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Letters of a Badger Boy in Blue: The Atlanta Campaign

Oliver Willcox Norton Letters

We've added a nearly complete collection of Oliver Willcox Norton's Civil War letters. Norton first served in the Eighty-third Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the first half of the war. He enlisted at Springfield, August 28, 1861 and was wounded at Gaines' Mill, Virginia, on June 27, 1862. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Eight United States Colored Troops on November 10, 1863.Perhaps most importantly, Norton was a member of Colonel Strong Vincent's brigade (83rd Pennsylvania, 16th Michigan, 44th New York and the 20th Maine) that defended and held Little Round Top during the second day at Gettysburg. The following letters, from 1861 to 1863, are taken from Norton's "Army Letters, 1861-1865: Being Extracts from Private Letters to Relatives." Click here to read

Battle of Shiloh: The Second Day's Fighting

A Nurse's View of Battle: Bull Run, First Manassas

Sarah Emma Edmonds was a Civil War nurse, soldier (disguised as Frank Thompson), and spy. In this excerpt from her memoir, she recounts her experiences at the Battle of Bull Run (also known as First Manassas), July 21, 1861, and the events leading up to it and her exploits after the battle, returning to Washington, DC. Available is an extract is from Chapter II and III (pp. 29-54) from Edmonds' memoir published in 1864: Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields. Which can be downloaded in its complete form (PDF) via this site. Click Here to read