Hilon A. Parker Papers

Subject Index
(Civil War letters only)

Absence without leave
	[1863 April?], (Hilon A. Parker)e
	1863 May 31, (Hilon A. Parker)
Afro-American prisoners of war
	1865 June 8, (Diary)
Afro-Americans--Contraband
	1863 May 31, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 June 16, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 September 8, (Hilon A. Parker)
Afro-Americans--Employment
	1865 May 7, (Hilon A. Parker)
Appomattox Campaign, 1865
	1865 March 30, (Hilon A. Parker)
Bartholomew, William
	1863 July 26, (Hilon A. Parker)
Beds and bedding
	1863 November 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
Belle Isle (Va.) Military prison
	1863 July 26, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1865 June 4, (Hilon A. Parker)
Belmont (Mo.), Battle of, 1861
	1861 November 17, (Harvey M. Parker)
Bounties, Military
	1864 September 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
Bristoe Station, Battle of, 1863
	1863 October 18, (Hilon A. Parker)
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
	1861 August 11, (Kendrick W. Brown)
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-1893
	1865 January 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
Camps (Military)--Missouri
	1861 November 30, (Harvey M. Parker)
Cedar Creek, Battle of, 1864
	1864 October 20-21, (Diary)
	1864 October 21, (Hilon A. Parker)
	[ca.1910], (Speech)
Children
	1910 May 27, (Speech at Longwood School)
Christianity
	1863 April 22, (Hilon A. Parker)
Christmas
	1862 December 28, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 December 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
Civilians--New York (State)--Civil War, 1861-1865
	1863 May 31, (Hilon A. Parker)
Civilians--Virginia--Civil War, 1861-1865
	1864 October 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1865 April 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
Cold Harbor (Va.) Battlefield
	1865 June 4, (Hilon A. Parker)
Cold Harbor, Battle of, 1864
	1864 June 5, (Hilon A. Parker)
	[1884?], (Speech)
Complaining
	1862 October 19, (Hilon A. Parker)
Confederate States of America--Politics and government
	1862 December 29, (Harvey M. Parker)
Copperhead (Nickname)--New York (State)
	1863 July 11, (Jeremiah Chrysler)
	1863 July 25, (Alpheus Parker)
	1863 August 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
Counterinsurgency
	1862 August 10, (Harvey M. Parker)
	1862 October 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
Courage
	1863 August 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
Courts martial and courts of inquiry
	1864 December 3, (Hilon A. Parker)
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889
	1865 May 15, (Diary)
	1865 May 17, (Diary)
Death
	1864 July 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 July 24, (Hilon A. Parker)
Democratic Party
	1863 August 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
Deserters, Military
	1863 March 15, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 April 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 April 22, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 April 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 May 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 May 31, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 June 7, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 May 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
Deserters, Military--Confederate States of America
	1865 February 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1865 March 18, (Hilon A. Parker)
	n.d. 1, (Speech)
Draft
	1863 March 15, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 July 26, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 August 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
Draft quota--New York (State)
	1864 July 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
Draft Riot, New York, N.Y., 1863
	1863 July 19, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 July 25, (Alpheus Parker)
	1863 August 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
Draft--Pennsylvania
	1863 April 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
Draftees
	1863 August 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
Drill and minor tactics
	1862 October 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1862 January 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
Drury (Vessel)
	1865 January 28, (Hilon A. Parker)
Dutch Gap Canal (Va.)
	1865 January 28, (Hilon A. Parker)
Elections--New York (State)--1862
	1862 October 22, (Alpheus Parker)
Emancipation Proclamation
	1862 November 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
Enemy--Relations
	1864 July 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1865 January 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1865 February 20, (Diary)
	1865 March 3, (Hilon A. Parker)
	n.d. 1, (Speech)
English language--Dialects--Virginia
	1862 December 21, (Hilon A. Parker)
Executions and executioners
	1864 May 6, (Hilon A. Parker)
Family
	1863 November 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
Finance, Personal
	1863 January 29, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 October 7, (Hilon A. Parker)
Firearms--Accidents
	1863 May 25, (Hilon A. Parker)
Fort Blakely (Ala.)--Capture, 1865
	1865 April 19, (Harvey M. Parker)
Fort Brady (Va.), Skirmish at, 1865
	1865 January 23-26, (Diary)
	1865 January 28, (Hilon A. Parker)
Fort Lyon (Va.)
	1864 April 3, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 April 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
Fort Meigs (Md.)
	1862 October 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 April 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
Fort Meigs (Md.)--Drawings
	See Notebook, 1863-66, p. 1
Fort Meigs (Md.)--Maps
	1862 October 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 April 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
Fort Stedman, Battle of, 1865
	1865 March 30, (Hilon A. Parker)
Fortification, Field
	1864 June 10, (Hilon A. Parker)
Fourth of July celebrations
	1864 July 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
Fragging
	1863 March 15, (Hilon A. Parker)
Freedmen--Virginia
	1865 May 7, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1865 June 3, (Hilon A. Parker)
Fugitive slaves--Virginia
	1863 June 16, (Hilon A. Parker)
Garrison duty--Maryland
	passim 1862 SeptemberÐ1864 April
Grand Army of the Republic
	See Speeches and addresses
Grant, Ulysses S., 1833-1885
	1863 April 21, (Harvey M. Parker)
	1864 April 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 June 10, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 July 31, (Hilon A. Parker)
	[1884?], (Speech)
Guerrillas--Virginia
	1864 December 6, (Hilon A. Parker)
Harper's Ferry (W.Va.)
	1864 September 25, (Hilon A. Parker)
Homesickness
	1863 April 22, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 May 31, (Hilon A. Parker)
Hooker, Joseph, 1814-1879
	1863 April 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 May 4, (Hilon A. Parker)
Insanity
	1863 July 19, (Hilon A. Parker)
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, 1864
	1864 March 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
Knights of the Golden Circle
	1862 August 10, (Harvey M. Parker)
Lee, Robert E., 1807-1870
	1863 October 18, (Hilon A. Parker)
Letter-writing
	[1863 April?], (Hilon A. Parker)
Letters--Psychological aspects
	1863 November 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
Lice
	1864 September 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
	1862 December 29, (Harvey M. Parker)
	1863 June 19, (F. Fairman)
	1863 August 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1903 February 10, (B. B. Brayton)
	n.d. (2)
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination
	1865 April 22, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1865 April 16-29, (Diary)
	1865 May 5, (Diary)
Loyalty oaths
	1865 April 22, (Hilon A. Parker)
Maple sugar
	1863 April 22, (Hilon A. Parker)
Marches--Virginia
	1864 November 6, (Hilon A. Parker)
Marshall House (Alexandria, Va.)
	See Notebook 1863-66, p. 10
McClellan, George Brinton, 1826-1885
	1862 November 18, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 August 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
	1863 October 18, (Hilon A. Parker)
		[1884?], (Speech)
Mining
	1864 July 26, (Hilon A. Parker)
Mobile Campaign, 1865
	1865 April 19, (Harvey M. Parker)
Morale
	1863 March 15, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 April 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 November 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
Morale--Confederate States of America
	1863 April 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 May 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
Mortars (Ordnance)--Drawings
	See Notebook, 1863-65
Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916
	1864 December 3, (Hilon A. Parker)
Mothers and sons
	1863 November 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
Mustering-in
	1862 August 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
New York (City)
	1862 September 20, (Hilon A. Parker)
Ordnance--Accidents
	1865 May 7, (Hilon A. Parker)
Ordnance--Drawings
	See Notebook, 1863-66
Parker, Harvey M.
	1863 November 8, (Hilon A. Parker)
Patriotism
	1862 November 20, (Harvey M. Parker)
Petersburg (Va.)
	1865 April 5, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1865 April 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
Petersburg (Va.)--Capture, 1865
	1865 April 2-3, (Diary)
	1865 April 3, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1865 April 5, (Hilon A. Parker)
	n.d. 1, (Speech)
Petersburg (Va.)--Siege, 1864
	1864 June 15-August 1, (Diary)
	1864 July 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 July 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 July 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 July 24, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 July 24-25, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 July 26, (Hilon A. Parker)
	[1884?], (Speech)
Petersburg Crater, Battle of, 1864
	1864 July 31, (Hilon A. Parker)
	[1884?], (Speech)
Petersburg, Battle of, 1864
	1864 June 19, (Hilon A. Parker)
	[1884?], (Speech)
Picket duty--Virginia
	1864 April 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 July 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
Poetry
	See United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865-Poetry
Post-war plans
	1863 November 21, (Harvey M. Parker)
Presentation swords
	1863 September 11, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 September 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
Presidents--United States--Election--1864
	1864 October 21, (Hilon A. Parker)
Psychiatric hospitals
	1863 July 5, (Hilon A. Parker)
Reporters and reporting--Confederate States of America
	1865 January 28, (Hilon A. Parker)
Republican Party
	1863 July 25, (Alpheus Parker)
	1863 August 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
Richmond (Va.)
	1865 June 4, (Hilon A. Parker)
Robbery
	1864 December 6, (Hilon A. Parker)
Rosecrans, William Starke, 1819-1898
	1863 September 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
Rumor
	1863 March 15, (Hilon A. Parker)
Sabotage
	1863 February 8, (Harvey M. Parker)
Scorched-earth policy
	1864 October 1, (Diary)
	1864 October 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 October 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
Self-inflicted wounds
	1864 July 24-25, (Hilon A. Parker)
Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886
	1863 August 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
Shenandoah Valley (Va.)
	1864 September 28-30, (Hilon A. Parker)
Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864
	1864 September 27-December 10, (Diary)
	1864 October 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 October 6, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 October 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 November 6, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 December 6, (Hilon A. Parker)
Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914
	1863 October 25, (Hilon A. Parker)
Slavery
	1863 June 16, (Hilon A. Parker)
Smallpox
	1863 January 7, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 January 29, (Hilon A. Parker)
Smithsonian Institute (Washington, D.C.)
	1862 December 28, (Hilon A. Parker)
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of
	[1884?], (Speech)
Soldiers--Books and reading
	1863 September 24, (Hilon A. Parker)
Soldiers--Death
	1862 December 10, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 June 21, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 June 5, (Hilon A. Parker)
	n.d. 1, (Speech)
Soldiers--Recreation
	1863 October 29, (Hilon A. Parker)
Solidarity
	1863 November 21, (Harvey M. Parker)
Souvenirs
	1862 November 18, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 February 8, (Hilon A. Parker)
Speeches and addresses
	[1881 May?]
	[1884?]
	[ca.1895 May]
	[1898 May]
	[after 1898 July] (2)
	[ca. 1900 May]
	1903 September 23 (2)
	1910 May 27 (2)
	[ca.1910]
	n.d. (3)
Spelling
	1862 December 29, (Harvey M. Parker)
Spies
	1863 April 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
Spotsylvania Campaign, 1864
	1864 May 6, (Hilon A. Parker)
Stampedes
	1863 December 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
Starvation
	1862 October 19, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 March 15, (Hilon A. Parker)
Stealing
	1863 March 15, (Hilon A. Parker)
Target practice
	1862 December 21, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 April 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 June 16, (Hilon A. Parker)
Tents
	1862 October 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
	[1863 April?], (Hilon A. Parker)
Thanksgiving Day
	1863 November 26, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 December 6, (Hilon A. Parker)
Tobacco
	1865 March 3, (Hilon A. Parker)
Trench warfare
	1864 July 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 July 24-25, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States Christian Commission
	1863 April 9, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
	1862 November 18, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 April 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 June 19, (F. Fairman)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Afro-Americans
	1862 October 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 October 18, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 November 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 December 6, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 June 19, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 September 5, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Casualties (Statistics, etc.)
	1864 July 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Desertions
	1865 February 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1865 March 3, (Hilon A. Parker)
	[ca.1910], (Speech)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Destruction
	1863 April 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Drama
	n.d.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction
	n.d.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects
	1864 April 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care
	1863 July 19, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations
	1865 January 28, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Afro-American
	1863 June 7, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 August 24, (Harvey M. Parker)
	1864 July 31, (Hilon A. Parker)
	[1884?], (Speech)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Peace
	1865 April 9-13, (Diary)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
	1910 May 27 (2)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Poetry
	1863 May 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
	See Notebook, 1863-66, pp. 1-28
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Scouts and scouting
	1863 May 18, (William Bartholomew)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Transportation
	1864 May 28-30, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans
	See Speeches and addresses
United States--History--Songs and music
	1864 July 17, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 October 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States--Politics and government--Civil War, 1861-1865
	1862 December 29, (Harvey M. Parker)
	1863 July 25, (Alpheus Parker)
	1863 August 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States. Army of the Potomac
	1862 February 8, (Harvey M. Parker)
	1862 February 22, (Harvey M. Parker)
	1863 April 27, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 May 17, (Harvey M. Parker)
United States. Army--Artillery--Military life
	1862 October 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States. Army--Barracks and quarters
	1864 November 12, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States. Army--Enlistment
	1862 August 10, (Harvey M. Parker)
United States. Army--Generals
	1863 June 6, (Harvey M. Parker)
United States. Army--Infantry
	1862 November 20, (Harvey M. Parker)
United States. Army--Leaves and furloughs
	1863 July 19, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 March 4, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States. Army--Non-commissioned officers
	1862 September 10, (Harvey M. Parker)
United States. Army--Promotions
	1863 March 3, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 March 15, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 August 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
United States. Army--Reenlistment
	1862 December 29, (Harvey M. Parker)
	1863 November 21, (Harvey M. Parker)
United States. Army--Regiments--Relations
	1863 February 8, (Harvey M. Parker)
United States. Army--Signal Corps
	1863 June 28, (Hilon A. Parker)
Vaccination
	1863 January 7, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 January 29, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 January 14, (Hilon A. Parker)
Vallandingham, Clement Laird, 1820-1871
	1863 August 2, (Hilon A. Parker)
Vicksburg Campaign, 1863
	1863 April 21, (Harvey M. Parker)
	1863 June 6, (Harvey M. Parker)
Virginia--Customs and manners
	1862 December 21, (Hilon A. Parker)
Virginia--Description and travel
	1862 October 5, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1862 December 21, (Hilon A. Parker)
Wallace, Lewis, 1827-1905
	1861 August 18, (Harvey M. Parker)
War--Psychological aspects
	1863 May 31, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 November 21, (Harvey M. Parker)
	1864 June 10, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 July 31, (Hilon A. Parker)
War--Religious aspects
	1864 July 24, (Hilon A. Parker)
Washington (D.C.)
	1862 September 26, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1862 November 18, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 December 13, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 December 28, (Hilon A. Parker)
Washington (D.C.)--Defenses
	1862 October 5, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1864 March 18, (Hilon A. Parker)
Winchester (Va.), Skirmish near, 1863
	1863 May 2, (William Bartholomew)
	1863 May 18, (William Bartholomew)
Women
	1862 December 21, (Hilon A. Parker)
	1863 October 29, (Hilon A. Parker)
Women--Conduct of life
	1863 October 4, (Hilon A. Parker)

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