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Diaries and Letters from Soldiers


World War I: Diaries and Memoirs - Library of Congress

He was sustained by letters from his wife, Mary, whom he addresses in his diary as “honey presc,” an abbreviated term of endearment. Quoting a comrade, he ...

Antietam: Letters and Diaries of Soldiers and Civilians

This handout contains excerpts of eyewitness accounts, diary entries, and letters for you to read to your students or to assign to your students as an ...

Letters from the First World War, part one - The National Archives

Do you get a sense of what these soldiers miss from home? Is this unsurprising/shocking? Describe conditions for those in the trenches on Western Front. What ...

Soldiers' Diaries and Letters - Civil War Resources in Duke's David ...

Confederate Soldiers' Diaries and Letters · John Euclid Magee Diary, 1861-1863 · James Calvin Marcom Diary, 1862-1863 · John Richardson Porter ...

Civil War Diaries and Letters Collections - The Auburn University ...

Civil War Diaries Collection of the Auburn University Digital Library.

Communication: Letters & Diaries | The War | Ken Burns - PBS

Letters were addressed and written on a special one-sided form, sent to Washington where they were opened and read by army censors who blacked out anything the ...

Diaries, News, and Letters from the First World War, 1914–1919

Life on the Front Line is composed predominantly of diaries and letters written by British military personnel who served during the First World War ...

Soldiers' Diaries and Letters - Essential Civil War Curriculum

Civil War Diaries and Letters at the University of Iowa has a large collection of diaries and letters available on line.

Civil War Letters and Diaries (107 books) - Goodreads

Civil War Letters And Diaries · 1.

Letters To Loved Ones In The First World War | Imperial War Museums

Soldiers wrote letters in spare moments, sometimes from front line ... This handy leather journal makes for a great diary, inspiration book, and ...

Diaries and Letters from Soldiers | Encyclopedia.com

Diaries and Letters from SoldiersWriting letters to loved ones and keeping personal journals was one of the primary ways in which Civil War soldiers passed ...

Letters describing the Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Two pocket diaries supplement the letters. From a diary from John ... The letters, addressed to William Terwilliger from various army ...

The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries | Alexander Street

Perhaps the most exciting descriptions of events during the Civil War are to be found in first person accounts. Detailed firsthand descriptions of ...

Second World War - Diaries, Letters, and Stories

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Civil War Diaries and Letters | The University of Iowa Libraries

(1) Ensign, EW Diaries, 1864, August 13,1865-June 15, 1866. New Hartford, Butler County, Iowa. Company E, 44th Iowa Infantry.

Diaries & Letters - Civil War Primary Sources - LibGuides

A research guide accessible from the homepage details the letters, papers, newspapers, and records available in this collection.

Letters and Diaries from the Civil War

Calvin and Clarissa Bellamy Letters (Confederate Soldier, Company D, Fifth Florida Infantry, and Fammily) · Folder or Item Number. DLC/UDC ID Numbers · 1.

Letters from the Western Front | STANFORD magazine

Eight decades after the guns fell silent, the letters and diaries of three Stanford veterans bear witness to the horrors of World War I.

Diaries, Bound Collections, and Albums - From the Home Front and ...

Karen Mart-Taverna copied and bound the letters of her husband Larry Mart, Sergeant, U.S. Army, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry, 25th Division. She included the ...

Civil War Diaries

Diaries written by soldiers from both Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War that are part of Virginia Tech Special Collections.