Comments for Civil War Voices http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Battle of Fredericksburg Letter by Chris http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/2010/06/battle-of-fredericksburg-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-2072 Chris Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:53:17 +0000 http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/?p=23#comment-2072 This was found on the Internet, we don't have the physical letter. Your post is exactly why we preserve (digitize) these relics here on the site as one they are sold to who knows who, well, who knows... :) Chris This was found on the Internet, we don’t have the physical letter. Your post is exactly why we preserve (digitize) these relics here on the site as one they are sold to who knows who, well, who knows… :)
Chris

]]> Comment on About by 122NYInfantry http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-2071 122NYInfantry Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:20:28 +0000 http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/?page_id=2#comment-2071 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. 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.

]]> Comment on About by Vince S http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/about/comment-page-1/#comment-2068 Vince S Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:07:40 +0000 http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/?page_id=2#comment-2068 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 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

]]> Comment on Battle of Fredericksburg Letter by 122ndOnondagas http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/2010/06/battle-of-fredericksburg-letter/comment-page-1/#comment-2063 122ndOnondagas Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:35:41 +0000 http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/?p=23#comment-2063 Chris - this letter was written by my great-great grandfather on my mother's side. Can you tell me where you found this? Once upon a time my family actually had the original letters but they went missing and we always wondered where they ended up. Thanks for posting this - I'm so glad I found it. Chris – this letter was written by my great-great grandfather on my mother’s side. Can you tell me where you found this? Once upon a time my family actually had the original letters but they went missing and we always wondered where they ended up. Thanks for posting this – I’m so glad I found it.

]]> Comment on What Happened to Civil War Soldiers After the War? by Jean http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/2011/06/what-happened-to-civil-war-soldiers-after-the-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2060 Jean Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:44:02 +0000 http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/?p=426#comment-2060 You might find the book "Take Care of the Living: Reconstructing Confederate Veteran Families in Virginia" by Jeffrey W. McClurken of interest. You might find the book “Take Care of the Living: Reconstructing Confederate Veteran Families in Virginia” by Jeffrey W. McClurken of interest.

]]> Comment on Community Walk: William Taylor’s Civil War Correspondence by Weknowonlyourcountry http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/2011/06/community-walk-william-taylors-civil-war-correspondence/comment-page-1/#comment-2054 Weknowonlyourcountry Sun, 19 Jun 2011 22:21:56 +0000 http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/?p=450#comment-2054 I agree, Taylor's correspondence is not only pretty cool but informative and interesting too! He was well educated and this is brought out in his descriptive letters. He also does not hold back in sentiments regarding poor treatment and supply of the soldiers by the US government, especially in late 1863 while on the campaigns through Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. Descriptions of battle and aftermath are also vivid and not for the faint of heart or stomach. For more information related to this regiment, please visit www.100thpenn.com. --David L. Welch Websmith, 100th Regiment, PVVI, "Roundheads" Website I agree, Taylor’s correspondence is not only pretty cool but informative and interesting too! He was well educated and this is brought out in his descriptive letters. He also does not hold back in sentiments regarding poor treatment and supply of the soldiers by the US government, especially in late 1863 while on the campaigns through Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. Descriptions of battle and aftermath are also vivid and not for the faint of heart or stomach. For more information related to this regiment, please visit http://www.100thpenn.com.

–David L. Welch
Websmith, 100th Regiment, PVVI, “Roundheads” Website

]]> Comment on Book Review: Gary W. Gallagher’s The Union War by Follow up to Patriotic Postage Envelopes & Civil War Paper Soldiers Collection | Civil War Voices http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/2011/05/book-review-gary-w-gallaghers-the-union-war/comment-page-1/#comment-2052 Follow up to Patriotic Postage Envelopes & Civil War Paper Soldiers Collection | Civil War Voices Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:00:54 +0000 http://www.soldierstudies.org/blog/?p=357#comment-2052 [...] sample of about 100 Patriotic Civil War era envelopes that I looked over with regard to testing Gallagher’s thesis that support the notion the war was seen more as a struggle for “union” than anything [...] [...] sample of about 100 Patriotic Civil War era envelopes that I looked over with regard to testing Gallagher’s thesis that support the notion the war was seen more as a struggle for “union” than anything [...]

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