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Letters Home From The Civil War
This section is dedicated to the words of those brave men and women who participated in the American Civil War and shared their experiences with friends and loved ones through the written word.
All letters archived at this site are authentic and have not been edited by me in any way. If you have a letter or series of letters that were written during the Civil War, please consider submitting them for inclusion on this site. You can get more information on my Submissions Page.
Regiment Identification (Alphabetical) Soldier's Name Internal or External Link 1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery, Company A
Private George F. Elliott Jr (Artificer) (3 letters) Internal 2nd Lieutenant James P. Elliott (3 letter) Internal Private Halsey Bartlett KIA on 6/17/64 at Bermuda Hundred, VA (1 letter) Internal Private William Norton (1 letter) Internal George W. Johnson, Jr. (1 letter) Internal Captain Henry C. Kellogg (2 letters) Internal Private John K. Ingle (2 letters) Internal Private Joseph Saberton (20 letters) Internal Private Robert W. Christie (1 letter) Internal Private John Harvey Grable (2 letters) Internal Private John Miller (34 letters) Internal Colonel Robert Hudson (1 letter) Internal Assistant Surgeon Seneca B. Thrall (44 letters) Internal Private Newton Robert Scott (16 letters) External Private Dirk Keppel KIA on 4/16/1862 at Wilmington Island, GA (14 letters) Internal Private William H. Walton Died of wounds on 7/21/1864 (1 letter) Internal Sergeant H. B. Morrison (1 letter) Internal Artificer Franklin Moore (2 letters) Internal Captain Frederick E. Ranger (3 letters) Internal Surgeon Napoleon B. Brisbine (2 letters) External Private William Henry Harrison Canter (1 letter) Internal Private Josiah Reed (7 letters) Internal James Hemphill Maclay Internal Private Isaac Oliver (1 letter) Internal Sergeant John T. Greer (1 letter) Internal Private James Powers (1 letter) Internal 5th Alabama Infantry, Company D
Private Richard H. Adams (POW Letters) External Zachariah H. J. Benefield (1 letter) Internal Private Thomas Jefferson Wright (1 letter) Internal Colonel Abram Fulkerson, Jr. (3 letters) External 2nd Sergeant John A. Ervine (1 letter) External Lieutenant Colonel Clayton G. Coleman (2 letters) External Lieutenant Colonel William Weldon Bentley (1 letter) External 3rd Sergeant John Garibaldi (38 letters) External Colonel Samuel V. Fulkerson (8 letters) External Captain Samuel S. Brooke (2 letters) External Private Joseph Milton Elkins (3 letters) Internal Private Henry H. Dedrick (19 letters) External Robert H. Campbell and Charles Varner (8 letters) External
