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The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest

Manley Stacey Civil War Letters

Several years ago, the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest received a donation of materials and documents from the Hulbert family who had settled in Oak Park in the 1800s.

The Stacey Family was related to the Hulberts.  (More historical research will be done as this project continues.)

Included in the Hulbert collection is a series of over 200 letters, written between August 1862 and December 1863, by Manley Stacey, a Union soldier in the Civil War, to members of his family -mostly his father, Thomas Stacey.  Some letters are to his brother Charlie and his sisters, Rosa and Maggie.

Manly Stacey was born October 29, 1842, which would make him nineteen years old at the time of the first letter.

Facsimilies of the letters will appear at the bottom of each page.  If any readers are able to help us fill in the blanks, it would surely be appreciated!

This page will post a link to the most recent letter below, and from this here you can also go the index page of all the letters posted so far.

Please enjoy and give us your thoughts!

Contact:  civilwarletters@re-building.com