May 21, 1864. W. Irving Wood to Ezra Cornell describing battles near Spottsylvania. May 29, 1864. John W. Cornell to Ezra Cornell from New Orleans describing his capture and wounding in a war skirmish: "Probley you have sean the account of the capchur of the Gun Boat Signal No. 8 the one that I was on." Topics: Civil War; Cornell family genealogy and history; steam cultivator; Russian stock Personal names: Wood, W. Irving; Wright, Avis; Sibley, Hiram; Robinson, R.R.; Chester, E.W.; Cornell, John W.; Speed, J.J.; Wood, O.S.; Fenton, Reuben Geography: DeRuyter