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A Close Shave in the U.S. Civil War - http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/jrose/hingley/civil.htm
Memoirs of Nova Scotian Samuel James Hingley, who served in 3rd Regiment Infantry, New Hampshire Volunteers, and was wounded in General Butler's Bermuda Hundred Campaign.

Adventures of Harvey Hogue - http://www.cartania.com/history/harvey1.html
Tales of a soldier in the Ohio 115th including a harrowing escape from Andersonville.

Albert Underwood Civil War Diary - http://dcwi.com/~dave/underwood.html
The Civil War diary of Albert Underwood of Annapolis, Park County, Indiana. It covers Jan 1, 1864 thru Jan 11, 1865.

Alice Williamson Diary - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/williamson/
This diary of a Tennessee schoolgirl chronicles life during the Civil War.

American Civil War Collection - http://etext.virginia.edu/civilwar/
Civil War letters and diary entries include transcriptions and digital images of the manuscripts.

B. R. A. Scott: Memoirs of the Civil War - http://home.swbell.net/mck9/brascott
Never before published, these memoirs may be of interest to historians, genealogists and Civil War buffs.

Basil H. Messler Diary - http://www.augustana.edu/library/SpecialCollections/special/Messler/index1.html
Entries, February 27 1864 to January 30 1865, from the diary of Basil H. Messler (Mississippi Marine Brigade).

Capt. Richard W. Burt 76th Ohio Infantry - http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~lstevens/burt/
Civil War letters and poems from R.W. Burt.

Civil War Letters of Edward Nicholas Boots - http://home.att.net/~edboots/edwardnboots.htm
These letters, being passed down through my family, are presented here in the hopes of a better understanding of the life of a Christian Soldier in the Civil War.

Civil War Letters of John Alexander Ritter, M.D. - http://gwillritter.tripod.com/
Letters from a doctor while serving as Regimental Surgeon in the 49th Indiana Volunteers from 1861 to 1863. Written during the regiment's campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Civil War Memories - http://www2.dmci.net/users/bmacd/
Robert C. Carden was born in Coffee County, Tennessee on July 4, 1843, the youngest of the five children of Reuben and Sarah (nee' Henry) Carden. On May 23, 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at Manchester.

David Emmons Johnston, 1845-1917 - http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/johnstond/johnston.html
The story of a Confederate boy in the Civil War, by David Emmons Johnston, 1845-1917.

Diary Henry Carl Ketzle Illinois Infantry - http://www.ketzle.com/diary/
Diary of the 37th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, Company B, covering enlistment in July 1861 to muster out in May 1866. Battle of Pea Ridge included.

Diary of James Laughlin Orr - http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/gen/civwdiar.html
Entries (November-December 1864) from the diary of Lt. James Orr, 42nd Indiana Regiment.

Dwight Henry Cory - http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lovelace/cory.htm
Civil War letters and diary of Dwight Henry Cory, 6th OH Volunteer Cavalry.

E.S.C. Robertson Civil War Biography - http://lonestar.texas.net/~mdmclean/ESCR_WAR_BIO.HTML
Excerpts from the Robertson Colony Collection at the University of Texas at Arlington.

G.D. Molineaux Diary - http://www.augustana.edu/library/SpecialCollections/special/diaries/diary.html
Civil War diary of the Illinois volunteer G.D. Molineaux, as well as the movements of his unit.

Galutia York - http://library.morrisville.edu/local_history/civil_war/
Civil War letters of Galutia York, 114th New York State Volunteer Infantry.

George W. Ervay Diary - http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ervay.html
Excerpt from the diary of George W. Ervay of Stockton's Independent Volunteers.

History and Description of the Voyage of Peter Wiegand - ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/il/macoupin/war/m_diary.txt
The diary of Peter Wiegand, 97th Illinois Infantry, Company A, begins on the 6th day of August, 1862. Contributed by his descendant, Edward Wiegand.

In a Charge Near Fort Hell - http://www.genealogy.com/users/r/i/d/Herbert-A-Rideout/FILE/0001text.txt
An account by Captain Thomas P. Beals describing operations near Fort Sedgwick in 1864.

Iowa Civil War Page-Letters, Journals, Diaries and Oral Accounts - http://www.alaska.net/~design/civilwar/index.html
A variety of manuscripts by Iowa residents and units.

James B. Lockney, Wisconsin 28th Regiment, Company G - http://pws.cablespeed.com/~jshirey/CivilWar/
Two of the original Civil War diaries are in the possession of his great granddaughter Mary Lockney of Brookfield, Wisconsin and his complete works are at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin in Madison, WI.

James Franklin Freeman - http://www.angelfire.com/nc2/ku4jz/civilwar/22ndnc/index.html
The story of James Franklin Freeman, 22nd NC Regiment.

John Allan Wyeth, 1845-1922. - http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/wyeth/wyeth.html
"With sabre and scalpel; the Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon", Memoirs of doctor and Confederate soldier John Allan Wyeth. Full scanned text, part of a project by the U. of N. Carolina.

Journal of Andrew Jackson Nickell - http://www.angelfire.com/il/thecivilwarjournal/
Text from the war diary of Andrew Nickell of the 114th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Jubal Anderson Early - http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/early/early.html
Autobiographical sketch and narrative of the War between the States, by Jubal Anderson Early, 1816-1894. Full text scanned from original.

Juckett Family Civil War Letters - http://www.thejucketts.com/
Letters written by A.J. Juckett while serving with the 2d Michigan Infantry during the Civil War.

Letters Home from an Iowa Soldier - http://www.civilwarletters.com
These letters are part of a collection written by Newton Robert Scott, Private, Company A, of the 36th Infantry, Iowa Volunteers, during the American Civil War.

Letters of the Harvard Regiment - http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mmd5f/letters_of_the_harvard_regiment.htm
Extensive transcriptions of letters from members of the 20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment.

Levi Pennington Letters - http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/levi.html
Letter, dated December 9, 1862, from Lt. Levi Pennington.

Newton Robert Scott - http://www.civilwarletters.com/home.html
Letters from Private Newton Robert Scott, 36th Infantry Iowa Volunteers, during the American Civil War.

Primary Sources of New York Soldiers and Nurses - http://library.morrisville.edu/local_history/sites/letters/
Letters, diaries, reminiscences, and manuscripts of New York soldiers and nurses during the Civil War.

Private Jefferson Moses - http://www.ioweb.com/civilwar/
Contains the Civil War diary, memoirs, photographs, and other memorabilia of Private Jefferson Moses, Company G, 93rd Illinois Volunteers.

Randolph Harrison McKim, 1842-1920. - http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/mckim/menu.html
A soldier's recollections from the diary of a young Confederate.

Reminiscences of the Nineteenth Massachusetts Regiment. - http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/Mass19.html
The memories of Capt. John G. B. Adams, written on behalf of his regiment.

Revealing Family Ancestry: The Civil War - http://www.hal-pc.org/~jsb/page11.html
Letters saved by Margaret Slagg of Michigan, whose brothers served in the Union army.

Robert C. Cardin, Company B, 16th Tennessee Infantry - http://www2.dmci.net/users/bmacd/default.htm
Memories about how a boy of seventeen went to war, what he saw and some of his experiences.

Robert K. Byrd - http://www.roanetn.com/cwletter.htm
Letter from Robert K. Byrd (Col. 1st East Tenn. Volunteers) to Henry J. Welcker (commander of Welcker's Cavalry), May 24, 1862.

Rose O'Neal Greenhow, 1814-1864 - http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/greenhow/menu.html
In this 1863 autobiography, the Washington, D.C., socialite and Confederate spy told her story and gave her view of contemporary events.

Samuel S. Dunton Civil War Letters - http://home.pacbell.net/dunton/SSDletters.html
Letters from Samuel S. Dunton, 114th New York Infantry.

Schoff CivilWar Collections - http://www.clements.umich.edu/Schoff.html
Contains manuscript, photographic and printed materials relating to all phases of the American Civil War.

Speech -- Augustus M. Erwin - http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/Erwin_Speech.html
Speech written by Augustus M. Erwin, Captain, Co. E. 117th Reg't. N.Y. Infantry, which includes some of his war recollections.

Strieby Family Civil War Letters - http://home.att.net/~cwletters/
Among the scanned images of the original letters written to and from Indiana, is a rare letter that includes information about the surrender of Lee and news of Lincoln's death.

The Calvin Shedd Papers - http://www.library.miami.edu/archives/shedd/index.htm
Letters written by Calvin Shedd, a carpenter from New Hampshire, who enlisted in the 7th Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers and served the Union Army.

The Civil War Diary of O.T. Wright, 14th Indiana - http://otw-civilwardiary.blogspot.com/
These are the civil war adventures of Owen Thomas Wright. It covers his being one of the first to answer Lincoln's call, to the front lines of major battles, through his attempts to escape Confederate captors from Andersonville.

The Civil War Letters of Jakob Weiss - http://www.shasta.com/suesgoodco/jakob/
Translated text and service record of Jakob Weiss (Jacob Wise) 107 Ohio Infantry, Co D. Includes images of original letters as written in German.

The Diary of Miss Virginia J. Miller - http://www.mileslehane.com/diary.html
This diary, from November 15, 1861 to April 17, 1862, begins on a Friday night at Leesburg.

The Letters of Noah Hart - http://users.rcn.com/harts.ma.ultranet/family/NoahHart/index.shtml
Information from and about a Union officer in Company F of the 10th Michigan Infantry.

The Private History of a Campaign That Failed - http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/phctf.html
E-text of essay by Mark Twain about experiences as a Confederate soldier.

The Wartime Diary of John Weathered - http://www.jackmasters.net/9tncav.html
The exact time when the manuscript was written isn't clear but it was several years after the war while Weathered was in retirement. Bennett's Regiment or 9th Tennessee Cavalry.

The Writings of Civil War Captain Harmon Root Hubbard - http://www.janneyfamily.com/harmon_hubbard/
Personal reminiscences, including detailed accounts of his Andersonville prison stay, his eventual escape and the battle of Ft. Blakely.

Ulysses S. Grant's Personal Memoirs - http://www.bartleby.com/1011
E-text of the 1885-1886 edition at Bartleby.com.

Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the Civil War - http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
A collection of personal papers, diaries, and reminiscences from two communities, one Northern and one Southern.

Vermont Civil War Letters - http://www.state.vt.us/vhs/educate/cwletter/cwletter.htm
Archived letters from Elijah Brown and Edwin Horton, plus Civil War links.

Virginia Tech Libraries' Civil War collections - http://spec.lib.vt.edu/civwar/
Includes a number of online letters and memoirs from soldiers on both sides.

William H. Johnson Civil War Letters - http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/uscs/1995/whjohn95.html
Letters of Union soldier William H. Johnson, a sergeant in Co. E, Seventh Connecticut Volunteers. Links to other manuscripts collections.

William R. Lee, Humane and Generous Enemy - http://www.harvardregiment.org/lee.html
Correspondence between Robert E. Lee and his Massachusetts relative William R. Lee. Also includes accounts of the battle of seven pines-Fair Oaks, and an Oliver Wendell Holmes tribute.

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