Contributed by Kevin Hanson, Bristol, Vermont, 2nd-great grandson of Pvt Joel V. Carpenter, Co. C, 9th Vermont and Co. D, 4th Vermont Volunteer Infantry. Joel Carpenter, born August 25, 1845, in Starksboro, returned after the war, and died in Starksboro, March 6, 1907.

Kevin also gratiously contributed a a letter from Joel to his parents on April 5, 1865.