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Letter from George Gordon to his wife, Carrie Gordon, dated November 12, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the health of friends, the change from General McClellan to General Burnside, and finances.
Fayettesville (Va.)
Letter from Andy Ewing and D. C. Cherington to Mack Ewing dated January 30, 1865. In this letter, they discuss their health rumors of Confederate surrender, and whether they think Mack should return to the regiment or join the invalid corps.
Letter from William H. Woodcock to Mary Stroud dated July 13, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of friends serving on the front, his desire for a furlough, the weather, the movements of his regiment, skirmishes, military strategy, looting, missing home, the duration of the war, religion, and camp life.
Corinth (Miss.)
Letter from David Lyons to his sister, Sarah Lyons, dated October 16, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, illness, morale, finances, and tobacco.
Covington (Ky.)
Letter from John L. Brooks to his daughter, Mary Jane Brooks, dated July 23, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the death of a fellow soldier to diarrhea, the weather, and working in the hospital.
Key West (Fla.)
Letter from Frank Button to his mother, Rebecca Button, dated May 1, 1864. In this letter, he discusses his health and cooking for the company. Because the writing is so faded, a grayscale scan is included in the after the original.
Nashville (Tenn.)
Letters from William H.H. Cook and Phineas R. Freeman to Joseph Cook and Abagail (Cook) Freeman. In the letters, they discuss Joseph Cook's health, the weather, the regiment moving to St. Louis, finances, friends' health, morale, and the suicide of Peter Voorhees.
Camp Anderson (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Letter from Giles Allen to his brother and sister, George and Lib Allen, dated September 22, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, the Battle of Baton Rouge, his health, scurvy, food, water, fruit, the status of family and friends, and writing letters.
Camp Williams (La.), Baton Rouge (La.)
Letter from Abbie Freeman to Amori B. Cook dated January 26, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of family and friends on the front, family news, and camp life.
Camp Benton (St. Louis, Mo.), St. Louis (Mo.)
Letter from Mary Ann Ewing to Mack Ewing dated February 26, 1865. In this letter, she discusses smallpox and family news.
Letter from George H. Cook to Amori B. Cook dated December 24, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his health, witnessing a deserter execution, finances, and family news.
Franklin (Tenn.)
Letter from George Gordon to his wife, Carrie Gordon, dated November 24, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the health of friends, the movement of his regiment, local farming, and confederate money.
Fredericksburg (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated February 22, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, his opinions on McClellan and the war, finances, and slavery.
Camp Michigan (Va.)
Letter from Abbie Freeman to Amori B. Cook dated February 13, 1862. In this letter, she discusses family news, her health, the status of the regiment, and Camp Benton.
Camp Benton (St. Louis, Mo.), St. Louis (Mo.)
Letter from Giles B. Allen to his mother, Nancy Allen, dated July 2, [1862]. In this letter, he discusses the mail, the health of his regiment, the weather, and finances.
Baton Rouge (La.)
Letter from Samuel Mathews to his brother and sister dated October 2, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his health and the status of his regiment.
Letters from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated May 26, 1864 through May 30, 1864. In his letters, Ewing describes his stay in the hospital for dysentery, family members serving in the Civil War, the impending march to Richmond and camp life.
Richmond (Va.)
Letter from George Gordon to his wife, Carrie Gordon, dated November 16, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his regiment's movements and the status of family and friends.
Fayettesville (Va.)
Letter from William L. Vandyke to Amori B. Cook dated January 13, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his health, visiting, the status of his regiment, and the status of other members of the regiment.
Letter from Nan Ewing to Mack Ewing dated March 5, 1865 through March 6, 1865. In this letter, she discusses family news and Mack Ewing's exposure to smallpox.
Diary of Charles A. Gunn dated 1863. In this diary, he writes a poem to his mother, draws badges for himself and Arthur Gunn, discusses rations, finances, the weather, the railroad, his health, a circus, the Siege of Vicksburg, General Morgan, camp life, deaths in his regiment, the shooting of his horse (Dec 11), and the mail.
Letter from Myron Ganoung to Sarah Cook dated January 26, 1862. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, the weather, the measles, the mumps, burying a soldier, having his picture taken, his health, and his impressions of Paducah.
Paducah (Ky.)
Letter from George H. Cook to his brother, Amori B. Cook, dated February 27, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his health, picket duty, the weather, and the rumors of troop movement.
Franklin (Va.), Camp Franklin (Va.)
Letter from Daniel Halbert to his cousin, Maria Halbert, dated June 28, 1864. In this letter, he describes Vicksburg, Mississippi, working on the railroad, insects, fresh fruits and vegetables, sugarcane, and a smallpox outbreak.
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Letter from John Brooks to his daughter, Mary Jane Brooks, dated August 29, 1862. In this letter, he discusses yellow fever outbreaks, religion, the health status of his regiment, working in the hospital, and news from family and friends.
Key West (Fla.)
Letter from Giles Allen to his mother, Nancy Allen, dated February 11, [1862]. In this letter, he discusses recovering from the mumps, General Burnside capturing Roanoke Island, a sword presentation, the colonel of the regiment, gossip about the captain, finances, clothing, playing for his uniform, and his brother, George.
Baltimore (Md.), Roanoke Island (N.C.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated January 11, 1863. In this letter, he discusses the status of his regiment, winter quarters, food rations, religion, camp life, and the health of family members.
Letter from Jerome Kroll to his parents dated August 11, 1864. In this letter, he discusses his health and the health of others in the prison camp.
Danville (Va.)
Letter from William H.H. Cook to his brother, Amori B. Cook, dated November 21, 1861. In this letter, he discusses unloading hay and oats at camp, friends stationed at Camp Anderson, measles, his uniform, and guard duty. He also writes out the lyrics to "Dixie".
Camp Anderson (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Letter from Soloman Kroll to his parents dated ___ 11, 1861. In this letter, he discusses the hospital deserters, and enlisting.
Letter from Mack Ewing to Nan Ewing dated February 19, 1865. In this letter, Ewing discusses prostitutes visiting the hospital, his desire for a discharge, prayer meetings, and smallpox outbreaks in the hospital.
Satterlee U.S.A. General Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Letter from Amori B. Cook to William H.H. ("Henry") Cook dated March 27, 1862. In this letter, he discusses family news, Henry's health, making sugar, and their childhood. William H.H. Cook died March 24, 1862 of disease.
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his parents, dated June 1, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his health, nurse duty, his impressions of Yorktown, the birth of his niece, and finances.
Yorktown (Va.), Wheaton Hospital (Yorktown, Va.)
Letter from to David and Abby Lyons to Sarah Lyons dated January 26, 1862. In this letter they discuss finances and deaths and illnesses of family and friends.
Letter from William H.H. Cook to Amori B. Cook dated January 9, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his health, drills, horses, the weather, finances, and the status of friends on the front.
Camp Benton (St. Louis, Mo.), St. Louis (Mo.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated September 22, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, finances, and religion.
Arlington (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated October 15, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his father's health and his location.
Alexandria (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated September 15, 1862. In this letter, he discusses Emory's health, finances, his father's health, and his girlfriend, Emma.
Washington, D.C.
Letter from Emory Crane to his father, William Crane, dated April 2, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his father's health (including his father's visit to the "Indian doctor"), religion, the movements of his regiment, and visiting friends.
Camp Hamilton (Va.), Hampton (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his parents dated June 15, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his parents health, the family garden, and the Sabbath.
Yorktown (Va.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his sister-in-law, Hattie Crane, dated June 12, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his sister's health, the movements of his regiment, sightseeing around Washington, D.C., the camp, and camp life.
Washington, D.C.
Letters from William H.H. Cook and Joseph Cook to George H. Cook dated October 7, 1861. In the first letter, William H.H. Cook discusses George's health, visiting family, his furlough, and the status of his regiment. In the second letter, Joseph Cook discusses his health and visiting.
Riley (Mich.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his father, William Crane, dated August 23, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, supplies (including food and clothing), moving timber, family news.
Arlington (Va.)
Diary of a woman working for the U.S. Christian Commission, dated July 7, 1864-August 11, 1864 (apparently Mrs. O.M. Carrier). In the diary, she discusses movements, working in the hospital, visiting the wounded, religion, and working in the kitchen.
Letter from Giles B. Allen to his mother, Nancy Allen, dated June 26, 1861. In this letter, he discusses his health, rotten food, and friends from Saline visiting camp.
Detroit (Mich.), Fort Wayne (Detroit, Mich.), Saline (Mich.)
Letter from Myron Ganoung to Sarah Cook dated December 1, 1861. In this letter, he discusses the death of his son, soldier life, family life, family and community news, and measles in the camp.
Chicago (Ill.), Camp Douglas (Chicago, Ill.)
Letter from Giles B. Allen to his mother and sister dated January 6, 1862. In this letter, he discusses his health, camp life, the weather, sleighs, letter writing, and finances.
Baltimore (Md.)
Letter from Alphonso Crane to his parents dated February 6, 1863. In this letter, he discusses his father's health, the status of his regiment, leaving the winter camp, and finances.
1864 Civil War diary of George W. Myers dated January 1, 1864- December 31, 1864. In this diary, he describes everyday life within the regiment, the weather, attending a funeral, and participating in church services.
