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Can Soldiers Tell Us Anything about Lincoln?
BY Chandra M. Manning

The Blue and the Gray in Black and White: Assessing the Scholarship on Civil War Soldiers
BY Aaron Sheehan-Dean

How Men Feel in Battle
BY S.H.M. Byers

“With a Trembling Hand and an Aching Heart"
Letters of Notification of Death and Condolence
BY Mark Dunkelman

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Correspondences: 1,198
Soldier Profiles: 337

Soldier of the Moment:
Bower, Rob S.
Full Name: Bower, Rob S.
Home State: Ohio
Allegiance: Union
Unit/Service Branch: 7th Infantry
Bio: Sergt. Rob S. Bower, Company H, 7th Regt. O.V.I....

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Featured Soldier Resource:

Soldiers on both sides spent much of their time in camp. Some military campaigns followed seasonal changes-battle in the spring and summer, camp in the fall and winter. Daily life in camp included drills and other military duties. Although soldiers complained of endless work and boredom, camp life also provided an opportunity to form friendships, reflect on loved ones at home, enjoy moments of recreation, and engage in spiritual renewal.

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Featured e-Books:

PERSONAL NARRATIVES
George W. Huntington Diary of 1864 (Private Collection Donation)

Reminiscences of a Rebel (PDF, 8 megs, 148 pages) - Wayland Fuller Dunaway of the 40th Virginia Infantry Regiment.

The story of a common soldier of army life in the civil war, 1861-1865 (1920) (PDF, 24 megs, 312 pages) - by Leander Stillwell, a soldier in the 61st Illinois Infantry Regiment.

Echoes of the civil war as I hear them (PDF, 19 megs, 297 pages) - by Michael Hendrick Fitch, of the 21st Wisconsin Regiment

REGIMENTAL HISTORIES
Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers (1890) (PDF, 36 megs)

Reminiscences of the Twenty-Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry (1907) (PDF, 2 megs)

History of the Thirty-third regiment Illinois veteran volunteer infantry in the civil war, 22nd August, 1861, to 7th December, 1865 (PDF, 40 megs, 300 pages) - by Virgil Gilman Way

The Thirty-third regiment Illinois infantry in the civil war, 1861-1865 (PDF, 1.3 megs, 12 pages) - by John Howard Burnham

The story of the Thirty eighth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers (PDF, 21 megs, 334 pages) - By George W. Powers