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In their own words . . . Nothing can replace the excitement of reading the actual words from Civil War soldiers and civilians writing their loved ones.
Read the actual words of soldiers excerpted from diaries, journals and letters.

| Date Posted | Title | | December 27, 2005 |
How bitter it does make my heart to think of it. |
| December 27, 2005 |
. . . . in order to capture Atlanta. |
| December 27, 2005 |
I am constantly under fire . . . . |
| December 26, 2005 |
Lee's entire army surrendered to Grant and . . . |
| March 29, 2005 |
Union soldier writes of Fort Donelson engagement |
| March 17, 2005 |
J.T. Groff writes to brother days after enlisting in the 127th PA |
| March 11, 2005 |
8th Connecticut , Co.C., Pvt. Cyrus B. Harrington, writes about battle of New Berne, NC. |
| March 11, 2005 |
Diary entries of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, 2nd R.I. Volunteers |
| March 10, 2005 |
Chaplain Richard L. Howard, 124th ILL Inf - letter 10/7/64 |
| March 10, 2005 |
James Wren, 48th PA, (Captain) diary account of the Battle of New Bern |
| March 09, 2005 |
Diary belonging to William W. Taylor, 11th Wisconsin Infantry, dies of disease |
| March 09, 2005 |
Union Surgeon Edwin Dawson Buckman, 98th PA, writes letter on May 9th, 1863 |
| March 02, 2005 |
Army Nurses (poem) |
| March 01, 2005 |
Alfred E. Waldo, Company E, 35th Mass., letters |
| March 01, 2005 |
Charles W. Hill, 5th Mass., Tintype and Letter |
| February 25, 2005 |
Sgt. John Webster Madison, Co. A. 28th Alabama Infantry on September 28, 1863 |
| February 17, 2005 |
Soldier Boy - an excerpt from a chaplain's diary (58th Indiana) |
| February 13, 2005 |
August 1, 1863; letter from Henry C. Marsh, Hospital Steward 19th Ind. |
| February 10, 2005 |
Sgt. John D. Femly, 14th PA Cavalry - letter |
| February 10, 2005 |
July 9, 1863 letter from Capt. John Thomas James (C.S.A.), 11th Regiment Virginia Volunteers. |
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