Download or read book War News Civil War Letters and Diary written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of online letters and related documents from the American Civil War. Offers access to diary excerpts, discharge and promotion papers, and photographs. Notes that the documents come from the McNeal family of Iowa. Links to other resources on the Civil War.

Download or read book Confederate Diaries and Letters written by Pamela Stanfield and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains three diaries as well as various Civil War letters and documents. The first diary was written by Robert H. Wardlaw in 1820 when he was 13 years old and a young scholar and continues until age 18 when he learns of the death of his mother while he was away at school. Robert Wardlaw's ten sons all served the Confederacy and one of those sons, William C. Wardlaw is the author of the other two diaries. William Wardlaw was a captain in Company K of the 2nd SC Rifles, Jenkins Brigade. In addition to daily entries, he logs his locations when letters were sent or received. He writes almost daily of Molly, until he marries Josie. He reports Lincoln's death and the "humiliating ordeal of stacking our arms in the presence of the enemy" at Appomattox Court House. The diaries and letters were transcribed as written, as close to the originals as possible. Some photos are included which provide a realistic view of these fragile pieces of history.

Download or read book Civil War Letters and Diary of Andrew H Gale of the 137th Regiment New York State Volunteers written by Andrew H. Gale and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While helping friends move into a retirement home, Richard T. Gillespie discovered an old trunk among their possessions. It contained a treasure trove of Civil War letters and diaries that had belonged to Andrew H. Gale, a Union soldier from Groton, New Y

Download or read book Touched with Fire written by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Civil War Diaries and Personal Narratives 1960 1994 written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Civil War Letters and Diary of Joshua Winters written by Joshua Winters and published by McClain Printing Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While working on the book ANCESTORS & DESCENDANTS OF ISAAC & KEZIAH (ASKEW) DAVIS, OF THE SAND HILL DISTRICT, MARSHALL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, Joshua's letters were discovered & recognized as valuable primary historical material. They have been published in view of the continuing interest in the American Civil War & anything pertaining to it.

Download or read book Touched with Fire written by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Jr.) and published by North's Civil War. This book was released on 2000 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holmes's wartime letters and diary entries have attracted students of war as well as biographers of Holmes as rare glimpses into the mind and heart of a soldier who withstood the great slaughter.

Download or read book Fear in North Carolina written by Cornelia Catherine Smith Henry and published by Reminiscing Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cornelia Henrys three journals, written between 1860 and 1868, offer an excellent source for daily information on western North Carolina during the Civil War period.

Download or read book Civil War Letters written by Bob Blaisdell and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wartime letters include correspondence of Union and Confederate sympathizers and soldiers of all ranks. Authentic illustrations accompany insightful missives by Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Whitman, Davis, and many of their contemporaries.

Download or read book Dear Friends written by Charles Edwin Cort and published by . This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gone for a Sojer Boy written by Neal E. Wixson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gone for a Sojer Boy is a companion book to Echoes from the Boys of Company H and is based upon hundreds of letters from a few Civil War soldiers of Company H, 100th Regiment, New York State Volunteers. They provide rare insight into the life and thoughts of common solders. This volume explores the changes the boys experienced during their time of service. Both camp life and battles are reviewed and serve to trace and explain the evolution of their opinions about important aspects of a soldiers life: namely, death, politics, and religion. These young men were ordinary human beings who were rendered extraordinary by their experience. This rich collection of Civil War letters presents a colorful, illuminating portrait of common soldiers serving their country. Edward Longacre, author of more than 20 books on the Civil War I found this remarkable book to be a fascinating and unique telling of a soldiers story. The exhaustive work and research done by Neal Wixson to put letters and diaries together was only matched by his passion to tell of his great-grandfathers war experience. The qualities of work by the author, the unique story of soldiers in their own words, make this a truly superb work of military history. It has my highest endorsement. General Anthony C. Zinni USMC (retired) The letters of soldiers, written to their loved ones at home, reveal in plain, uncluttered language the details of the daily life of the soldier. The voice of the common soldier provides an intimate, personal view that is devoid of the posturing of politicians and officers. Neal Wixson has lovingly edited the letters into a poignant journey through this painful chapter of our nations history. Jeff Toalson, Civil War author and lecturer A great-grandson of Thomas Maharg of Company H, Neal E. Wixson earned a B.A. from Oberlin College and a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law. He is member of the Williamsburg Civil War Roundtable and the 100th Regiments Veterans Association. He and his wife reside in Virginia.

Download or read book Touched with Fire written by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Touched with Fire Civil War Letters and Diary written by Oliver Wendell Holmses and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-13 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book Misery on All Sides written by Edward Beach and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Beach, 1st Sergeant, 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company E, Army of the Cumberland served in the Civil War from August 22, 1862 to June 30, 1865. He was captured September 20, 1863 at the Battle of Chickamauga, and spent 1 year and 7 months in Confederate prisons in Richmond and Danville, Virginia and Andersonville, Savannah, and Millen, Georgia. Throughout this time he corresponded with various family members and with Elisabeth "Libbie" Hammond, his future wife. The transcribed documents span the period from the beginning of his service in September 1862 and continuing until his marriage in October 1868. Edward returned to Wisconsin following the war, attended college and worked. In 1867 he moved to Lawrence, Kansas. The post war letters between Edward and Libbie chronicle their long courtship and show the development of their thoughts on love, family, religion, life in general and their dreams. Their letters reflect how a changing nation affected everyday people. Edward's Civil War letters and Andersonville diary give an invaluable insight into that time in our country's history. In his letters he speaks candidly about officers, the way the war is progressing, and his daily experiences. His post war recording of his experiences provides a more measured and detailed view of his time in service and as a prisoner of war. Edward and Libbie lived at a pivotal time in our nation's history. Their words reflect the feelings and thoughts of the era as they voice their opinions on popular speakers, religion, politics and general issues of the day, as well as commenting on their daily life in the 1860s. The book will be of interest to Civil War buffs, those curious about life in the 1860s, and descendants of Elias Beach and Margaret Morrow. A short family genealogy, index, footnotes, a brief summary of E Company, 21st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and POW history are included.

Download or read book J K Street Civil War Letters written by Julie Williams Coley and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A day to day diary from John Kennedy Street - from the time that he entered the Civil War January 8th, 1862 until the time that he became a prisoner of war in the Vicksburg prison and later escaped and began his long journey home June 13th, 1864. His diary ends on April 9th, 1865, just five days before the end of the war. Book includes personal letters, poetry that he wrote while in the war, photos and newspaper articles that were also in his personal collection.

Download or read book The Home Voices Speak Louder Than the Drums written by Wanda Easter Burch and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Soldier mortals would not survive if they were not blessed with the gift of imagination and the pictures of hope," wrote Confederate Private Henry Graves in the trenches outside Petersburg, Virginia. "The second angel of mercy is the night dream." Providing fresh perspective on the human side of the Civil War, this book explores the dreams and imaginings of those who fought it, as recorded in their letters, journals and memoirs. Sometimes published as poems or songs or printed in newspapers, these rarely acknowledged writings reflect the personalities and experiences of their authors. Some expressions of fear, pain, loss, homesickness and disappointment are related with grim fatalism, some with glimpses of humor.

Download or read book For Cause and Comrades written by James M. McPherson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997-04-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to make an attack like that." Why did those men risk certain death, over and over again, through countless bloody battles and four long, awful years ? Why did the conventional wisdom -- that soldiers become increasingly cynical and disillusioned as war progresses -- not hold true in the Civil War? It is to this question--why did they fight--that James McPherson, America's preeminent Civil War historian, now turns his attention. He shows that, contrary to what many scholars believe, the soldiers of the Civil War remained powerfully convinced of the ideals for which they fought throughout the conflict. Motivated by duty and honor, and often by religious faith, these men wrote frequently of their firm belief in the cause for which they fought: the principles of liberty, freedom, justice, and patriotism. Soldiers on both sides harkened back to the Founding Fathers, and the ideals of the American Revolution. They fought to defend their country, either the Union--"the best Government ever made"--or the Confederate states, where their very homes and families were under siege. And they fought to defend their honor and manhood. "I should not lik to go home with the name of a couhard," one Massachusetts private wrote, and another private from Ohio said, "My wife would sooner hear of my death than my disgrace." Even after three years of bloody battles, more than half of the Union soldiers reenlisted voluntarily. "While duty calls me here and my country demands my services I should be willing to make the sacrifice," one man wrote to his protesting parents. And another soldier said simply, "I still love my country." McPherson draws on more than 25,000 letters and nearly 250 private diaries from men on both sides. Civil War soldiers were among the most literate soldiers in history, and most of them wrote home frequently, as it was the only way for them to keep in touch with homes that many of them had left for the first time in their lives. Significantly, their letters were also uncensored by military authorities, and are uniquely frank in their criticism and detailed in their reports of marches and battles, relations between officers and men, political debates, and morale. For Cause and Comrades lets these soldiers tell their own stories in their own words to create an account that is both deeply moving and far truer than most books on war. Battle Cry of Freedom, McPherson's Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times, called "history writing of the highest order." For Cause and Comrades deserves similar accolades, as McPherson's masterful prose and the soldiers' own words combine to create both an important book on an often-overlooked aspect of our bloody Civil War, and a powerfully moving account of the men who fought it.