Civil War Letters
A selection of original Civil War correspondence between soldiers from the battlefields and their family members and friends on the homefront.
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This website presents several paths to that exploration, from lesson plans and timelines to maps and voice recordings.
Antietam: Letters and Diaries of Soldiers and Civilians
Afterwards, have the students imagine that they are Civil War soldiers or civilians. Have them compose their own journal entries or letters to ...
A collection of original Civil War Letters | Soldier's Tales
We marched through the City and encamped just above the banks of the River Nansemond. The Rebels are plainly seen in the woods on the other side of the river ...
About this Collection | Donald Benham Civil War Collection
... Civil War material amassed by collector Donald Benham ... Letters in the collection sent home by soldiers reveal details of camp life ...
Civil War Letters | National Postal Museum
Civil War Letters As tensions in the United States rose to a fever pitch and civil war broke out in 1861, Union leaders began to develop ways to isolate the ...
Maj. Sullivan Ballou, he wrote a letter that has survived to this day, shared over and over again, as a wonderful testament to the undying love and devotion ...
Sullivan Ballou Letter | American Battlefield Trust
... Letter. My Library · Civil War | Primary Source. Sullivan Ballou Letter. July 14, 1861. The last letter from Major Sullivan Ballou, written to his wife leading ...
"My Dear Wife..." Letters from a Civil War Soldier
Sergeant Simeon Anderson Tierce was a Hills resident and a Civil War Soldier. His eloquent letters were written to his wife, Sarah Jane, while serving in the ...
The letters Ely Parker wrote to his family while he was in the Army ...
Civil War Letters. The letters Ely Parker wrote to his family while he was in the Army during the Civil War are in the collections of the American ...
Henry Dedrick Civil War Letters. Full Text Transcriptions.
I have an opportunity to send you a few lines to let you know that I am well at present, and I hope these few lines may find you all enjoying the same state of ...
Civil War Letters by Black Men - Military Records Forum - History Hub
I am in search of Civil War letters written by (or dictated by) black men to their loved ones in the following places.
Civil War Letters - Indiana University of Pennsylvania
The following 38 letters were written by brothers Robert Alexander Lowry and William Gustin Lowry between August 2, 1861, to June 19, 1863.
George Oscar French (1844-1865) Civil War Letters – 1862
George Oscar French Civil War Letters, 1862 • MSA 414. Page 2. Castleton Aug. 8 [1862]. Dear Father. I enlisted last Wednesday. I came home to ask your consent ...
The letters are written from Virginia offering his opinions on the political and military directions of the Civil War and describes the ravaged conditions of ...
Letters from the Civil War - Hillsdale County Historical Society
marching until after dark last night. Our destination is supposed to be Kelleys or United States ford's where we are to cross. It generally supposed that our ...
Private Voices | Corpus of American Civil War Letters
A collection of thousands of letters written by Civil War soldiers who wrote "by ear." Instead of writing grammatically-correct English, these "transitionally ...
Civil War Letters | The Civil War | PBS LearningMedia
In this lesson, students will use one of the major tools of a historian: personal letters. These primary source materials provide firsthand evidence of ...
Center for American War Letters Archive
The Center for American War Letters (CAWL) is a unique and extensive manuscript collection of war letters from every American conflict.
Civil War Correspondence - Ohio University
William McKnight collection: 143 documents, mostly letters, dating from 1862 to 1864. Primarily the incoming correspondence of Samaria McKnight from her husband ...