123rd New York Infantry soldier (Martin) writes of Battle of Peachtree Creek

HQ, 1st Div. supply train, 3 miles north of Atlanta, Ga. 7/23/64 Martin writes: “…The regiment was in a fight the 20th and lost heavily…

126th New York Infantrymen writes from Petersburg, lacks confidence in Grant

126th N.Y. INF. ALS, (Youngs), HQ, 2nd Corps in the eld near Petersburg, Va. 7/14 & 16/64 writes mother pert to Rebel invasion of Md.

21st Pennsylvania Cavalry soldier writes of Cold Harbor and Petersburg (June 1864)

[Original letter] HQ, Co. I, 21st P.V. Cav., front line of battle in front of Petersburg (June 1864) Soldier – McMellen “Joined the Army of

A Quaker, Kirkbride Taylor is wounded at Petersburg, June 1864

Growing up in a Quaker household in Northern Virginia, Kirkbride Taylor respected peaceful principles. But after war divided the country, he set aside his medical

Fort Pillow, April 12, 1864

In April 1864, the Union garrison at Fort Pillow, a Confederate-built earthen fortification and a Union-built inner redoubt, overlooking the Mississippi River about forty river

Dandridge, January 17, 1864

Union forces under Maj. Gen. John G. Parke advanced on Dandridge, Tennessee, near the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad, on January 14, forcing Lt. Gen.