Container / Location		Title
		Series I. Letters from various authors [series]:
1		Writer : C.F. Noething Writer's location : Belleville, IL Writer's Military Unit : Unknown Addressee : Brother Discusses Sexual Prowess (with three other family letters - no date, 8/31/61, 4/12/62). Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
1		Writer : Walter Writer's location : Nashville, TN Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, Unknown Addressee : Father A week after Ft Sumter, the South prepares for war. Number of pages : 2
1		Writer : Unsigned Writer's location : Pinckneyville, IL Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Sister Passionate patriotic letter - "Never no Never" (Partial letter). Number of pages : 4
1		Writer : Charles Ritner (Musician in Band) Writer's location : Washington Arsenal Grounds Writer's Military Unit : Union, Pennsylvania Volunteers Addressee : (Blank) Document - Discharge for severe homesickness. Number of pages : 1
1		Writer : Elmora Anthony Writer's location : Camp Trousdale, TN Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 7th Tennessee Infantry Addressee : Mother Wife has chosen to live with husband in camp. Number of pages : 5
1		Writer : Pvt. John G. Darling Writer's location : Washington, DC Writer's Military Unit : Union, 2nd New Hampshire Volunteers Addressee : Friend Dwight Describes Washington D.C. and speaks of his negro beauty. Number of pages : 4. Illustrated.
1		Writer : Wells C. Haynes Writer's location : Fairfax Court House, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 2nd New Hampshire Infantry Addressee : Wife Letter written on captured colorized bookplate. Number of pages : 2. Illustrated.
1		Writer : Thomas M.C. Hane Writer's location : Washington, DC Writer's Military Unit : Union, Company C 6th Regiment Addressee : Friend Dick Regarding battle of "First Bull Run" plus error printed envelope. Number of pages : 4 and envelope. Illustrated.
1		Writer : Chaplain Levi W. Norton Writer's location : Camp Caldwell, DE Writer's Military Unit : Union, 72 New York Infantry Addressee : Wife Chaplain's letter describes services with sketch of tents and map. Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
1		Writer : Charley Writer's location : Camp Union Writer's Military Unit : Union, 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Addressee : Wife "I go forth without fear of trembling" Number of pages : 3
1		Writer : Cadmus M. Amoss Writer's location : Camp Washington, Yorktown, VA Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, Cobbs Georgia Legion Addressee : Wife Witnesses his first storm at sea - War has set him and thousands of others, ten years behind in business. Number of pages : 4
1		Writer : A.A. Abernathy Writer's location : Bowling Green, KY Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, Unknown Addressee : Grandmother "It is not my desire to kill any man" Number of pages : 1
1		Writer : Francis W. Baker Writer's location : Falls Church, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Wife "Killed on their own soil by their own countrymen" Number of pages : 4
1		Writer : Pvt. Thomas Williams Writer's location : HQ 1st Regiment Writer's Military Unit : Union, 1st Regiment, New York Cavalry Addressee : Col. McReynolds Re: Charges against an officer for violent conduct. Number of pages : 3
1		Writer : Charles H. Mendell Writer's location : Annapolis, MD Writer's Military Unit : Union, 23rd Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers Addressee : My Kind Pastor One of the hardest temptations is a game of cards. Number of pages : 4
1		Writer : "C.C.N." Writer's location : Camp Benton, St. Louis, MO Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Wife Describes life in the barracks - Makeshift Thanksgiving feast (Lithographed letterhead) Number of pages : 4. Illustrated.
1		Writer : "A.K." Writer's location : Camp Barker, Cairo, IL Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Cousin Hattie Describes scouting in Missouri - "Battles are not fought without the loss of life and some must fall" Number of pages : 8
1		Writer : Capt. William B. Alexander Writer's location : Camp Andrew Writer's Military Unit : Union, 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Addressee : Wife Officer and slave talk sex. Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
1		Writer : 3rd Lt. William Nunnally Writer's location : Camp Ruffin, VA Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 13th NC Infantry Addressee : Brother Mentions baseball, visit to CSS Merrimack, getting drunk on eggnog, kite flying. Number of pages : 2
1		Writer : Mifflin Gilbert Writer's location : Camp Goodman Writer's Military Unit : Union, 28th PA. Infantry Volunteers Addressee : Sister Hide bottle of brandy in loaf of bread" Number of pages : 2 1/2. Illustrated.
1		Writer : E. Henry Writer's location : Camp Sorthumberland? Writer's Military Unit : Union, 96th PA Infantry Addressee : Father & Sisters Balloon Reconnaissance over Manassas (See also Balloon 2/27/63 and 6/18/63). Number of pages : 5
1		Writer : Pvt. George R. Baldwin Writer's location : Fort Scott, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, Co. C - 1st Connecticut, Heavy Artillery Addressee : Friend Ellery Whore House Escapades. Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
1		Writer : J. W. Austin Writer's location : New Madrid, MO Writer's Military Unit : Union, 5th Iowa Infantry Addressee : Brother, Sister, Father Damaging storm, cannonating at Island #10, soldiers being killed and injured playing with shells. Number of pages : 4
1		Writer : E.S. Reed Writer's location : City, NC Writer's Military Unit : Union, 23rd Massachusetts Regiment Addressee : Friend Fighting in knee deep mud. "I got struck twice with a ball" Number of pages : 4. Illustrated.
1		Writer : Hank Lamereaux Writer's location : New Bern, NC Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Brother Soldier struck by lightning. Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
1		Writer : Capt. John N.Wiedemyer Writer's location : Camp Churchill Clark, Corinth, MS Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 6th Missouri Infantry Addressee : Wife "Give one a patriot's grave but not a coward's name" Number of pages : 4
1		Writer : Unsigned Writer's location : Camp No. 7, near Corinth, MS Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Wife Soldiers prick their ears only when bulldogs (cannons) bark. Regiment issued new clothing. Number of pages : 4. Illustrated.
1		Writer : Capt. John M. Huntington Writer's location : Clarksburg, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 86th Regiment Ohio Volunteers Addressee : (Blank) Whimsical Civil War Broadside Number of pages : 1
1		Writer : Pvt. Isaac Newton Writer's location : Ft Morgan, N&C RR, TN Writer's Military Unit : Union, 37th Illinois Infantry Addressee : Sister Soldiers falling in love with locals - Trading salt and coffee for whiskey with rebels - deer hunt - (Original drawing on masthead) (See also Trading 6/25/63, 7/20/63, 8/10/64, 12/18/64). Number of pages : 4
1		Writer : Col. J. A. Mulligan Writer's location : Camp Comiskey, New Creek, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 23rd Illinois Volunteers Addressee : Major Naughton "It is sad to think that through all this quiet and magnificence ... there shall be blows and blood and ruin" Number of pages : 3
1		Writer : Daniel Davis Writer's location : Near Culpepper C.H., VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 46th Pennsylvania Volunteers Addressee : Brother Re: Counterfeit Confederate Notes Number of pages : 3
1		Writer : Major Clark S. Edwards Writer's location : HQ, Harrison Landing, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 5th Maine Infantry Addressee : Wife Midnight artillary battle - "Had a merry drunk" Number of pages : 5 and envelope.
1		Writer : C.S. Graham Writer's location : Heyworth Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Brother Town buys a flag for its soldiers going off to war. Number of pages : 1 1/2
1		Writer : Rebecca Wiswell Writer's location : Georgetown Seminary Hospital Writer's Military Unit : Union, Nurse Addressee : Friend Union nurse writes of a soldier's death after Antietam (See also Nurse 9/29/63). Number of pages : 4
1		Writer : Pvt. Edward J. Rinebold Writer's location : VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 141st Pennsylvania Volunteers Addressee : Friend Soldier shoots himself in foot to try to get a discharge. Number of pages : 4 and envelope. Illustrated.
1		Writer : E.T. Austin (sister of soldier) Writer's location : Unknown Writer's Military Unit : N/A, Civilian Addressee : Zadak Austin, 5th Battalion, NY Infantry How the brave soldier was wounded at Antietam. Number of pages : 4
1		Writer : Pvt. Luther F. Davis Writer's location : Near Perryville, KY Writer's Military Unit : Union, Ohio 121st Infantry Addressee : Brother Describes "camp houses" and drilling Number of pages : 3 and envelope. Illustrated.
1		Writer : Samuel F. Emerson Writer's location : Near Leesberg, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 3rd Maine Infantry Addressee : Father "I have already fought on seven different battlefields and I have seen enough" Number of pages : 2
1		Writer : J.J. Campbell Writer's location : Brooke's Station, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 42nd Pennsylvania Regiment Addressee : Friend Describes foraging for food in a pig pen. Number of pages : 4
1		Writer : C.R.P. Rogers Writer's location : Port Royal Writer's Military Unit : Union, U.S.S. Wabash Addressee : Son Father writes a moral code for his son. Number of pages : 4
1		Writer : Pvt. Joseph H. Capen Writer's location : Camp Stevenson, Newbern Writer's Military Unit : Union, 44th Massachusetts Infantry Addressee : Parents and Brother Lengthy description of all types of camp daily activities. Number of pages : 20 and envelope.
1		Writer : Sgt. Lewis Sims Writer's location : Fort Pickeren near Memphis Writer's Military Unit : Union, 89th Indiana Infantry Addressee : Wife In a state of alarm, waiting to do battle with the rebels - mentions he is teaching a slave boy to read and write. Number of pages : 8
1		Writer : Pvt. Albert C. Pray Writer's location : Fort Schuyler, NY Writer's Military Unit : Union, 20th Maine Infantry Addressee : Brothers and Sister Comments on the war and on politicians and generals - Discusses forced march, Battle of South Mountain. Number of pages : 10 and envelope.
2		Writer : Capt. Chief Quartermaster Charles G. Sawtelle Writer's location : Stafford Heights, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 2nd Corps. Army of Potomac Addressee : My dear Aurell Officer apologizes for getting drunk (Name signed in artwork). Number of pages : 2
2		Writer : J.C. Williams Writer's location : Unknown Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 7th South Carolina Addressee : Parents Snowball fight (See also Snowball 2/27/63). Number of pages : 2
2		Writer : Lewis Writer's location : Near Murfreesboro, TN Writer's Military Unit : Union, 3rd Brigade 3rd Division 20th Army Corps Addressee : Hettie Describes a tour of the picket lines and the devastation around them - Plus slave story. Number of pages : 5 and envelope.
2		Writer : William S. Campbell Writer's location : Near Fredericksburg, VA Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 5th Alabama Infantry Addressee : Bill Snowball fight. Yankee balloons - "Fight them to the last" . Number of pages : 6
2		Writer : Capt. Watson Sloan Writer's location : Headquarters Picket Post No. 4 Clarksville, TN Writer's Military Unit : Union, 102nd Regiment Ohio Addressee : Friends at Home Acts as a steamboat guard - using black labor for construction - a false alarm calls the regiment out to battle. Number of pages : 8 and envelope.
2		Writer : "M" (a woman) Writer's location : New Orleans, LA Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, Unknown Addressee : Friend Battle of the Parasols. Number of pages : 14
2		Writer : Capt. John M. Weidemeyer Writer's location : Camp at Grand Gulf Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 6th Missouri Infantry Addressee : Wife Love Letter . Number of pages : 4
2		Writer : Sgt. J.E. Wallis Writer's location : Galveston, TX Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 20th Texas Regiment Addressee : Wife Battle of Big Brothel. Number of pages : 2 and envelope.
2		Writer : Brother George Writer's location : Camp near Stafford C.H. VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 11th Corps Addressee : Sister Lincoln reviews the troops - "He looks haggard and careworn". Number of pages : 4
2		Writer : Pvt. Nathan Hallock Writer's location : Near Falmouth, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 124th New York Infantry Addressee : Father "The President looks very careworn" - Review of corps by Pres. Lincoln and Gen. Hooker Number of pages : 2
2		Writer : Dennis Tuttle Writer's location : Camp Donna, Isabella, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Wife A union corporal gives birth on the picket line. Number of pages : 4 1/2
2		Writer : S.C. Wilkerson (?) Writer's location : Allisona, TN Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 18th Alabama Regiment Addressee : Wife A loving letter. Number of pages : 4
2		Writer : Lt. Martin Miller Writer's location : McNairy Station, TN Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Sister Crossing Great Bear Creek - Ladies chew and smoke tobacco and have very large feet! Number of pages : 3 1/4
2		Writer : Corporal Roland J. Cook Writer's location : Bell Buckle, TN Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 2nd Arkansas Infantry Addressee : Cousin Discusses Negroes being carried off and conscripted by the Federals. Number of pages : 3
2		Writer : H.R. Doud Writer's location : Camp at Banks Ford Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Friend "The rebs throwed shells at our balloon but did not hit it". Number of pages : 2 and envelope.
2		Writer : David M. Cushing Writer's location : Near Port Hudson Writer's Military Unit : Union, 53rd Massachusetts Infantry Addressee : Brother Yanks and rebels sing - Flag of truce. Number of pages : 2 and envelope.
2		Writer : "Benby" Writer's location : Port Hudson Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Brother & Sister Fort Hudson surrenders-Rebels might have held on if they had not faced starvation. Number of pages : 4
2		Writer : Pvt. John Black Writer's location : Sharpsburg Ford, Potomac River Writer's Military Unit : Union, 12 Penn. Cavalry Addressee : My loving Friend Union chats with Confederates and gives them whiskey after Battle of Gettysburg. Number of pages : 3
2		Writer : Herbert Writer's location : Union City, TN Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Mother Excellent commentary on slavery and its ramifications. Number of pages : 4
2		Writer : Sgt. Sampson J.D. Whiteman Writer's location : Newbern, NC Writer's Military Unit : Union, 3rd New York Cavalry Addressee : Cousin All male cotillion- Advice on associating with friends. Number of pages : 8 and envelope.
2		Writer : Edward Henry Writer's location : New Baltimore, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 96th Pennsylvania Infantry Addressee : Sister Drummed out of the Regiment. Number of pages : 4
2		Writer : Dr. Fossard Writer's location : Near Culpepper C.H., VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 146th Regiment New York Volunteers Addressee : Dan (?) Union surgeon and his lady of easy virtue. Number of pages : 3
2		Writer : Phebe J. Parker Writer's location : Washington, DC Writer's Military Unit : Union, Nurse Addressee : Brother Civil War Nurse discusses nursing activities, touring Washington and seeing Pres. Lincoln (See also Nurse 9/20/62). Number of pages : 2 and envelope.
2		Writer : Capt. A.W. Alvord Writer's location : Camp Austin, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 109th New York Volunteers Addressee : Adjutant Jewett Pleading for Whiskey-with response by Jewett on verso. Number of pages : 1
2		Writer : James W. Bartlett Writer's location : Blain's Cross Roads, TN Writer's Military Unit : Union, 35th Massachusetts Infantry Addressee : Wife First use of barbed wire-soldiers wearing all kinds of clothing, including women's. Number of pages : 6
2		Writer : Qtrmaster J.F. Andrews Writer's location : Washington, DC Writer's Military Unit : Union, 1st Rhode Island Cavalry Addressee : Wife Lincoln's New Year's Reception. Number of pages : 4 and illustrated envelope. Illustrated.
2		Writer : Pvt. Lewis Josselyn Writer's location : Baton Rouge, LA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 38th Massachusetts Infantry Addressee : Mother Going to a "nigger ball" Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
2		Writer : Corp. Arthur M. Stone Writer's location : Cumberland, MD Writer's Military Unit : Union, 34th Massachusetts Infantry Addressee : Mother Drunk soldier claims he was captured by the Confederates Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
2		Writer : Col. Charles W. Drew Writer's location : Port Hudson Writer's Military Unit : Union, 4th Infantry Corps d'Afrique Addressee : Col. Charles Dwight Hanky Panky in the Corps d'Afrique Number of pages : 6 1/4 and envelope.
2		Writer : Pvt. Benjamin M. Florence Writer's location : Unknown Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 17th Virginia Infantry Addressee : Miss Ellen Love letter home. Number of pages : 2
2		Writer : A.A. Winn Writer's location : Madison Station, VA Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, Unknown Addressee : Father Fighting sham battle-Plus second brief undated letter. Number of pages : 6
2		Writer : Capt. Charles R. Taylor Writer's location : Grove Church, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 2nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Addressee : Col. Taylor Pertaining to woman coming into lines with information on CSA troops in the area. Number of pages : 1
2		Writer : Peleg Bradford Writer's location : Fort Sumner, MD Writer's Military Unit : Union, 1st Maine Artillary Addressee : Dearest Friend Love letter to "Cynth" McPherson (See also Love Letters 3/27/63, 5/7/63, 3/18/64, 7/2/64, 7/27/64, 10/26/64, 10/27/64). Number of pages : 2 and envelope.
2		Writer : Pvt. John M. Lovejoy Writer's location : Near Spotsylvania Court House, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 121st New York Infantry Addressee : Mother Battle of Spotsylvania - " a ball came so near to my head that I was knocked down by the concussion of air" Number of pages : 4
2		Writer : Pvt. Henry Webb Writer's location : Point Lookout Prison, MD Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 50th Virginia Infantry Addressee : Mrs. Smiley Two remarkable letters written to the mother of a soldier Webb killed at the Battle of the Wilderness - Written on pages taken from a book. Number of pages : 2
2		Writer : Lewis Hanback Writer's location : Camp on Good Hope Battlefield Writer's Military Unit : Union, 27th Illinois Infantry Addressee : Darling Hettie Confederate soldier jumps into Yankee rifle pits - "How are you Yanks?" Number of pages : 3 and envelope.
2		Writer : Major Thomas Morris Writer's location : In the field near Dallas, GA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 111th Ohio Volunteers Addressee : Mother Recounts the horrors of war and the tragic death of his brother. Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
2		Writer : Capt. Frederick B. Doten Writer's location : Hdqtrs Third Brigade Writer's Military Unit : Union, 14th Connecticut Infantry Addressee : Darling Georgie First two pages love letters to Georgie Welles. Picket firing ceases by mutual consent so that both sides can cook their cakes and coffee. Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
2		Writer : C.C. Mobley Writer's location : Division Hospital near Petersburg Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 43rd Alabama Infantry Addressee : Wife Written on Union Morning Report Form - Prepared to meet death and God - Mails delayed - Paid 50 cents for this sheet of paper and much more. Number of pages : 2. Illustrated.
2		Writer : Thomas Jefferson Campbell (C ) Writer's location : Near Berryville, VA Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 48th Virginia Infantry Addressee : Cousin Written on captured Union song sheet - has marched over 500 miles - unit has barely enough men for a color guard. Number of pages : 2 and envelope. Illustrated.
2		Writer : Unknown Soldier - Job Writer's location : Triana, AL Writer's Military Unit : Unknown Addressee : Flora Refers to "I don't have any inclination whatever of dying" - Talks about "What a fine thing letter writing is" - Mentions his loving attachment to Flora. Number of pages : 4
2		Writer : Nason B. Will Writer's location : Camp 12th VA, Sussex County, VA Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 12th Virginia Cavalry Addressee : Cousin Women can fight with broomsticks, flat irons, butcher knives, etc. Number of pages : 2 and envelope.
2		Writer : George B. Noyes Writer's location : Deep Bottom, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 11th Maine Infantry Addressee : Friend Emery The regiment that never runs. "Honor lies on the field and disgrace in the gutter" Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
3		Writer : Joseph Henry Pierce Writer's location : Before Petersburg Writer's Military Unit : Union, 36th Massachusetts Infantry Addressee : Friend Many of the officers were known to be drunk at the Battle of Crater. Number of pages : 4
3		Writer : Pvt. Ezra P. Prentice Writer's location : Camp near Petersburg Writer's Military Unit : Union, 5th New York Veteran Volunteers Infantry Addressee : Mother Life on the picket lines-Trading with the Rebels. Number of pages : 3
3		Writer : Parris M Lauw Writer's location : Berryville, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 18th Connecticut Infantry Addressee : Wife Pertaining to the guerrillas operating in the area and tactics against them. Number of pages : 4
3		Writer : Ensign J. Louis Harris Writer's location : Off Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay Writer's Military Unit : Union, U.S.S. Chickasaw Addressee : Dear Emmie Fighting on board the ironclad "Chickasaw". Number of pages : 4
3		Writer : F. H. Bond Writer's location : Fort Federal Hill Baltimore, MD Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Mother John Brown-Rebel prisoners-Other war content. Number of pages : 4. Illustrated.
3		Writer : Asst Surgeon C. James Terrell Writer's location : East View? Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, Unknown Addressee : General William Taliaferro Prays for victory and the relief of POWs - Mentions many taking the oath of allegiance to the U.S. Number of pages : 4
3		Writer : Edward H. Daugherty Writer's location : Pine Bluff, AR Writer's Military Unit : Union, 28th Wisconsin Addressee : Brother Fighting rebels in Arkansas and hanging a Confederate spy. Number of pages : 4
3		Writer : Matthew McCann Writer's location : Camp before Petersburg Writer's Military Unit : Union, 132nd Regiment Addressee : Wife and Child Fraternization - Pickets negotiate a cease fire at the front. Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
3		Writer : N. Palmer Writer's location : Martinsburg, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Parents Description of camp life prior to battle. Number of pages : 3. Illustrated.
3		Writer : "ALR" Writer's location : Fort Hayes, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Brother Patriotic letter - "In order to preserve this union unsullied and untarnished, slavery must become extinct" Number of pages : 3. Illustrated.
3		Writer : Robert Taylor Writer's location : Camp Casey Washington DC Writer's Military Unit : Union, 45th Pennsylvania Regiment Co. B Addressee : Miss Rachel Ziza Love Letter comments, see letter below from 10/27/1864 - 1. Seems that Haws wrote the letter for Taylor. 2. Both letters seem to be written in the same hand. 3. Both women live in Yelaington, Davis County, KY. 4. Both men are in the 45th PA Regiment. 5. Poetry is the same in both letters. Number of pages : 3 and envelope.
3		Writer : Thorton Haws Writer's location : Camp Casey Washington DC Writer's Military Unit : Union, 45th Pennsylvania Regiment Co. B Addressee : Miss Pegga Taylor Love Letter comments, see letter above from 10/26/1864 - 1. Seems that Haws wrote the letter for Taylor. 2. Both letters seem to be written in the same hand. 3. Both women live in Yelaington, Davis County, KY. 4. Both men are in the 45th PA Regiment. 5. Poetry is the same in both letters. Number of pages : 3 and envelope.
3		Writer : Pvt. James E. Russell Writer's location : Point Lookout, MD Writer's Military Unit : Union, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry Addressee : Friend Mr. Okson Colored cavalryman warns the rebels that the black Yankees are coming. Number of pages : 4. Illustrated.
3		Writer : Edward Minnie (?) Writer's location : Before Petersburg, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Miss. Mary Marsh Trading sugar and coffee for tobacco - also trading hats for rebel caps. Number of pages : 3 and envelope.
3		Writer : 2nd Lt. Charles W. Smith Writer's location : Near Petersbury, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 1st Connecticut Artillery Addressee : Miss Emma Leach Yankee deserts to the rebels. Number of pages : 3 1/2 and envelope.
3		Writer : Capt. S. Boyer Davis Writer's location : Johnson's Island, OH Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, Unknown Addressee : My Dear Friends POW letter written the night before Davis was to be hanged as a spy. Number of pages : 1
3		Writer : Pvt. E.A. Klipstein Writer's location : Camp 8th VA Regiment Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 8th Virginia Infantry Addressee : Son James Goose shoot between Yankee and Confederate soldiers. Number of pages : 2
3		Writer : James Henderson Writer's location : Camp 67th, OH Writer's Military Unit : Union, 67th Ohio Infantry Addressee : Brother and Sister Exchange papers with rebels - Rebels keep constant firing at night to prevent desertions but they still occur. Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
3		Writer : William H. Green Writer's location : Nashville, TN Writer's Military Unit : Union, 45th New York Volunteers Addressee : Father and Mother Tenessee women spit tobacco and smoke cigars - 14 year old deserter. Number of pages : 4
3		Writer : H.D. Burr Writer's location : On the Weldon Road Writer's Military Unit : Union, 2nd Connecticut Artillery Addressee : Sister "What an ocean of blood it has taken to wipe out the stain of slavery" Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
3		Writer : Pvt. Charles B. Church Writer's location : Camp near Petersburg, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 122nd Ohio Infantry Addressee : Parents Description of an execution. Number of pages : 3 and envelope. Illustrated.
3		Writer : Samuel L. Graham Writer's location : Aunt Fanny Daniel's House Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 34th Virginia Infantry Addressee : Cousins Evacuation and fall of Richmond. Number of pages : 4
3		Writer : Charles L. Fales Writer's location : Near Clover Hill (Appomattox 30 miles from Lynchburg, VA) Writer's Military Unit : Union, 11th Massachusetts. Volunteers Addressee : Sister Lee's surrender. Number of pages : 4. Illustrated.
3		Writer : Col. William McArthur Writer's location : Near Appomattox Courthouse in the field, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 8th Maine Volunteers Addressee : Father Lee's surrender. Number of pages : 3 1/2
3		Writer : Corp. Patrick Murphy Writer's location : Camp near Burksville, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, Unknown Addressee : Uncle and Aunt Lee's Surrender and Lincoln's Assassination. Number of pages : 3. Illustrated.
3		Writer : Capt. Samuel C. Pierce Writer's location : Suffolk, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 3rd New York Cavalry Addressee : Dearest Ellen Lincoln's Assassination. Number of pages : 8
3		Writer : Corp. Arthur M. Stone Writer's location : Richmond, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 34th Massachusetts Infantry Addressee : Mother Surrender of Johnston - Assassination of Lincoln - Appomattox captured flags sent to Washington, DC. Number of pages : 4 and envelope.
3		Writer : L.A. Jobe Writer's location : Gainsville, AL Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, 9th Mississippi Cavalry Addressee : Dearest Kate Surrender of General Canby and General Johnston. Number of pages : 3 1/2
3		Writer : Col. William McArthur Writer's location : Near Richmond, VA Writer's Military Unit : Union, 8th Maine Volunteers Addressee : Father War's End. Number of pages : 2
3		Writer : John Allen Writer's location : Hoffman House, NY Writer's Military Unit : N/A, Civilian Addressee : Nephew "What an eventful month has been the last in the history of the nation" - mentions surrender of Lee and assassination of Lincoln. Number of pages : 4
3		Writer : Thomas J. Moore Writer's location : U.S. Military Prison Johnson's Island, OH Writer's Military Unit : Confederate, Unknown Addressee : Cousin Confederate prisoner hates to take The Oath of Allegiance. Number of pages : 1
3		Writer : Pvt. Charles W. Wall Writer's location : Washington, DC Writer's Military Unit : Union, New York Volunteers Addressee : Capt. William Morgan Requests leniency for having insulted the captain while drunk. Number of pages : 2 1/2
3		Writer : Frank Writer's location : Brooklyn, NY Writer's Military Unit : N/A, Probably a Civilian Addressee : Mrs. Morehouse "If anyone has wrongs to correct, the ballot box is the place to do it and not the battlefield" Number of pages : 3 and envelope.