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May 22nd, 2010 | 8 Comments

Praise for Chris Wehner’s book:

“the powerful story of a regiment from the Wisconsin frontier that saw hard service in the Western Theater. Christopher Wehner has written a deeply researched Civil War narrative”–Lance J. Herdegen, author of The Men Stood Like Iron: How the Iron Brigade Won Its Name

“a first-rate account of a Union regiment that fought in some of the toughest campaigns of the Civil War in the West. Well researched and well written. Highly recommended”–William Shea, co-author of Pea Ridge and Vicksburg Is the Key.

This blog will deal with Civil War Soldiers, their correspondences, Regimental histories, books, and/or Soldier Studies. In addition, general Civil War topics may occasionally be addressed as well.

Chris Wehner is the archivist and curator for Soldier Studies.org as well as a published author, his book The 11th Wisconsin in the Civil War: A Regimental History was released by McFarland & Co. in 2008. Chris currently resides in Colorado.

CHRIS C. WEHNER

EMAIL: cwehner -at- soldierstudies -dot- org

EDUCATION

Master of Arts, American Public University, Charles Town, West Virginia, 2011.

Bachelor of Arts, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado, 1992.

ONGOING DIGITAL PROJECTS

Soldier Studies: Civil War Soldiers Letters and Diaries Database, (http://www.soldierstudies.org/)

PUBLISHED WORKS

–Books–
The 11th Wisconsin in the Civil War: A Regimental History, McFarland & Co. (Fall 2008)

–Articles–
“Into Rebeldom: How the Physical Journey South Impacted Union Soldiers,” Soldier Studies, (November 29th, 2009).

“Ten Questions with Lance J. Herdegen,” Soldier Studies, (Winter, 2009).

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Soldier Studies
Regimental Histories Project

–Books–
–Biography of Henry P. Strong, 11th Wisconsin Surgeon
–The Letters of Samuel Kirkpatrick

–Articles–
–A Reassessment of the Battle at Cache River
–“Just Retribution” – The Burning of Prentiss, Mississippi, September 1862, a Case Study in Total War.
–Vengeance at Fort Blakely, Alabama

EMPLOYMENT

2007 – Present; A.P. United States History Instructor, FMHS, Grand Junction, CO.

MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS

The Society of Civil War Historians

8 Responses to "About"

  1. martin says:
    February 26, 2011 at 2:40 am

    Interesting stuff, well done. I have passed this on to some folks I know who are interested in postal history.

    Anyway, you can delete this comment, it was just a way to contact you and offer kudos.

    You may be interested in some research on a letter that my father has from Marshal Pierce who was in charge of the district that included Oxford Mississippi, during the the Hayes/Tilden election.

    I did three posts on it at What Would the Founders Think?

    I’ll Dance on the Ashes
    Who Was Mr. Pierce
    More on Pierce and L.Q.C. Lamar

    Best,

    Martin

  2. admin says:
    February 26, 2011 at 5:05 pm

    Martin thank you for the kind words, I enjoy your blog as well, Keep up the good work!
    Chris

  3. northcarolinastatetroops says:
    May 1, 2011 at 3:21 am

    Chris, stumbled on the site today; well done. Enjoy it very much. I’m doing something similar with the focus on the North Carolina State Troops. Keep it up!

  4. Chris says:
    May 2, 2011 at 12:12 am

    Thank you, I’ll be sure to check it out! Added your blog too!
    Chris

  5. northcarolinastatetroops says:
    May 2, 2011 at 12:43 am

    Thanks for the add, will do the same.
    Jeff

  6. Chris says:
    May 2, 2011 at 4:14 am

    Nice!

  7. Vince S says:
    October 16, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    Great site and a focus for blog with which I sympathize. To pass on some links to digital soldiers’ letter resources specific to Pennsylvania, see:
    1) The Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps Historical Society, which has an astounding number of letters from that division once you drill down by regiment.
    http://www.pareserves.com/?q=node/1382
    2) “PA Civil War Era Newspaper Project,” which is a couple dozen full-text searchable newspapers. Use the search string “Army Correspondence” in certain newspapers (e.g. Columbia Spy) and you get gold.
    http://peoplescontest.psu.edu/psul/peoplescontest/resource.html
    3) My blog, “Lancaster at War,” about the 79th Pennsylvania and Lancaster County in the Civil War. I’m posting a batch of soldiers’ letters written explicitly for publication in Lancaster’s newspapers, and following the regiment and corresponding activities on the home front.
    http://www.lancasteratwar.com

  8. 122NYInfantry says:
    November 30, 2011 at 9:20 am

    Chris – just saw your June 2010 post about the Battle of Fredericksburg letter written from the front. “Frank” Babcock is my great-great grandfather and I was just wondering where on earth you found that letter? I am tickled pink and would love to know if there are more letters from Frank circulating out there. Thanks for your blog and especially that post.

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