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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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