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Affleck Family. “Life in Civil War Central Texas: Letters from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Affleck

to Private Isaac Dunbar Affleck.” Edited by Robert W. Williams and Ralph A. Wooster.

Texana 7 (Summer 1969): 146-62.

Brenham, Texas, planter and agricultural reformer Lost pistol, price, blockade, 147 Hard times at home, 148ff Illness, home and camp, 149 Pistol, 149 A doctor to be sent away to Mexico, 150 Worries about his diet, 151 Lost pistol and hard times at home, 151-52, 154 Boxes, 152 Yankees in Louisiana, 152 Shortages and prices at home, 153 Impressment and taxes, ambulances, 155 Various items to be supplies from home, 156 Farming at home, 157 Blockade runners, Mexican waters, France, 158 Makes and sell ambulances, 158 et passim Furlough, 159 Death of a young soldiers, 161

Allen, Lucy. “Diary of Miss Lucy Allen of Clifton.” Clarke County Historical Association

Proceedings 9 (1949): 26-35.

Near Berryville, Virginia Three Yankees for dinner, 26 Snow, 27 Lost faith in slaves, 28 Yankees searching for arms, 28 Chancellorsville, 30-31 Milroy carrying off slaves, 31 Death of Stonewall Jackson, 32 House full of Yankee soldiers, 32

Armes, Frank H. “A Cruise on the U.S.S. Sabine.” Edited by James N. J. Henrwood. American

Neptune 29 (April 1969): 102-6.

Gale, 103

Ocean voyage, 103 Problem with the guns, 103-4 Cape Verde Islands, 104 Death at sea, 105

Ashay, Reverend B. Fauman. “A Minister Keeps His Faith.” Civil War Times 42 (February

2004): electronic, no pagination.

Christian Commission Housed in confiscated home Distributed papers among freedmen soldiers Deserter execution Christmas Men killed by guerrillas Badly wounded soldier Lice Grierson raid, 3rd Iowa Cavalry, Grierson Black religious service Soldier dying, diarrhea Southern Methodist prayer meeting

Aycock, Roger. “The Diary of Reuben S. Norton Records What Happened in Rome from 1861

to 1865.” Georgia Life 3 (No. 4, 1977): 18-19, 36

New England-born Rome merchant Food prices, 18 Hospitals, 18 Gold prices, 18 Bridges, Jefferson C. Davis, 19 Freed slaves sent north, 19 Sherman’s troops, fires, 19, 38 Raiding by Confederate deserters and draft dodgers, 38

Documents Added as of March 2020

Anonymous. “The Suffolk Slaughter: ‘We Did Not Take Any Prisoners.’” Civil War Times

Illustrated 23 (May 1984): 36-39.

Staff officer, General Matt W. Ransom’s Division, Petersburg Daily Register, March 22, 1864 Murder of soldier in 2nd United States Colored Cavalry, 36ff Seeking forage and food, 37 Marching, 37

Soldiers escaping a burning house were bayoneted, 38-39 Women wept to see them leave, black soldiers, 39

Documents Added as of January 2020

Addison-Darnelle, Henrietta Stockton. “For Better or For Worse.” Civil War Times Illustrated

31 (May-June 1992): 32-35, 73.

Honeymoon trip out of enemy lines to Richmond, 32ff Secession, 32 Alexandria, Virginia, 33 Wedding, 33 Travel by steamer south,, 33ff Manassas, 34 Reached Yorktown, 35 Sheridan raid in 1865, 35, 73

Albert, Louis Philippe, Comte de Paris. “We Prepare to Receive the Enemy Where We Stand.”

Edited by Mark Grimsley. Translated by Bernatello Glod. Civil War Times Illustrated

24 (March 1985): 18-30.

McClellan’s army on the Peninsula Hooker, Williamsburg, 19-30 Sumner and Keyes, 19 Stoneman, 19 McClellan on the battlefield, 20 Dead on the battlefield, 24 Fort Magruder, 25 Entering Williamsburg, 26 Hospital, surgeons, 26 Hancock, 28

Arthurs, Robert. “The Man Who Played Doctor.” Civil War Times Illustrated 19 (August

1980): 36-38.

Memoir, Petersburg Impersonated a contract surgeon Could not enlist because of bad lungs, 36 Substitute, bounty jumper, 36 18th Corp Hospital, 36 Amputation, 37

Prisoners, 38 msn shot off his thumb, 38 saved men from amputations, 38

Ayers, Oliver C. “Pursuing General Forrest: ‘This Looked But Little Like Trying to Catch the

Enemy.’” Edited by Dale S. Snair. Civil War Times Illustrated 23 (September 1984):

20-24, 28-33.

39th Iowa Infantry, Lieutenant Sleeping on our arms, Jackson, Tennessee, 22 Cotton bales breastworks, 23 Chasing Forrest, 23ff Humbolt, Tennessee, sleeping in railroad cars, 24 Foraging, 24 Marching, guide, 25 Sore feet and illness, 25 Foraging, 25 Skirmish with Confederate cavalry, 29 Parker’s Crossroads, 30-33

Documents added as of August 2019

Abbott, John S. C. “Grierson’s Raid.” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine 30 (February 1865):

273-81.

Grierson raid into Mississippi, 273 New Albany, 273 Details of the movements, 273ff Enterprise, 275 Severely wounded colonel, 280 Slaves, 283 Effects of raid, 283

Documents added as of July 2019

Alexander, Edward Porter. “”Longstreet’s Brigade.” Transactions of the Southern Historical

Society 2 (1875): 53-63. “Letter from Jubal Early,” 73-74.

Sketch of Longstreet, 53-54 First Manassas, Bull Run, 54-61

Raw troops vs. veterans, 54-55 Movement toward Washington, 61-63 Early disputes Alexander’s account of First Manassas, 72 Fredericksburg, 73-74

Alexander, Edward Porter. “The Movement Against Petersburg.” Scribner’s Magazine 41

(1907): 180-94.

Crisis of the war in the summer of 1864, 180ff Lee delayed and did not believe that Grant had crossed the James, 181, 183 Dispatches and troop movements, 183ff Missed opportunity by Federals, 185 Confederates lost this first big move, 187 Petersburg mine, 187-94

Alexander, Edward Porter. “Sevens Days’ Battles.” Transactions of the Southern Historical

Society 2 (1875): 99-116.

Robert E. Lee, 99 Longstreet’s division, 100 Jackson delay, 104-5 Mechanicsville, 105 Gaines’s Mill, 108-113 Seven Days, 104-116—article is incomplete and apparently was never completely printed

Ames, Adelbert. “The Failure at Fort Fisher.” Overland Monthly 4 (June 1870): 488-96.

Bermuda Hundred, 488 Benjamin F. Butler, sailing to Fort Fisher, 489ff At sea, Beaufort, 489-493 Fort Fisher, 493ff Downplays the failure, 495-96

Ames, Adelbert. “The Second Bull Run.” Overland Monthly 8 (May 1872): 399-406.

Marching, 399 Second Bull Run, 399ff Fitz John Porter, 399 Corps advanced, then withdrawn, 399 Wounded soldiers, 401 Avoided capture, 405

Documents added as of June 2019

Ames, John Worthington. “The Second Bull Run.” Overland Monthly 8 (May 1872): 399-406.

11th United States Infantry Marching, dust, heat, 399 No faith in McClellan or Pope, 399 Porter’s corps moved very little, 399 Fitz John Porter, 399-400 Second Bull Run, 400ff Dead and wounded, 400-1 McDowell, 403

Anderson, Thomas McArthur. “General George H. Thomas.” Journal of the Military Service

Institution of the United States 56 (1915): 37-42.

12th United States Infantry Fort Sumter, Pope, McClellan, 37 George H. Thomas, 38ff Loyalty, 39 Buckner, 40 Bull Run, Fitz John Porter, 40 Discipline, 41-42

Anderson, Thomas McArthur. “General Hooker.” Journal of the Military Service Institution of

the United States 55 (1914): 404-8.

12th United States Infantry Defends Hooker, 404 Hooker and retreat at Chancellorsville, 405 Knights of the Golden Circle trial, 405-6 Hooker and feeding of prisoners on Johnson’s Island, 406 Hooker and galvanized Confederates, 406-7 Hooker on Thomas at Nashville, 407 Hooker did not like to think ill of anyone who was brave, 407-8 Not suited to command an army, 408

Anderson, Thomas McArthur. “Was Gettysburg the Decisive Battle of the War?” Journal of the

Military Service Institution of the United States 13 (1892): 269-75.

12th United State Infantry A drawn battle, war continued, 270 Vicksburg a severer loss than Gettysburg, 271 Chattanooga a worse defeat than Gettysburg, 272 Confederates fought hard in Overland campaign, 272-73

Confederates lost hope when Grant besieged Petersburg, 274 Gettysburg was not the decisive battle of the war, 275

“Armory Square Hospital.” Northern Monthly 1 (December 1864): 688-95.

Washington hospitals, 688 Armory Square Hospital, 688ff Details description, 688ff Surgeon Dr. Bliss, 690 Surgeons, 691 Ward, beds, 691 Patients, 691 Attendants and various other personnel, 692 Medicine, food, limited government expenditures, 693-95 Library, 695

Arnold, Abraham K. “The Cavalry at Gaines’ Mill.” Journal of the United States Cavalry

Association 2 (1889): 355-62.

5th United States Cavalry Fitz John Porter, 355ff Organization of the cavalry, 356-57 Cavalry action, casualties, 359 Porter blamed cavalry for abandonment of artillery, 360 Cavalry was small and Confederate numbers overwhelming, 361 Cavalry deserved praise rather than censure, 363

Arnold, Abraham K. “A Reminiscence—The Fifth U.S. Regular Cavalry with General Sheridan

on Raid Towards Richmond, Va., in 1864.” Journal of the United States Cavalry

Association 2 (1889): 28-33.

5th United States Cavalry Cavalry organization, 28 Overland campaign, 28ff Marching to rear of Lee’s army, 28ff Attacked railroad and recaptured prisoners, 29 Beaver Dam Station, 29-33

Documents added as of February 2019

Ackerman, Michael. “After the Battle of Pleasant Hill.” Annals of Iowa, series 3, 11 (July

1913): 218-24.

32nd Iowa Infantry Battle of Pleasant Hill, 218ff Casualties, 218 Taken prisoner and stripped by Confederates, 218-19 Many wounded in a ditch, 219 Wounded comrades, 220 Prison food, 221 Woman visited prison with food, 221-22 Food prices, 222 Paroled, wagons, 223 Alcohol for pain, 223 Patient shot through the head on trip down Red River, 224 New York lieutenant abused an Iowan and was kicked downstairs by a surgeon, 224 New Orleans, 224

Alley, Charles. “Excepts from the Civil War Diary of Lieutenant Charles Alley, Company ‘C,’

Fifth Iowa Cavalry.” Iowa Journal of History 49 (July 1951): 241-56.

5th Iowa Cavalry Woman patriotism, 242 Sabbath, 242-43 Methodist music, 243 Camp life, 243-44 Women in camp, 244 Religious services, 245 Escape from profane influence of camp, 245 Religion in camp, 246 Officer election, Christian soldiers, 247 Horses, 247 Dispute with Lieutenant Colonel, guardhouse, 248-49 Horse, 249-50 Officers, 250 Religious service, chaplain, 250 Swearing, 250 Sermon, 251 Fort Henry, 252 Fort Donelson, 253 Wounded soldiers, 253 Scouting, 253-54 Dysentery and diarrhea, 254 Skirmish, casualties, 255

Arp R. “The Army of the Potomac, a Page of History Corrected.” Magazine of History 2

(1905): 127-44, 171-80, 249-58.

87th Ohio Infantry—analysis based on ORs Second Bull Run, 127ff Fitz John Porter, 128ff John Pope, 129ff Henry W. Halleck, 129ff Mistake of withdraw McClellan’s army from the Peninsula, 132 Question of available transportation and speed of the withdrawal, 137-38 McClellan not informed about position of Pope’s troops, 142 Pope and Halleck, 171ff Fitz John Porter, 174ff Pope and Halleck, 176 Halleck and Pope, 249ff Blames Halleck and defends Porter, 258

Documents added as of February 2019

“A Sketch of 12 Months Service in the Mobile Rifle Co., by an Unidentified Member.”

Alabama Historical Quarterly 25 (Spring/Summer 1963): 149-189.

3rd Alabama Infantry Roster, 149-50 Companies, 151 Enthusiastic crowds of women, 152 Reception in Lynchburg, 153 Accidental shooting, 154 Music and thoughts of home, 157 Murder of a lieutenant in Norfolk, 158-59 Ditching, 163 Officer election, 163 Soldiers’ aid society entertainment, 163 Guard house, 164 Merrimac, 168, 181 Seven Days, 171ff Malvern Hill, casualties, 173 Winter quarters, 181 Court martial, reeducated to ranks, 184

Abernathy, Alonzo. “Incidents of an Iowa Soldier’s Life, Or Four Years in Dixie.” Annals of

Iowa Series 3, Volume 12 (October 1920): 401-428.

9th Iowa Infantry Missouri, 402 Widow woman in camp helping soldiers, 402-3

Fever deaths, 403 Winter quarters, 404 Battle of Pea Ridge, 404-7 Experience in first battle, 405-6 Wounded, hospital, 407 Premonitions, nostalgia, homesickness, 407-9 Small pox, 414 Factory women, Jackson, Mississippi, 414 Vicksburg, 414ff Sherman, 416, 420 Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, 416ff Atlanta campaign, 419ff Death of brother, 422-23 Andersonville prisoners, 423-24 Sherman’s March, Georgia, 424ff Savannah, food, 426 Burning of Columbia, South Carolina, 427

Acton, Edward A. “’Dear Mollie’: Letters of Captain Edward A. Acton to His Wife, 1862.”

Edited by Mary Acton Hammond. Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 89

(January 1965): 3-51.

Co. I, 4th New Jersey Infantry, 5th New Jersey Infantry Peninsula campaign, 5ff Transportation to the Peninsula, 6ff Confidence in McClellan, 8 God watches over all, and he promises not to be reckless, 9 Tents, 10 Yorktown, 10ff Will advance soon, may lose his life, burial instructions, 11-12 Rain and mud, 12-13 Captured letter from former member of Congress, 14-15 Wounded, 15 Great depletion and losses in the regiment, 18-19 Economic opportunity at home, commission, 19 Bitter impact of war, 20-21 Fair Oaks, Seven Pines, 22 Seven Days, 25-33 Cries of the wounded, 28 Malvern Hill, 31-33 Morale after Seven Days, 33-34 Food, 34 Congress, generals, McClellan, 35-36 Soldier pay, 37

Faith in McClellan, 37-38 Deplores the stay at homes, 38 Lincoln visit to army, 39 Box with various household items, 40 Possible appointment as major, 40-41 Review of troops, 41 Death at Second Bull Run, recovery of the body, 41-51

Adamov, E. A. "Documents Relating to Russian Policy during the American Civil War,"

Journal of Modern History 2 (December 1930: 603-11.

Russian squadron, New York, 603-7 Annotation of Alexander II in French, 607-10

Adams, John. “Letters of John Adams to Catherine Varner, 1864-1865.” North Dakota

Historical Quarterly 4 (1929-30): 266-70.

Co. A, Ninth Iowa Infantry Drill, 266 Disease, 267 Fort Pillow, 267 North Carolina, 267ff Burning of Columbia, South Carolina, 268 Sherman and Rebels on last legs, 268 Marriage, 268 Washington, 269 Prisoner, 270

Adams, Sean Patrick. “Patriotism Derailed: John Milton, David Yulee, and the Florida Railroad

in 1863.” Florida Historical Quarterly 86 (Winter 2008): 406-16.

John Milton, Florida railroad, iron for the Confederacy, David L. Yulee, property rights, liberty, government power, 407ff

Aden, F. F. “In Memoriam, Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, C.S.A.” West Tennessee Historical

Society Papers 17 (1963): 108-17.

7th Tennessee Cavalry, captain, Memoir Officer election, 109, 111 Camp overrun by Union cavalry, 110 Shebangs, food, 110-11 Captures Federal railroad train, 111

Corinth, 112 Holly Spring, destruction of Grant’s base, 112-13 Van Dorn, 113 Yazoo expedition, 113-14 Nathan Bedford Forrest, 115 Lee surrender, 116

"An Adventure at Fredericksburg." Brooklyn Advance, 12 (May-December 1885): 120-21.

2nd New York Light battery at Fredericksburg, pontoons, 120-21

Affeld, Charles E. “Private Charles E. Affeld’s Account of the Activities of Battery B, First

Illinois Light Artillery.” Edited by Edwin C. Bearss. Louisiana Studies 6 (Fall 1967):

205-65.

Battery B, First Illinois Light Artillery Vicksburg campaign, 205ff Water, levee, 206 Artillery fire, 207ff Lorenzo Thomas, black troops, William T. Sherman, 210-11 Reading material, 210-11 Guard duty, 212 Artillery fire, 213 Mayor of Chicago a copperhead, 216 Milliken’s Bend, 218ff Foraging, plantation, cattle, beef for dinner, 221-22 Damage to an ironclad, 222-23 Box, 226 Grierson cavalry raid, 226-27 Confederate prisoners, 228 Destruction, plantations, 234-35 Cotton gin, plantation, 236 Food, 237-38 Chancellorsville, 238-39 Battle at Raymond, 242-43 Champion Hill, 244-45 Confederate prisoners, morale, 247 Pontoons, 247 Vicksburg siege, 249ff Artillery fire, 251ff Soldier death, 259, 261 Fraternization, 262 Confederate deserters, 265

Affeld, Charles E. “Pvt. Charles E. Affeld Describes the Mechanicsburg Expeditions.” Edited by

Edwin C. Bearss. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 56 (Summer 1963): 233-

56.

Battery B, First Illinois Light Artillery Badly wounded soldier, 239 Confederate deserters, 241 Foraging, chickens, 245 Artillery fire, 250 Cowardice, punishment, 252

Affeld, Charles E. “Pvt. Charles E. Affeld Reports Action West of the Mississippi.” Edited by

Edwin C. Bearss. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 60 (Autumn 1967);267-

296.

Battery B, First Illinois Light Artillery Food prices, 269-70 Beer, 271-72 Vicksburg, 274 Books, 277 Reading, 279, 280 Artillery pieces, 284 Artillery, 287 Vicksburg, 287ff Food, 296

Affleck, Isaac Dunbar. “A Cadet at Bastop Military Institute: The Letters of Isaac Dunbar

Affleck.” Edited by Robert W. Williams, Jr., and Ralph A. Wooster. Military History of

Texas and the Southwest 6 (July 1967): 89-106.

Descriptions of school life, 90ff Food and money, 93 Much speculation about what will happen to the school

Affleck, Isaac Dunbar. “A Texas War Clerk: Civil War Letters of Isaac Dunbar Affleck,”

Edited by Robert W. Williams, Jr. and Ralph A. Wooster. Texas Military History 2

(November 1962): 279-94.

8th Texas Cavalry Enlistment, 279-80 Christmas, 283 Stolen horse, 284 Banks campaign against Texas coast, 285 Boil, 287 Magruder, 288 et passim

Affleck, Isaac Dunbar. “Camp Life in Civil War Louisiana: The Letters of Private Isaac Dunbar

Affleck.” Edited by Robert W. Williams, Jr., and Ralph A. Wooster. Louisiana History

5 (Spring 1964): 187-201.

8th Texas Cavalry Money for gun and horse, 189 Homesick in camp, 190 Impressment of slaves, destroyed plantations, 190-91 Officer election, 191 Food, 193-94 Fever, quinine, 194-95 Foraging, Unionist, chickens, 195-96 Food, 198-99 Box list of items to be sent, 201

Affleck, Isaac Dunbar. “With Terry’s Texas Rangers: The Letters of Dunbar Affleck.” Edited

by Robert W. Williams, Jr. and Ralph A. Wooster. Civil War History 9 (September

1963): 299-319.

8th Texas Cavalry Slave camp servant, 300 Sunday, alcohol, 300 Shiloh, 302 Bounty, 303 Tents, 303 Mess, 304 Chattanooga, 308 Bragg’s Kentucky campaign, 309-311 Stones River, Murfreesboro, 311-13 Vallandigham, Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, 315

Affleck, Isaac Dunbar. “With the Confederate Cavalry in East Texas: The Civil War Diary of

Pvt. Isaac Dunbar Affleck. “Edited by Robert w. Williams, Jr., and Ralph A. Wooster.

East Texas Historical Journal 1 (July 1963): 17-28.

8th Texas Cavalry Parry and dance, 18 Rumors, 18 Food, 20 Party, alcohol, 21 Food, 21 Marriage, 22 Party, mixed crowd of women, 23 Gander pulling, 23-24 Citizens invite soldiers home for meals, 24 Dance, 25 Affleck, Isaac Dunbar. “With the Confederate Cavalry in the West: The Civil War Experiences

of Isaac Dunbar Affleck.” Edited by Ralph A. Wooster. Southwestern Historical

Quarterly 83 (July 1979): 1-28.

8th Texas Cavalry Horse, 4 Food, 4 Perryville, 7 Stones River, Murfreesboro, 7—8 Camp slave, food, 9-10 Black troops, 10 Food, fever, quinine, 14-15 Box, list of requested items, 15 Election officers, 17 General Wharton, 17-18 Long for excitement of battle, 18 Morale, defiance, 19 Execution of captain for mutiny, 20 Food, 21 Dances, 22 Magruder, 22

Affleck, Isaac Dunbar. “With Wharton’s Cavalry in Arkansas: The Civil War Letters of Private

Isaac Dunbar Affleck.” Edited by Robert W. Williams, Jr. and Ralph A. Wooster.

Arkansas Historical Quarterly 21 (Autumn 1962): 247-68.

8th Texas Cavalry Loneliness, 251 Hood and Sherman, 252 Food, beef, 255, 257 Long for excitement, battle, 256 Clothing, boots, 261

Aldrich, Alfred P. “On the Staff of the Dictator.” Edited by Edward G. Longacre. Manuscripts

36 (Summer 1984): 224-27.

Aide to General Milledge Luke Bonham Advance of Bonham’s Brigade, 225 Beauregard, 226 Bonham is dictatorial with staff, 226 Opposes attempt to attack Washington, 227

Alexander, A. J. "Fredericksburg: Recollections of the Battle," Philadelphia Weekly Press,

February 23, 1887.

Fredericksburg, Third Corps, bombardment, Meade Advance, General Bayard, truce, Stuart

Alexander, Bates, "Seventh Regiment," Hummelstown (Pa.) Sun, October 25, November 3, 10,

December 6, 20, 1895, January 10, 1896.

Fredericksburg campaign Artillery Pelham Pennsylvania Reserves Meade Advance Wound, rabbit Wounded and dead Confederates Burnside, Lincoln

Alison, Joseph Dill. “’I have been through my first Battle and have had enough of war to last me

. . . ‘” Civil War Times Illustrated 5 (February 1967): 40-44, 46.

Alabama Mounted Rifles, Private, Doctor Pensacola, 41 Drill, 41 Fleas and mosquitos, 43

Shiloh, caring for the wounded, 46

Alison, Joseph Dill. “War Diary of Dr. Joseph Dill Allison of Carlowville, Alabama.” Alabama

Historical Quarterly 9 (Fall 1947): 385-98.

Confederate major Pensacola, 385ff Bragg, horse feed, 385 Cooking, 385-86 Martial law, 386 Fleas and mosquitos, 386-87 Fort Pickens, 388-89 Physician, hospital, Corinth, 390ff Dead soldiers, 391 Shiloh, 391-92 Vicksburg, 392-98. Pemberton, 394

Alison, Joseph Dill. “With a Confederate Surgeon at Vicksburg.” American History Illustrated

3 (July 1968): 31-33.

Alabama surgeon Vicksburg, 31-33 Big Black, 31 Federal artillery, mortar fire, 31-32 Sinking of ironclad Cincinnati, 32 Siege, 32-33 Wounded, hospitals, 32 Food, 33 Surrender of Vicksburg, 33

Allen, Amory K. "Civil War Letters of Amory K. Allen." Indiana Magazine of History 31

(December 1945): 338-86.

Co. C, 14th Indiana Infantry Troops departure, 338-39 Corporal, 340 Punishment of drunken soldier, 340 Cheat Mountain, 341-42 Accidents, 343 McClellan, 352 Peninsula, 353ff Antietam, 355-56

Conscription, 365, 371 Hooker, 366 Copperheads, 372 Desertion, execution, 374 Overland campaign, 374ff Wound, hospital, 375-76 Copperheads, presidential election, 383

Allen, George W. “The Civil War Letters of George W. Allen.” Edited by Charleen Plumly

Pollard. Southwestern Historical Quarterly 83 (July 1979): 47-52.

Co. A, 10th Texas Infantry Depleted regiment, disease, measles, 49 Paper and stamps, 51

Allen, Michael M. “The Diary of Chaplain Michael M. Allen, September, 1861.” Edited by

D[avid] de Sola Pool. Publications of the American Jewish Historical Society 39

(December 1949): 177-82.

Jewish chaplain Furlough, 179 Jewish observances, 179ff

Allen, Nathaniel S. “For Lack of a Nail.” Edited by Max S. Lale. East Texas Historical Journal

30 (No. 1, 1992): 34-43.

14th Texas Infantry, Captain, Red River Campaign Pleasant Hill, Mansfield, 38-40 Illness, ambulance, 40

Allen, Theodore F. “Six Hundred Miles of Fried Chicken.” Journal of the United States Cavalry

Association 12 (1899): 162-75.

7th Ohio Cavalry Somerset, Kentucky, 162ff John Hunt Morgan, 163ff Raid into Ohio and Indiana, 163ff Food, fried chicken and blackberry pie in Indiana and Ohio, 166 Oliver P. Morton, 166 Home Guards, 169 et passim General Hobson, 170 et passim

Kautz, 171 Fraternization, swimming, 172-73

Allen, Thomas Scott. [Untitled Letter] Civil War Times Illustrated 1 (November 1962): 32-33.

Captain, 2nd Wisconsin Groveton, Brawner’s Farm, 2nd Bull Run, 32-33 Casualties, 33

Allen, William H. “One Hundred and Ninety Days in Rebel Prisons.” Annals of Iowa 38

(Winter 1966); 222-38.

Pvt., Co. G, 17th Iowa Infantry

Captured in Georgia Refusal to surrender, 223 Destroyed gun and hid money, 223 Black troops, 224 Hiding money, 225 Cahaba prison, 225ff Lincoln vs. McClellan, prison vote, 228-29 Exchange of ill prisoners, 229 Brutal treatment of an ill prisoner by Georgia militia, 231 Andersonville, raiders, Wirz, 232ff

Allen, Winthrop S. G. “Civil War Letters of Winthrop S. G. Allen.” Journal of the Illinois State

Historical Society 24 (October 1931): 553-77.

Co. F, 12th Illinois Cavalry Colonel threatens to resign, 555-56 Escaping Prisons, 556-57 War for Union, 559 Guerrillas, 560 Hopes will soon be over, 561 Antietam, 565 Stench of battlefield, 566 Emancipation Proclamation, 569-70 Fredericksburg, 571 McClellan, 571 Cavalry, 573-74 Hooker, Meade, McClellan, 575

Alspaugh, G. L. "Letters of a Confederate Soldier, 1962-1863." Edited by Mary Elizabeth

Sanders. Louisiana Historical Quarterly 29 (October 1946): 3-14.

Co. A, 27th Louisiana Infantry Vicksburg fortification, 5 Measles, 5 Food, bounty, 6 Tobacco, 6-7 Furlough, 7-8 Short war, 9 No coming home Christmas, 10 Doll for sister, 11 Yankee gunboats try to pass batteries, 13 Sending clothes home, 14

Alvord, Henry E. "A New England Boy in the Civil War." New England Quarterly 5 (April

1932): 310-44.

7th Rhode Island Cavalry Death in Baltimore riot, 312-13 Enlistment, 313-14 Not much patriotism in enlistment, 314-15 Harpers Ferry, 315-16 Bank expedition, 317 Hooker, McClellan, testimony, governor Andrew, 319 Plantation, slaves, 320-21 Mosby, 322 Guerrillas, 324 Early 1864 campaign toward Washington, 325-27 Copperheads, 327 Overland campaign, 327ff Guerrillas, Mosby, 328ff War weariness in New England, 329 Sheridan, 1864 Valley Campaign, 330-32 Lincoln, Grant, Stanton, 335 Sheridan and Lee, Five Forks, 336-38 Appomattox, 339-42

Ambrose, James Clement. “Grant as a Soldier. General Hooker’s View.” Potter’s American

Monthly 18 (January 1882): 82-85.

Disparages Grant’s military record, 82ff Fort Donelson, 82

Shiloh, 82-83 Hooker, 83 Grant drunk at Fort Donelson, 83 Wilderness, 83-84 Cold Harbor, 85

Ames, Amos W. “A Diary of Prison Life in Southern Prisons.” Annals of Iowa 40 (Summer

1969):1-19.

Corporal, Co. H, 4th Iowa Infantry Taken prisoner, 1 Food, 2 Prisoners killed and wounded, 2 Sermon, 2 Deserter punished, 2-3 Dead and dying prisoners, 5 Guard shoots prisoner, 10 Escaped prisoners, 10 Dead line, 13 Paroles, 19

Ames, Holiday. “Waiting for the War’s End: The Letter of an Ohio Soldiers in Alabama After

Learning of Lincoln’s Death.” Edited by Louis Filler. Ohio History 74 (Winter 1965):

55-62.

102nd Ohio Infantry Lincoln assassination, 56 Ready to hang Jefferson Davis and other Confederates, 56 Andrew Johnson, 56 Seward, 56 Death to traitors, 56-57 Benjamin Butler, 57 Patrick Cleburne, vengeance, Franklin, 58 Alcohol, 59 Desire to come home, 61

Ames, John Worthington. "Under Fire." Overland Monthly 3 (1869): 432-41.

Fredericksburg, 432ff

Ames. William. “Civil War Letters of William Ames, From Brown University to Bull Run.”

Rhode Island Historical Society Collections 33 (1940): 73-92; 34 (1941): 5-24.

2nd Rhode Island Infantry Baltimore, 79-80 Water, diarrhea, 80 Winfield Scott and Lincoln, 80 Water, 82 Camp routine, tent, 82 Officers food, 84 Soldier pay, 86 Bull Run campaign, 90ff Marching, 90 Foraging, plunder, 90-91 Expects to defeat enemy at Manassas, 91 Bull Run battle, 10-19 Retreat, 15-16 Morale, Sprague, 18-19 Lincoln and Seward, 19 Casualties, 20 Complaints about officers and fellow soldiers, 21-22 Governor Sprague, 23 Length of war, 24

Anderson, Andrew. “Letters from a Journey through the Federal Blockade, 1861-1862.” Edited

by Thomas Graham. Florida Historical Quarterly 55 (April 1977): 439-56.

Blockage running, 442ff David Yulee, passim Cedar Keys, 447ff Travel to Cuba

Anderson, Charles T. “Campaigning in Southern Arkansas: A Memoir by C. T. Anderson.”

Edited by Roman J. Zorn. Arkansas Historical Quarterly 8 (Autumn 1949): 240-44.

Company A, Newton’s Regiment, Cabel’s Brigade Southern Arkansas, Hot Springs, 241 Choctaw Indians, 242 Indians fighting black troops, scalping, 242-43

Anderson, Edward Maffitt. "Letters from a Georgia Midshipman on the C.S.S. Alabama."

Edited by W. Stanley Hoole. Georgia Historical Quarterly 59 (Winter 1975): 416-32.

CSS Alabama, 416ff Prize ships, 417ff Raphael Semmes, 422 False report of death, 425-28

Anderson, Ellen Graham. “The Wounding and Hospital Care of William A. Anderson.”

Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 62 (April 1954): 205-207.

4th Virginia Infantry Wounded three times at First Manassas, 206 Pain, morphine, 207 Maggots, 207

Anderson, James. “A Captured Confederate Officer: Nine Letters from Captain James

Anderson to His Family.” Maryland Historical Magazine 76 (Spring 1981): 62-69.

35th Battalion, Virginia Cavalry Taken prisoner, skirmish at Harpers Ferry, 63 Johnson’s Island, 64 Point Lookout, 64ff Black guard, 65 Items stolen from prisoners, 65 Conscription, 65-66

Anderson, James and Mary Anderson. “The Approach of the Civil War as Seen in the Letters of

James and Mary Anderson of Rockville.” Edited by George M. Anderson. Maryland

Historical Magazine 85 (Summer 1993): 189-202.

Washington D.C. and Rockville, Maryland, Treasury Department clerk Economic troubles, banks, 191 Secession, 191ff Possible sale of slaves to pay debts, 192 Union saving plans, 193 Coming inauguration, Washington society, 194 Fears losing his office in Treasury Department, 194 Lincoln inaugural address, 195 Montgomery Blair and patronage for Republicans, 196 Oath for officeholders, 197-99

Anderson, James Patton. “Civil War Letters of Major General James Patton Anderson.” Edited

by Margaret Anderson Miller. Florida Historical Quarterly 56 (October 1977): 150-75.

Murfreesboro, Stones River, 155-57 Bragg, 157 Mississippi troops at Murfreesboro, 159 Letters, 161 Prudence, propriety, 163 Hindman, Bragg, Rosecrans, Chickamauga, Leonidas Polk, 166-67 Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, 168-70 Demoralized, Johnston, Hardee to marry, 170 Command in Florida, 171ff Florida and great battle in Virginia, 174

Anderson, James Patton. “Major General James Patton Anderson: An Autobiography.” Edited

by Margaret Uhler. Florida Historical Quarterly 65 (January 1987): 335-56.

Grant, drunkenness, 337 Autobiography published in Southern Historical Society Papers, vol. 24

Anderson, James W. “Writings of a Confederate Prisoner of War.” Edited by George C.

Osborn. Tennessee Historical Quarterly 10 (March, June 1951):74-90, 161-84.

6th Tennessee Infantry, Camp Chase, Ohio, prisoner Describes his area of confinement, 75-76 His capture and imprisonment, transportation north, 77ff Prisoner executed, 78 Food, 89 Describes fellow prisoners, 161ff Food, 164 Description of Camp Chase, prisons, 164-65 Newspapers, 166 Christmas, 171 Christianity, God, 174ff Has lost interest in politics, 177

Anderson, Thomas McArthur. "Civil War Recollections of the Twelfth Infantry." Journal of the

Military Service Institution of the United States 41 (1907): 379-93.

12th United States Infantry William B. Franklin, 379-80 Robert Anderson, 381 1862 Valley Campaign, 384-85 Cedar Mountain, 386 Second Bull Run, 387-89 Antietam Campaign, 389-90

Fredericksburg, 390-91 Chancellorsville, 391-92

Appleton, John W. “That Night at Fort Wagner.” Putnam’s Magazine 4 (July 1869): 9-16.

54th Massachusetts Infantry General Gilmore, Morris Island, 9 Under fire, 10 Wounded soldiers, 11 General Terry, 11 Assault on Fort Wagner, 12ff Robert Gould Shaw, 12ff Death of Shaw, 16

Apted, Alfred Melancton. “Gim Views of the War: Through the Diary of a Union Private.”

Edited by Don Farrant. North-South Trader 12 (July-August 1985):28-31.

16th Michigan Infantry Mustered in, 28 Sabbath, 28 Soldier burial, 29 Gettysburg, 30 Wilderness, 30 Fraternization, 31 North Anna River, 31 June 1864--wants war to end

Archer, James Jay. "The James J. Archer Letters: A Marylander in the Civil War." Edited by C.

A. Porter Hopkins. Maryland Historical Magazine 56 (June, December 1961): 125-49, 352-

83.

Brigade command, 125 Officers, election, 127-28 Politics and promotions, 131 Letters from rebels, 132 Hood, Pickett, 133ff Fredericksburg, 140-41 Fort Delaware, 355-56 Johnson’s Island, 356- Box, 356 Food, 357 Clothing for prisoners, women, 363 Box, food, 368

Prisoner exchange, 369 Exchange, Point Lookout, 371 Fort Delaware, 373 Prison ship, Hilton Head, 374ff Petersburg, 379ff

Armistead, Gene C. “Judge Holly Bell: The Autobiography of Alabama’s Last Confederate

Officer.” Alabama Review 70 (July 2017): 247-64.

Lagrange Military Academy, artillery, 257 Co. H., 41st Alabama Stones River, 258 Chickamauga, 259 Drewry’s Bluff, 260 Taken prisoner, Johnson’s Island, 260-

Ashcraft, Allan C., ed. “Confederate Beef Packing at Jefferson, Texas.” Southwestern

Historical Quarterly 68 (October 1964): 259-70.

Contract for slaughtering and meat packing, cattle, with Confederate government, 260-61 Inspection of meat, 262 Tallow, candles, soap, hospitals, 263-66 Poor quality of beef packing, 266-69

Atkinson, Edward. “The Battle of Marks Mill.” Edited by J. H. Atkinson. Arkansas Historical

Quarterly 14 (Winter 1955): 381-84.

1st Arkansas Cavalry Federal foraging and depredations, 382

Atwood, Evans. “Prisoner-of-War Diary.” Edited by W. J. Lemke. Arkansas Historical

Quarterly 12 (Winter 1953): 340-69.

15th Arkansas Infantry Prisoner, Johnson’s Island, 340ff Degrading vice in prison, 342 Memphis, women, clothing for prisoners, 343 Confederate prisoner preaching, 343 Quakers, tracts, testaments, religious lecture, 345 Letters from Unionist relatives, 347-49 Slavery, liberty, George Washington, 350 No racial equality, separation, 352

Lincoln and Union, 358-59 Point Lookout, 361ff Guarded by black troops, 362-63

Austill, Hurieosco. “Fort Morgan in the Confederacy.” Alabama Historical Quarterly 7

(Summer 1945): 254-68.

First Alabama Battery Fort Morgan, 254ff Mobile campaign, 1864, 255ff Gunboat fight, 257ff Morale in the fort, 262 Surrender of the fort, 266-68

Austill, Hurieosco. “Letters by Austill, Hurieosco.” Alabama Historical Quarterly 7 (Winter

1945): 547-73.

1st Alabama Battery Details his prison life, New Orleans, 547ff Women on Canal Street, 548 Escape attempt, 549ff Money and guards, 551 Fort Lafayette, 559 Death of young soldier, fever, 561-62 Fort Delaware, 566ff Religious meetings, ministers, amusements, 566 Boxes, women, 567 Account of return home, 569ff

Avera, William Franklin. “Extracts from the Memoirs of William Franklin Avera.” Edited by

Henry Cathey. Arkansas Historical Quarterly 22 (Summer 1963): 99-116.

Fifth Arkansas Artillery Salt, 100 Steele’s Arkansas campaign, 101ff Confederate Indians, wanted to scalp blacks, 102-3, 107 Marks Mills, 105ff Thoughts going into battle, 105-6 Surrender in Marshall, Texas, 108 General Cabbell cursing, 109 Reconstruction in Arkansas, Ku Klux Klan, 110