Scope and Contents Most of the collection consists of letters written by four brothers, Stanley, Charles, Henry, and Edward Howard, to their sister Ella and/or their parents, Joseph F. and Nancy Minerva (Pelton) Howard, in Leeds, a section of Northampton, Mass., during their service in the Civil War. Corporal Joseph “Stanley” Howard served with Co. G 27th Regt Mass. Vol. from 1861-1865 and wrote from such locations as Camp Hampshire, Newbern and Washington NC; Annapolis and Baltimore MD; York PA;...