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Memoirs Civil War Wars United States North America By Region

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Editor's Picks:

- Among the scanned images of the original letters written to and from Indiana, is a rare letter that includes information about the surrender of Lee and news of Lincoln's death.

- The diary of Peter Wiegand, 97th Illinois Infantry, Company A, begins on the 6th day of August, 1862. Contributed by his descendant, Edward Wiegand.
- The memories of Capt. John G. B. Adams, written on behalf of his regiment.
- This diary of a Tennessee schoolgirl chronicles life during the Civil War.
- Found folded up in a modern envelope, this letter is copied as exactly as it was written, with no corrections for grammar or spelling.
- Information from and about a Union officer in Company F of the 10th Michigan Infantry.
- This diary, from November 15, 1861 to April 17, 1862, begins on a Friday night at Leesburg.
- Letters written by A.J. Juckett while serving with the 2d Michigan Infantry during the Civil War.
- Letters, diaries, reminiscences, and manuscripts of New York soldiers and nurses during the Civil War.
- "With sabre and scalpel; the Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon", Memoirs of doctor and Confederate soldier John Allan Wyeth. Full scanned text, part of a project by the U. of N. Carolina.
- These letters are part of a collection written by Newton Robert Scott, Private, Company A, of the 36th Infantry, Iowa Volunteers, during the American Civil War.
- Tales of a soldier in the Ohio 115th including a harrowing escape from Andersonville.
- A collection of personal papers, diaries, and reminiscences from two communities, one Northern and one Southern.
- Memoirs and journals written not because of their historical or political significance, but because they are to the writer the natural expression of what life has meant to him in the moment of living, have a value entirely apart from literary quality.
- Correspondence between Robert E. Lee and his Massachusetts relative William R. Lee. Also includes accounts of the battle of seven pines-Fair Oaks, and an Oliver Wendell Holmes tribute.
- Civil War letters of Galutia York, 114th New York State Volunteer Infantry.
- Entries, February 27 1864 to January 30 1865, from the diary of Basil H. Messler (Mississippi Marine Brigade).
- E-text of the 1885-1886 edition at Bartleby.com.
- Memories about how a boy of seventeen went to war, what he saw and some of his experiences.
- These letters, being passed down through my family, are presented here in the hopes of a better understanding of the life of a Christian Soldier in the Civil War.
- Letters written by Calvin Shedd, a carpenter from New Hampshire, who enlisted in the 7th Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers and served the Union Army.
- Typed transcriptions of letters of the Nacogdoches County farmer and soldier. Letters are mostly to Birdwell's wife, discussing farming, the Civil War and Confederate camp life.
- Letter, dated December 9, 1862, from Lt. Levi Pennington.
- Papers of a commander of a Union cavalry unit in northeast Missouri during the Civil War, and State Treasurer of Missouri following the war.
- Reminiscences of Effie Turner, 88, daughter of Thomas Wood Machen, who was a soldier in the Confederate Army of Alabama.
- Civil War letters and poems from R.W. Burt.
- An account by Captain Thomas P. Beals describing operations near Fort Sedgwick in 1864.
- This is a continuation of a series of letters contributed by Dr. Joseph Gardner. They were written by his ancestors who lived in Gaylesville and Cherokee County during the Civil War.
- Speech written by Augustus M. Erwin, Captain, Co. E. 117th Reg't. N.Y. Infantry, which includes some of his war recollections.
- Autobiographical sketch and narrative of the War between the States, by Jubal Anderson Early, 1816-1894. Full text scanned from original.
- Civil War letters and diary of Dwight Henry Cory, 6th OH Volunteer Cavalry.
- Book written by General John B. Gordon C.S.A.
- Robert C. Carden was born in Coffee County, Tennessee on July 4, 1843, the youngest of the five children of Reuben and Sarah (nee' Henry) Carden. On May 23, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at Manchester.
- The story of a Confederate boy in the Civil War, by David Emmons Johnston, 1845-1917.
- In this 1863 autobiography, the Washington, D.C., socialite and Confederate spy told her story and gave her view of contemporary events.
- Excerpts from the Robertson Colony Collection at the University of Texas at Arlington.
- Two of the original Civil War diaries are in the possession of his great granddaughter Mary Lockney of Brookfield, Wisconsin and his complete works are at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in Madison, WI.
- Never before published, these memoirs may be of interest to historians, genealogists and Civil War buffs.
- Memoirs of Nova Scotian Samuel James Hingley, who served in 3rd Regiment Infantry, New Hampshire Volunteers, and was wounded in General Butler's Bermuda Hundred Campaign.
- Private, Fifth Independent Ohio Sharpshooters. Covers the day-to-day details of soldiering from January-December, 1864.
- Extensive transcriptions of letters from members of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.
- Diary of the 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company B, covering enlistment in July 1861 to muster out in May 1866. Battle of Pea Ridge included.
- Translated text and service record of Jakob Weiss (Jacob Wise) 107 Ohio Infantry, Co D. Includes images of original letters as written in German.
- Letters of Union soldier William H. Johnson, a sergeant in Co. E, Seventh Connecticut Volunteers. Links to other manuscripts collections.
- Text from the war diary of Andrew Nickell of the 114th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
- Civil War letters and diary entries include transcriptions and digital images of the manuscripts.
- Letter from Robert K. Byrd (Col. 1st East Tenn. Volunteers) to Henry J. Welcker (commander of Welcker's Cavalry), May 24, 1862.
- The exact time when the manuscript was written isn't clear but it was several years after the war while Weathered was in retirement. Bennett's Regiment or 9th Tennessee Cavalry.
- Excerpt from the diary of George W. Ervay of Stockton's Independent Volunteers.
- Henry Butler's letters to his wife in Castine, Maine during the Civil War.
- Letters from Private Newton Robert Scott, 36th Infantry Iowa Volunteers, during the American Civil War.
- Letters from Samuel S. Dunton, 114th New York Infantry.
- A large collection of letters from the men of the 126th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, American Civil War.
- Archived letters from Elijah Brown and Edwin Horton, plus Civil War links.
- A variety of manuscripts by Iowa residents and units.
- A soldier's recollections from the diary of a young Confederate.
- A large collection of personal letters written by Civil War veterans.
- Contains manuscript, photographic and printed materials relating to all phases of the American Civil War.
- Letters from a doctor while serving as Regimental Surgeon in the 49th Indiana Volunteers from 1861 to 1863. Written during the regiment's campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
- Letters saved by Margaret Slagg of Michigan, whose brothers served in the Union army.
- Entries (November-December 1864) from the diary of Lt. James Orr, 42nd Indiana Regiment.
- Includes a number of online letters and memoirs from soldiers on both sides.
- Correspondence from William Rees, a confederate soldier from Tennessee who survived the Battle of Shiloh.
- Includes several letters (photos plus text) written by Samuel Bradlee of the 10th Battery Massachusetts Volunteer Light Artillery.
- The Battle of the Crater, fought on the Griffith family farm near Petersburg, VA, as observed by teen-age Mollie Griffith and her brother.
- The story of James Franklin Freeman, 22nd NC Regiment.
- Letters from a private in the US 141st Pennsylavania Volunteers during the War Between the States.
- This site includes the Civil War diary of the Illinois volunteer G.D. Molineaux, as well as the movements of his unit.
- Collection of letters from Isaac Overall, 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and his wife Jane.
- Contains the Civil War diary, memoirs, photographs, and other memorabilia of Private Jefferson Moses, Company G, 93rd Illinois Volunteers.
- The Civil War diary of Albert Underwood of Annapolis, Park County, Indiana. It covers Jan 1, 1864 thru Jan 11, 1865.
- E-text of essay by Mark Twain about experiences as a Confederate soldier.
- J.B. Douglas of Lynchburg, Virginia.

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