Box 1
Contains 43 Results:
Writer: Daniel Davis Writer's location: Near Culpepper C.H., VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 46th Pennsylvania VolunteersAddressee: Brother, 8/3/1862
Re: Counterfeit Confederate NotesNumber of pages: 3
Writer: Major Clark S. Edwards Writer's location: HQ, Harrison Landing, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 5th Maine InfantryAddressee: Wife, 8/5/1862
Midnight artillary battle - "Had a merry drunk"Number of pages: 5 and envelope.
Writer: C.S. Graham Writer's location: HeyworthWriter's Military Unit: Union, UnknownAddressee: Brother, 8/18/1862
Town buys a flag for its soldiers going off to war.Number of pages: 1 1/2
Writer: Rebecca Wiswell Writer's location: Georgetown Seminary HospitalWriter's Military Unit: Union, NurseAddressee: Friend, 9/20/1862
Union nurse writes of a soldier's death after Antietam (See also Nurse 9/29/63).Number of pages: 4
Writer: Pvt. Edward J. Rinebold Writer's location: VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 141st Pennsylvania VolunteersAddressee: Friend, 9/26/1862
Soldier shoots himself in foot to try to get a discharge.Number of pages: 4 and envelope. Illustrated.
Writer: E.T. Austin (sister of soldier) Writer's location: UnknownWriter's Military Unit: N/A, CivilianAddressee: Zadak Austin, 5th Battalion, NY Infantry , 10/15/1862
How the brave soldier was wounded at Antietam.Number of pages: 4
Writer: Pvt. Luther F. Davis Writer's location: Near Perryville, KYWriter's Military Unit: Union, Ohio 121st InfantryAddressee: Brother, 10/28/1862
Describes "camp houses" and drillingNumber of pages: 3 and envelope. Illustrated.
Writer: Samuel F. Emerson Writer's location: Near Leesberg, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 3rd Maine InfantryAddressee: Father, 10/30/1862
"I have already fought on seven different battlefields and I have seen enough"Number of pages: 2
Writer: J.J. Campbell Writer's location: Brooke's Station, VAWriter's Military Unit: Union, 42nd Pennsylvania RegimentAddressee: Friend, 11/23/1862
Describes foraging for food in a pig pen.Number of pages: 4
Writer: C.R.P. Rogers Writer's location: Port RoyalWriter's Military Unit: Union, U.S.S. WabashAddressee: Son, 12/20/1862
Father writes a moral code for his son.Number of pages: 4