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO IRA CONINE.
1862-1865.
Arranged chronologically
Letters (19 letters and 4 fragments) from mother, Loretta Conine, and sisters Sallie and Hannah, and cousin, Mollie. The letters from Loretta Conine, all during the summer of 1863, give news of local political sentiments in the Findlay area during the Brough-Vallandigham campaign.

Inventory

Box 1: Originals

Folder 1
  1. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept 12, 1862
  2. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Oct 12, 1862
  3. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Falmouth, Kentucky, Oct 31, 1862
  4. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Nov. 8, 1862
  5. Ira Conine, to George [Bysel], Falmouth, Kentucky, Nov 10, 1862
  6. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Falmouth, Kentucky, Nov 30, 1862
  7. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Falmouth, Kentucky, Dec. 5, 1862
  8. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Falmouth, Kentucky, with transcript, Dec. 6, 1862
  9. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Falmouth, Kentucky, Dec. 12, 1862
  10. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Falmouth, Kentucky, Dec. 13, 1862
  11. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Falmouth, Kentucky, Dec. 21, 1862
  12. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Falmouth, Kentucky, Jan. 1, 1863
  13. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Kingsville, Tennessee, Jan. 11, 1863
  14. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Paris, Kentucky, Jan. 23, 1863
  15. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky, Jan. 26, 1863
  16. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky, Feb. 3, 1863
  17. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Feb. 12, 1863
  18. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky, Feb. 19, 1863
  19. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Mar. 8, 1863
  20. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Mar. 17, 1863
  21. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky, Apr. 8, 1863
  22. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky, Apr. 26, 1863
  23. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky, May 3, 1863
  24. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky, May 15, 1863
  25. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky, June 3, 1863
  26. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky, June 25, 1863
  27. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Keller's Bridge, near Cynthiana, June 28, 1863 (photocopy only)
  28. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky, July 5, 1863 (photocopy only)
  29. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky, July 1863
  30. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Keller's Bridge, near Cynthiana, July 14, 1863 (photocopy only)
  31. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug. 3, 1863
  32. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, on board DeMolay Transport, Bound for Washington, Aug. 11, 1863
  33. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug. 20, 1863
  34. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel [torn fragment], [Boston, Massachusetts?], [Aug. 25, 1863?]
  35. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Boston, Massachusetts, Sept. 2, 1863
  36. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Boston, Massachusetts, Sept. 6, 1863
  37. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Boston, Massachusetts, Sept. 24, 1863
  38. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 11, 1863
  39. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 3, 1863 (photocopy only)
  40. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, On the March in Kentucky, Nov. 14, 1863
  41. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Laurel County, Kentucky, Nov. 18, 1863
  42. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Robinson Creek, Laurel County, Kentucky, Nov. 22, 1863
  43. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Robinson Creek, Laurel County, Kentucky, Nov. 29, 1863
  44. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Dec. 18, 1863
  45. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Jan. 25, 1864
  46. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Feb. 12, 1864
  47. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Camp Mossy Creek, Tennessee, Mar. 24, 1864
  48. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Camp Mossy Creek, Tennessee, Apr. 8, 1864
  49. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Camp Mossy Creek, Tennessee, Apr. 11, 1864
  50. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Camp Mossie Creek, Tennessee, Apr. 25, 1864
  51. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Convalescent Camp, Knoxville, Tennessee, May 10, 1864
  52. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, May 15, 1864
  53. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, May 29, 1864
  54. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Convalescent Camp, Knoxville, Tennessee, June 19, 1864 (photocopy only)
  55. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, July 2, 1864
  56. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, July 10, 1864
  57. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, July 13, 1864
  58. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, July 19, 1864 (photocopy only)
  59. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, July 31, 1864
  60. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Aug. 4, 1864
  61. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Aug. 9, 1864
  62. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Sept. 23, 1864(photocopy only)
  63. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Sept. 27, 1864(photocopy only)
  64. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Oct. 7, 1864 (photocopy only)
  65. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Oct. 23, 1864
  66. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Oct. 26, 1864 (photocopy only)
  67. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Oct. 30, 1864
  68. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 16, 1864
  69. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Nov. 17, 1864 (photocopy only)
  70. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Nov. 27, 1864
  71. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Dec. 8, 1864
  72. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Jan. 26, 1865
  73. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel [letter fragment], [Knoxville, Tennessee], Feb. 5, 1865
  74. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Feb. 23, 1865
  75. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee, Feb. 26, 1865
  76. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Greenville, Tennessee, June 19, 1865 (photocopy only)
  77. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Greenville, Tennessee, June 29, 1865
  78. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Greenville, Tennessee, July 14, 1865
  79. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Greenville, Tennessee, July 17, 1865
  80. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Greenville, Tennessee, July 22, 1865
  81. Ira Conine to Annie McLaughlin [of Harrison Co., Kentucky], Falmouth, Kentucky, Jan. 15, 1863
  82. C.W. Carroll to Laura Kopp, Chillicothe, Ohio, from Knoxville, Tennessee, Sept. 28, 1864
  83. C.W. Carroll to Maggie Staunton, Ottawa, Ohio, from Knoxville, Tennessee, Oct. 2, 1864
  84. James B. Carroll to Sallie Critiser, Acropolis, Indiana, from Knoxville, Tennessee, Feb. 19, 1865
  85. James B. Carroll to Sallie Critiser, Acropolis, Indiana, from Knoxville, Tennessee, March 14, 1865
  86. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel (7 unmatched pages or fragments), n.d.
  87. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Oct. 8, [1862]
  88. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Findlay, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1862
  89. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Findlay, Ohio, Dec. 1, [1862?] (photocopy only)
  90. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Findlay, Ohio, Dec. 15, [1862?]
  91. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Findlay, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1862
  92. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, [Findlay, Ohio], [late December 1862]
  93. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Jan. 1-5, 1863
  94. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Findlay, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1863 (photocopy only)
  95. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Findlay, Ohio, Jan. 25, 1863
  96. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Findlay, Ohio, Mar. 1, 1863
  97. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, At Home, Mar. 24, 1865
  98. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Glen Cottage, Mar. 27, 1863 (photocopy only)
  99. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Glen Cottage [McComb, Ohio], Apr. 12, 1863
  100. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, June 7, 1863 (photocopy only)
  101. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, School House, June 18, 1863
  102. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Glen Cottage, July 18, 1863 (photocopy only)
  103. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Aug. 25, 1863
  104. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, School House, Nov. 16, 1863
  105. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Beechwood School House, Nov. 25, 1863
  106. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Beechwood School House, Dec. 1, 1863
  107. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio Glen Cottage, Dec. 27, 1863
  108. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Beechwood School House, Jan. 14, 1864
  109. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Beechwood School House, Jan. 30, 1864 (photocopy only)
  110. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Gilboa, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1864
  111. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Glen Cottage [McComb, Ohio], Feb. 15, 1864
  112. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Glen Cottage [McComb, Ohio], Feb. 26, 1864
  113. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Glen Cottage [McComb, Ohio], Mar. 20, 1864 (photocopy only)
  114. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Glen Cottage [McComb, Ohio], Mar. 24, 1864
  115. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Simpsons School House, May 12, 1864
  116. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, May 27, 1864
  117. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, [School House], June 6, 1864
  118. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, June 10, 1864
  119. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, June 16, 1864
  120. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, June 24, [1864] (photocopy only)
  121. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, July 4, 1864 (photocopy only)
  122. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, July 16, 1864
  123. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Rose Cottage, Ohio, July 23, 1864
  124. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, July 30, 1864 (photocopy only)
  125. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, Aug. 2, 1864
  126. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1864
  127. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, Aug. 15, 1864
  128. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, Aug. 18, [1864] (photocopy only)
  129. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1864
  130. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1864
  131. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1864
  132. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1864
  133. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1864 (photocopy only)
  134. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, Wednesday eve, Oct. 19, [1864] (photocopy only)
  135. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Ottawa, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1864
  136. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Gilboa, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1865
  137. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Gilboa, Ohio, Jan. 26, [1865] (photocopy only)
  138. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Gilboa, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1865
  139. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Gilboa, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1865
  140. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Gilboa, Ohio, Feb. 19, 1865
  141. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Gilboa, Ohio, Feb. 25, 1865
  142. [Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, missing pages, Mar. 1865] (photocopy only)
  143. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, Mar. 10, 1865
  144. Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, McComb, Rose Cottage, Mar. 28, 1865
  145. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, Blanchard, May 10, 1863 (photocopy only)
  146. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, Blanchard, May 20, 1863 (photocopy only)
  147. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, [McComb, Ohio], June 7, 1863
  148. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, Blanchard [Hancock County, Ohio], June 29, 1863
  149. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, [McComb, Ohio], July 5, 1863
  150. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, [McComb, Ohio], July 19, 1863
  151. Sallie Conine and Hannah Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Aug. 7, 1863 (photocopy only)
  152. Sallie Conine [sister] to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Sept. 26, 1863
  153. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Feb 24, 1864
  154. Mollie Conine [sister] and Loretta Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1864
  155. Loretta Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1864 (photocopy only)
  156. Loretta Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Dec. 11, 1864 (photocopy only)
  157. E. Gail [Hannah Conine?] to Ira Conine, Jan. 3, 1865
  158. E. Gail [Hannah Conine?] to Ira Conine, Jan. 29, 1865
  159. Mollie Conine and Loretta Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1865
  160. Loretta Conine and Wm. Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, July 9, 1865 (photocopy only)
  161. George Lawrence to Ira Conine, Newark, N.J., Oct. 6, 1865 (photocopy only)
  162. E. Gail [Hannah Conine?] to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, n.d. (photocopy only)
  163. Wallace to Ira, n.d.
  164. [Loretta Conine to Ira Conine - 4 Fragments], n.d.
  165. Unmatched covers, unidentified fragments
  166. Census return receipt, 1880; Blanchard Township poll tallysheet, 1888
  167. Ira Conine photographic print; copy negative of Ira Conine photograph

Box 2: Transcripts and Use Copies

Folder 1: Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel
  1. Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1862
  2. Oct. 12, 1862
  3. Falmouth, Kentucky, Oct 31, 1862
  4. Nov. 8, 1862
  5. Ira Conine, to George [Bysel], Falmouth, Kentucky, Nov 10, 1862
  6. Falmouth, Kentucky, Nov 30, 1862
Folder 2: Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Falmouth, Kentucky
  1. Dec. 5, 1862
  2. Dec. 6, 1862
  3. Dec. 12, 1862
  4. Dec. 13, 1862
  5. Dec. 21, 1862
Folder 3: Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel
  1. Falmouth, Kentucky, Jan. 1, 1863
  2. Kingsville, Tennessee, Jan. 11, 1863
  3. Paris, Kentucky, Jan. 23, 1863
  4. Cynthiana, Kentucky, Jan. 26, 1863
  5. Cynthiana, Kentucky, Feb. 3, 1863
  6. Feb. 12, 1863
  7. Cynthiana, Kentucky, Feb. 19, 1863
  8. Mar. 8, 1863
  9. Mar. 17, 1863
Folder 4: Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Cynthiana, Kentucky
  1. Apr. 8, 1863
  2. Apr. 26, 1863
  3. May 3, 1863
  4. May 15, 1863
  5. June 3, 1863
  6. June 25, 1863
  7. Keller's Bridge, near Cynthiana, June 28, 1863
  8. July 5, 1863
  9. July 1863
  10. Keller's Bridge, near Cynthiana, July 14, 1863
Folder 5: Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel
  1. Boston, Massachusetts, Aug. 3, 1863
  2. on board DeMolay Transport, Bound for Washington, Aug. 11, 1863
  3. Boston, Massachusetts, Aug. 20, 1863
  4. [torn fragment], [Boston, Massachusetts?], [Aug. 25, 1863?]
  5. Boston, Massachusetts, Sept. 2, 1863
  6. Boston, Massachusetts, Sept. 6, 1863
  7. Boston, Massachusetts, Sept. 24, 1863
  8. Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 11, 1863
Folder 6: Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel
  1. Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 3, 1863
  2. On the March in Kentucky, Nov. 14, 1863
  3. Laurel County, Kentucky, Nov. 18, 1863
  4. Robinson Creek, Laurel County, Kentucky, Nov. 22, 1863
  5. Robinson Creek, Laurel County, Kentucky, Nov. 29, 1863
  6. Knoxville, Tennessee, Dec. 18, 1863
Folder 7: Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel
  1. Knoxville, Tennessee, Jan. 25, 1864
  2. Knoxville, Tennessee, Feb. 12, 1864
  3. Camp Mossy Creek, Tennessee, Mar. 24, 1864
  4. Camp Mossy Creek, Tennessee, Apr. 8, 1864
  5. Camp Mossy Creek, Tennessee, Apr. 11, 1864
  6. Camp Mossie Creek, Tennessee, Apr. 25, 1864
  7. Convalescent Camp, Knoxville, Tennessee, May 10, 1864
  8. Knoxville, Tennessee, May 15, 1864
  9. Knoxville, Tennessee, May 29, 1864
  10. Convalescent Camp, Knoxville, Tennessee, June 19, 1864
Folder 8: Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee
  1. July 2, 1864
  2. July 10, 1864
  3. July 13, 1864
  4. July 19, 1864
  5. July 31, 1864
  6. Aug. 4, 1864
  7. Aug. 9, 1864
  8. Sept. 23, 1864
  9. Sept. 27, 1864
Folder 9: Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Knoxville, Tennessee
  1. Oct. 7, 1864
  2. Oct. 23, 1864
  3. Oct. 26, 1864
  4. Oct. 30, 1864
  5. Nashville, Tennessee, Nov. 16, 1864
  6. Nov. 17, 1864
  7. Nov. 27, 1864
  8. Dec. 8, 1864
  9. Jan. 26, 1865
  10. [letter fragment], Feb. 5, 1865
  11. Feb. 23, 1865
  12. Feb. 26, 1865
Folder 10: Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel, Greenville, Tennessee
  1. June 19, 1865
  2. June 29, 1865
  3. July 14, 1865
  4. July 17, 1865
  5. July 22, 1865
Folder 11
  1. Ira Conine to Annie McLaughlin [of Harrison Co., Kentucky], Falmouth, Kentucky, Jan. 15, 1863
Folder 12
  1. C.W. Carroll to Laura Kopp, Chillicothe, Ohio, from Knoxville, Tennessee, Sept. 28, 1864
  2. C.W. Carroll to Maggie Staunton, Ottawa, Ohio, from Knoxville, Tennessee, Oct. 2, 1864
  3. James B. Carroll to Sallie Critiser, Acropolis, Indiana, from Knoxville, Tennessee, Feb. 19, 1865
  4. James B. Carroll to Sallie Critiser, Acropolis, Indiana, from Knoxville, Tennessee, March 14, 1865
Folder 13
  1. Ira Conine to Jennie Bysel (7 unmatched pages or fragments), n.d.

Box 3: Transcripts and Use Copies

Folder 1: Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine

  1. October 8, [1862]
  2. Findlay, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1862
  3. Findlay, Ohio, Dec. 1, [1862?]
  4. Findlay, Ohio, >Dec. 15, [1862?]
  5. Findlay, Ohio, Dec. 18, 1862
  6. [Findlay, Ohio], [late December 1862]

Folder 2: Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine

  1. McComb, Ohio, Jan. 1-5, 1863
  2. Findlay, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1863
  3. Findlay, Ohio, Jan. 25, 1863
  4. Findlay, Ohio, Mar. 1, 1863
  5. At Home, Mar. 24, 1865
  6. Glen Cottage, Mar. 27, 1863
  7. Glen Cottage [McComb, Ohio], Apr. 12, 1863
  8. McComb, Ohio, June 7, 1863
  9. School House, June 18, 1863
  10. Glen Cottage, July 18, 1863
  11. McComb, Ohio, Aug. 25, 1863
  12. School House, Nov. 16, 1863
  13. Beechwood School House, Nov. 25, 1863
  14. Beechwood School House, Dec. 1, 1863
  15. McComb, Ohio Glen Cottage, Dec. 27, 1863

Folder 3: Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine

  1. Beechwood School House, Jan. 14, 1864
  2. Beechwood School House, Jan. 30, 1864
  3. Gilboa, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1864
  4. Glen Cottage [McComb, Ohio], Feb. 15, 1864
  5. Glen Cottage [McComb, Ohio], Mar. 20, 1864
  6. Glen Cottage [McComb, Ohio], Mar. 24, 1864
  7. Simpsons School House, May 12, 1864
  8. May 27, 1864
  9. [School House], June 6, 1864
  10. Ottawa, Ohio, June 10, 1864
  11. June 16, 1864
  12. June 24, [1864]

Folder 4: Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine

  1. July 4, 1864
  2. Ottawa, Ohio, July 16, 1864
  3. Rose Cottage, Ohio, July 23, 1864
  4. Ottawa, Ohio, July 30, 1864
  5. Ottawa, Ohio, Aug. 2, 1864
  6. Ottawa, Ohio, Aug. 11, 1864
  7. Ottawa, Ohio, Aug. 15, 1864
  8. Ottawa, Ohio, Aug. 18, [1864]
  9. Ottawa, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1864
  10. Ottawa, Ohio, Sept. 25, 1864
  11. Ottawa, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1864
  12. Ottawa, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1864
  13. Ottawa, Ohio, Oct. 17, 1864
  14. Ottawa, Ohio, Wednesday eve, Oct. 19, [1864]
  15. Ottawa, Ohio, Oct. 27, 1864

Folder 5: Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine

  1. Gilboa, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1865
  2. Gilboa, Ohio, Jan. 26, [1865]
  3. Gilboa, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1865
  4. Gilboa, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1865
  5. Gilboa, Ohio, Feb. 19, 1865
  6. Gilboa, Ohio, Feb. 25, 1865
  7. [Jennie Bysel to Ira Conine, missing pages, Mar. 1865]
  8. Mar. 10, 1865
  9. McComb, Rose Cottage, Mar. 28, 1865

Folder 6

  1. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, Blanchard, May 10, 1863
  2. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, Blanchard, May 20, 1863
  3. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, [McComb, Ohio], June 7, 1863
  4. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, Blanchard [Hancock County, Ohio], June 29, 1863
  5. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, [McComb, Ohio], July 5, 1863
  6. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, [McComb, Ohio], July 19, 1863
  7. Sallie Conine and Hannah Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Aug. 7, 1863
  8. Sallie Conine [sister] to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Sept. 26, 1863
  9. Loretta Conine [mother] to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Feb 24, 1864
  10. Mollie Conine [sister] and Loretta Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1864
  11. Loretta Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Oct. 30, 1864
  12. Loretta Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Dec. 11, 1864
  13. E. Gail [Hannah Conine?] to Ira Conine, Jan. 3, 1865
  14. E. Gail [Hannah Conine?] to Ira Conine, Jan. 29, 1865
  15. Mollie Conine and Loretta Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1865
  16. Loretta Conine and Wm. Conine to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, July 9, 1865
  17. George Lawrence to Ira Conine, Newark, N.J., Oct. 6, 1865
  18. E. Gail [Hannah Conine?] to Ira Conine, McComb, Ohio, n.d.
  19. Wallace to Ira, n.d.
  20. [Loretta Conine to Ira Conine - 4 Fragments], n.d.

Folder 7

  1. Unmatched covers
  2. Unidentified fragments

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