Abstract The Duquette collection of Civil War correspondence contains nearly 50 letters written by Albert J. Duquette, a volunteer from Lockport, New York, who joined the 129th Regiment, later the 8th Heavy Artillery Regiment, New York. Duquette was stationed at Fort Federal Hill in Baltimore and later Washington, D.C. The letters, beginning in August 1862, provide description of Fort Federal Hill, Fort McHenry, battles at Harper’s Ferry, war-ready Washington DC, the assassination of Lincoln, and the...