Tag Archives: Federal Soldiers’ Letters

16 April 1865: “…we got the news of Lee’s capture you had aught to have seen the excitement…”

Posted on 16 Apr ’15 by

Item Description: Letter dated 16 April 1865 from I. Shoger to his wife. A Union soldier stationed in Raleigh, North Carolina, Shoger writes to his wife about the excitement surrounding Lee’s surrender. Item Citation: Folder 49, Federal Soldiers Letters, #3185, … Continue reading →

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13 November 1864: “I hear that you have had supplementary drafts there and it has ruinated the township.”

Posted on 13 Nov ’14 by

Item Description: Letter from W. W. McKnight, Company E, 175th Ohio Volunteers in the hospital for jaundice at Columbia, Tenn., to his friend John Heaton in Fincastle, Ohio, describing his illness and the hometown boys in Company E and inquiring about … Continue reading →

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