Author Surname Beginning with “E”
Collection created by Dr. George C. Rable
Documents added as of August 2021
Eberhart, James W. “Diary of Salisbury Prison by James W. Eberhart.” Edited by Florence C.
McLaughlin. Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine 56 (July 1973): 211-51.
Sergeant, Co. G, 8th Pennsylvania Reserves, Co. G, 191st Pennsylvania Infantry Weldon Railroad, Petersburg, taken prisoner, 213-15 Richmond, Libby prison, food, 216 Salisbury Prison, 216ff Rations, food, 217ff Tent, 218 Prisoner shot, 218 Prisoners counted, 218 Prisoner exchange, 220 War news, 221 Rumors, 224 Disease and mortality, 230 Religious service, 230-31 Diarrhea, dysentery, 231 Oath, Confederate army, 233 Election of 1864, 233-35 Minister and woman, religious service, 237 Deaths, 240 Christmas, 245 Parole, exchange, rations, 247
Edwards, Mary Roy Dawson. “I Saw Him First in Lexington, Va.” Civil War Times 47
(October 2008): electronic, no pagination.
Clement Daniels Fishburne on Stonewall Jackson First met Jackson at a bookstore in Lexington, Virginia Jackson socially stiff Winchester General Patterson Joseph E. Johnston Bull Run, Manassas Speedy marching
Elliott, Fergus. “Fergus Elliott’s Savannah.” Civil War Times Illustrated 14 (June 1975): 10-16.
109th Pennsylvania Infantry, Co. G., sergeant New Year’s Savannah, 11 Food prices, 12 Troops reviews, 13
Wilmington, Fort Fisher, 14 Lecture on pluck, John W. Geary, 14-15 Prostitutes, black and white soldiers alike, 15 Black woman, 16 Sabbath, 16
Ely, Robert B. “This Filthy Ironpot.” American Heritage 19 (February 1968): 46-51, 108-111.
Lieutenant, Manhattan Discomfort on the ironclad, 47ff Key West, 49 July 4, 50 No drill, 50 Alcohol, 108 Mobile, Fort Morgan, 108 Battle of Mobile, 108 Fort Gaines surrender, 110
Ettinger, Amos A. “An Allentonian in Florida during the Civil War.” Lehigh County Historical
Society Proceedings 12 (1939): 50-80.
1st Pennsylvania Infantry, 50 Lutheran war sermon, 51 Trains with soldiers and horses, 53 Soldiers return, speeches, 53 Fasting, humiliation, and prayer, 54 Election, Democrat of doubtful loyalty, 55 New York, 56 47th Pennsylvania Infantry, 57 Beaufort, picket duty, 57 Food, prices, 57-58 Key West, 58ff Accusation that regiment opposed Lincoln, 62 David Hunter and black soldiers, 62 Conscription, bounties, 64 Conscription, 66 Black soldiers, 67 Lieutenant, 2nd Florida Cavalry, 69 Major, alcohol, murdered a sentinel, 70 Election of 1864, soldier vote, 70-71 Still in Florida at war’s end, mustering out, 73ff
Documents added as of August 2019
English, William L. “On Lookout Mountain.” Knickerbocker 63 (January 1864): 49-51.
101st Illinois Infantry Left behind ill, visit to Lookout Mountain, 49ff Largely geographical
Documents added as of July 2019
Early, Jubal Anderson. “The Advance Upon Washington in July 1864.” Southern Magazine 8
(1871): 750-63.
Criticizes John Esten Cooke’s account of the campaign toward Washington, 751ff Defends pace of his march toward Washington, 752 Advanced to Lynchburg to stop David Hunter, 753 Pursued Hunter for three days, 754 Many soldiers without shoes, 754 Lee gave him discretion on crossing Potomac, 754-55 Monocacy, 755-56 Heat and dust on march, 756 Learned of troops reaching Washington from Grant’s army, 758 Federals had frightened by his force, 758 Includes documents on Federal strength, 758 Blasts critics who know nothing, 762-63
Documents added as of June 2019
Early, Jubal Anderson. “Popular Errors in Regard to the Battles of the War.” Land We Love 6
(February 1869): 265-77.
Manassas, errors of various writers 265ff Why Confederates could not advance on Washington, 273ff
Edwards, Elisha J. “Before Grant Won His Stars.” McClure’s Magazine 5 (June 1895): 38-44.
Chetlain’s recollections of Grant in Galena, 38 Clerk in father’s leather and hardware store, 38-39 Grant’s enlistment, 39-40 Grant chairs war meeting, 40 Showed executive ability in his getting men equipped, 40-41 Governor Yates, 41-42 Grant as a clerk under the adjutant general, 42 Grant’s services refused by four states, 43 Colonel and promotion to general, 43-44
Elam, W. C. “A Sign in the Heavens.” Blue and Gray 3 (1894): 264.
Chancellorsville, 264 Woolfolk’s Battery, 264 Sky lighted in presence of Jackson and other generals, 264 Wounding of Jackson recalled the sky, 264
Ellis, Hiram. “A Terrible Night on the Picket Line.” Maine Bugle 2 (1895): 204-7.
2nd United States Cavalry Sent into Maryland for supplies, 204 Bombproof, 204-5 Picket duty, 205ff Mistaken picket firing, 205-7
“An Escape from Johnston’s [sic] Island.” Southern Magazine 11 (1872): 535-44.
Bribing sentinels, 535 Tunnels, 535 Climbing over a wall, ladder, 536 Frostbite, 537 Stolen horses, 537 Warmed up, food, 538 One prisoner caught on train to Detroit, 539 Many people turned them away, 539 Trying to escape to Canada on the ice, 541 Had reached Canada in four days, 542 Vallandigham, 543 Returned home to North Carolina on a blockade runner, 544
Documents added as of February 2019
Eagleton, Ethie M. Foute. “’Stray Thoughts’: The Civil War Diary of Ethie M. Foute
Eagleton.” Edited by Elvie Eagleton Skipper and Ruth Gove. East Tennessee Historical
Society’s Publications 40-41 (1968, 1969): 132-37, 116-28.
Christmas, 132 Soldiers comes home, 133 Peaching, 135 Kill Lincoln, 133-34 Andrew Johnston, 135 Yankees, black funeral, 136 Stonewall Jackson, 116 Yankees, closed churches, 117
Yankees seize church, 119 Husband beaten, 119 Unionists, 120 Women and separated families, 124 William G. Brownlow, she is accused of being a spy, 125
Earle, Charles Warrington. “Libby Prison Life and Escape.” Maine Bugle Campaign 3 (1896):
128-53.
96th New York Infantry Chickamauga, 128 Taken prisoner, 130 Marching, Confederate soldier treatment, 130 Railroad journey, food, 130-31 Libby Prison, 131ff Prison described, 132ff Religious meetings, McCabe, 133 Neal Dow, 133 Slaves work in prison, 134 Roll call, deception, 134-35 Food, boxes, 135 Amusements, 136 Food prices, 136 Prison minstrels, 136-37 Discipline, disloyalty, 137-38 Christmas, 138 Sleeping accommodation, 138-39 Little boys fall through ice and drown in James River, 139 Letters, 140 Exchange rumors, 140 Escape, tunnel, 140-153 John Hunt Morgan and Neal Dow, 141-42
Early, Jubal Anderson. "Stonewall Jackson at Fredericksburg, a Letter from Jubal A. Early."
Historical Magazine ser. 2, vol. 8 (Morrisania 1870): 32-35.
Jubal Early, Fredericksburg, Jackson, night attack, denies that Jackson favored it
Eberhart, James W. “Diary of a Salisbury Prison by James W. Eberhart.” Edited by Florence C.
McLaughlin. Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine 56 (July 1973): 211-51.
191st Pennsylvania Infantry Petersburg, 213ff
Taken prisoner, Confederate steals his rubber blanket, 215 Libby Prison, 216ff Food, 217 Exchange rumors, 220 Diarrhea, 223 Food, rations, 223 Escape from railroad car, 227 Salisbury prison, 227ff Food, ration, 229, 234 Lice, 229 Prisoner shot by guard, 230 Oath and volunteering for Confederate army, 233 Election of 1864, 233 Religious service, hymn singing, 237 Fight, 240 Bones painful, very thin, 241 Washing, lice, 245 Paroled, black soldiers, 248
Eddy, Valora D. “Diary of Valora D. Eddy, 4th Corporal Company A, Forty-Fourth Regiment
N.Y.S.V.” Fifth Annual Report of the New York Bureau of Military Statistics (1868):
631-61.
44th New York Infantry, Co. 4, Fourth Corporal Confederate deserters, 631 Smithsonian, 634 Overland Campaign, 636ff Wilderness, casualties, 637 Spotsylvania Courthouse, 637-38 Cold Harbor, 641 Picket duty, 642 Taken prisoner, 642 Transported, 642ff Rumors of prisoner exchange, 645 Andersonville, 644ff Trading food, 645 Raiders, 646ff July 4, 647 Lawrence, South Carolina, 653 Oath, 654 Soap, 654 Florence, South Carolina, 655 Election of 1864, 655 Thanksgiving, 656
Andersonville, 658-661
Edgcomb, George. “’Dear Brother Isaac…’ Letters from George Edgcomb, 15th New York
Engineers.” Edited by Edmund Raus. Military Images 8 (May-June 1987): 14-15.
15th New York Engineers Pontoon bridges across the James River, 14-15 Grant, 14 Enlistment, conscription, 14-15 Election of 1864, Lincoln, Fremont, McClellan, 15
Edrington, John Catesby. “Letters of John C. Edrington.” Northern Neck Historical Magazine
11 (1961): 1019-22.
9th Virginia Cavalry, Sergeant Chancellorsville, 1019 Soldier life, food, 1019 Slaves and Yankees, 1021
Edrington, William E. “True Glory.” Blue & Gray Magazine 7 (April 1990): 45.
54th Massachusetts Infantry Attack on Fort Wagner, 45 Robert Gould Shaw, 45
Edwards, William L. "Civil War Letters of William L. Edwards, A Soldier in Hood's Texas
Brigade." Edited by Ann Lee (Clark) Dempster and Homer L. Kerr. Texas Military
History 7 (Spring 1968): 5-26.
Co. K, 4th Texas Infantry New Orleans, 7-8 Praises men in his company, 8 Yankee prisoners, 11 Disease, hospital, 13 Peninsula campaign, 15ff Asks for prayers, needs Christian strength, 17 Death, Gaines Mill, amputation, 21-22
Egan, Patrick. “Chief [Patrick] Egan’s War Record Written for State Archives.” Journal of the
American Irish Historical Society 8 (1909): 17-82.
3rd Rhode Island Artillery (Heavy) Enlistment, 177 Voyage to Port Royal, seasickness, 178 Olustee, 179-80 Foraging a cow, 181-82
Eggleston, E. T. “Excerpts from the Diary of E. T. Eggleston.” Edited by Edward Noyes.
Tennessee Historical Quarterly 17 (December 1958): 336-58.
Co. G., 1st Mississippi Artillery Atlanta campaign, 340ff Hardee, Resca, 341 Race between Johnston and Sherman for Atlanta, 342 Battery shelling and killing Yankees, 345 Allatoona, 351 Disastrous 1864, 358
Eidson, William G. and Vincent Akers, eds. "Democratic Attitudes in Johnson County during
the Civil War Era: A Look at the Demaree Papers." Indiana Magazine of History 70
(March 1974): 44-69.
Kentucky, 54 Wild Cat battle, 56-57 Conscription, substitutes, 60 Election of 1864, Lincoln, McClellan, 60 End of the Civil war, 61 Lincoln assassination, Booth, 61-63
Elby, Robert B. “this filthy ironpot.” American Heritage 19 (February 1968): 46-51, 108-111.
No pagination in digitized version Lieutenant, USS Manhattan Mobile Bay June 30, 1864 Sea sickness, uncomfortable ship July 1—dirty ship, heat July 2 ff Key West July 3, Fort Taylor, yellow fever July 12-13—fire on the ship July 15, alcohol July 17 homesickness July 20 Mobile, Fort Morgan August 4-5—battle of Mobile Bay August 7-8—surrender of Fort Gaines
August 8-25 Fort Morgan, torpedoes, surrender of the fort
Eldridge, Daniel. “The Military History of Daniel Eldridge, Written by Himself.” Edited by
John H. Lindenbusch. Historical New Hampshire 19 (Winter 1964): 3-49.
Private, 3rd New Hampshire Enlistment, 7 Food, 8-9 Soldier pay and reviews, 9-10 Guard duty, 10 Washington, 14ff Rain, flooding in camp, 15-16 Selling things, 16 et passim Fight in camp, hot coffee, 17 Guard house, 17-18 Port Royal, 22ff Slaves sold them food, 25-26 Wells, water, 26 Sutlers, trading goods, 28 Letters, 28 Carved pipes, 29 Major reading newspapers aloud for troops, 32 Sabbath, 32-33 Letter, hair, 37 Savannah, 36ff Complaint by slave woman, dance, 38-39 Counterfeit Confederate money, 42
Ellen. “My Darling Charlie.” By Monte Akers. North-South Trader’s Civil War 18 (1991): 18-
25.
Travel for a woman, partying, 18 Love letter, 19 Photograph, 20 Wedding, 20
Elliot, Charles D. “Port Hudson.” Historical Leaves 7 (October 1908): 49-61.
New York Light Artillery, 17th Battery Algiers, Louisiana, 52 Mapping Mississippi River, 53 Port Hudson campaign, 54ff Advance on Confederates and their disorderly flight, 55-56 Pneumonia, 57
Battle of Plains Store, 58 Grierson, 59 Siege of Port Hudson, 59ff
Elliott, Francis Marion. “Dear Friends”: The Civil War Letters of Francis Marion Elliott, A
Pennsylvania Country Boy.” Edited by Peter C. Boag. Pittsburgh History 72 (Holiday
1989): 193-98.
Pope orders in Virginia, 193 Desertion, 193ff Conscription, 194 Wounded, 195 Ream’s Station, 195-96 McClellan, election of 1864, abolition, 196 Boydton Plank Road, Petersburg, sight of dead, 196
Elliott, John. “Civil War Letters of Lieutenant John Elliott.” Edited by John Barnwell. Georgia
Historical Quarterly 65 (Fall 1981): 203-39.
1st Georgia Infantry Joseph E. Brown, New York, South Carolina, 205 Jefferson Davis, 205 Bloodless revolution, 205 College student, 206ff Savannah is safe, 207 Flag presentation, 208 Death, funeral, burial, 209 Secessionville, 210 Fort Boggs and Fort Brown, 212 Yellow Fever, 216 Books, 218 Hardee, evacuation of Savannah, artillery, infantry, 223-24 Sherman in South Carolina, still has hope, Johnston, Lee, Jefferson Davis, 225-26 Morale, 226-27 England, European intervention, 227 Apocalyptic analysis, Bible dates and numbers, 227-28 Positions of Sherman’s corps, 229 Charleston to be held, 230 Reading, books, 231
Elliott, Robert Gaston. “A Look at Early Lawrence: Letters from Robert Gaston Elliott.”
Edited by Carolyn Berneking. Kansas Historical Quarterly 43 (Autumn 1977): 282-96.
No copperheads in Kansas, 290 Recruiting soldiers, black and white, 290 Rumors of guerrilla invasion and attack on Lawrence, 290 Quantrill and sack of Lawrence, 291-92 Kansas politics, legislature, James Lane, 292-93
Ellis, E. John. “A Louisiana Prisoner-of-War on Johnson’s Island, 1863-1865.” Edited by
Martina Buck. Louisiana History 4 (Summer 1963): 233-42.
16th Louisiana Infantry, Captain Secession, 234 Johnson’s Island, 235ff Letters of various family members 236 Washing day, 237 Cooking, 237 Cooked cat, 237-38 Lice? 238 Tobacco, 238 Rumors, 239 Devastation of war, 240 Lincoln, second inauguration, 241 Lincoln assassination, 241 Oath, 242 Ellis, Richard N., ed. "The Civil War Letters of an Iowa Family," Annals of Iowa 39 (Spring
1969): 561-86.
15th Iowa Infantry Cooking, food, 563 Shiloh, 567ff Soldier pay, 569 Corinth, 569 Father should not enlist, too old, 570-71, 577 Soldier duties, 571-72 Graves, 574 Food, 575 Soldier wife, 575 Death of husband, 578-79 Lorenzo Thomas, black troops, 582 Straving people in Vicksburg, 583 Duty, Grant, Sherman, copperheads, 585
Ellis, Volney. “’An Experience in Soldier’s Life’: The Civil War Letters of Volney Ellis,
Adjutant, Twelfth Texas Infantry Walker’s Texas Division, C.S.A.” Edited by Thomas
W. Curtrer. Military History of the Southwest 22 (Fall 1992): 109-72.
12th Texas Infantry, Captain Not eager for battle, 117 Soldier pay, bounty, 119 Court martial, 120 Fears dying away from home, 121 Arkansas Post, 121-23 Snow, 123 Emancipation Proclamation, 124 Wife at home, loneliness,, trouble, mistreatment by relatives, debts, 125-26 Duty, battle for liberty, 127 Officers, 127 Food prices, 128-29 Course of the war, 129 Soldier pay, 130 Letters, 132 Fall of Vicksburg, 133-134 Possible abandonment of Louisiana, speculation in slaves, 135 Rumors, 136 Reading material, 136 Morals in the army, 136 Soldier pay, 138 Furlough, duty, 139-40 Does not want wife to become a refugee, slave danger, 144 Has faith in ability of Texans through back the Federals, 144 Food, war news, 145 Fate of Confederate will be decided this year, 147 Anticipates spring campaign, 149 Red River campaign, 150ff Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, 153-56 Casualties, 157 Deserter, 159 Confederate money, 160-61 Measles, 162 Destruction in Louisiana, women and corruption, 163 Confidence, morale, Lee, 163 Election of 1864, Lincoln, 171
Ellison, Joseph M. “Joseph M. Ellision: War Letters (1862).” Edited by Calvin J. Billman.
Georgia Historical Quarterly 48 (June 1964): 229-38.
15th Alabama Infantry Jackson’s Valley campaign, 229-33 Seven Days campaign, Yankee demoralization, 233-34 Second Bull Run, wife’s brother had a finger shot off, 235 Physical and mental breakdown, 235ff
Endicott, William. "Reminiscences of Seventy-Five Years." Proceedings of the Massachusetts
Historical Society Third Series 46 (November 1912): 208-33.
Lincoln, 225 Antietam, 225 Vicksburg, Lincoln, Grant, 225-26 National currency, money, greeenbacks, Jay Cooke, gold, Fessenden, 226-230 Lincoln relection, 1864, 232
Erwin, Edward Jones. “Fatherly Advice on Secession: Edward Jones Erwin to His Son at
Davidson College, 1860-61.” Edited by John Inscoe. American Presbyterians 69
(Summer 1991): 97-109.
Morgantown, North Carolina, banker Support for Constitutional Union ticket, Bell and Everett, on campus, 99 Election of Lincoln and secession, 101 Bell, Breckinridge, Democrats, need for southern unity, Presbyterian, 101 Stay in school, secession, 102-3 Secession, war prospects, coercion, subjugation, 103 Secession prospects in North Carolina, convention, 103-4 Washington peace conference, 103-4 Enlistment, becoming an officer, 104
Evans, Thomas H. “All Was Complete Chaos.” Civil War Times Illustrated 6 (January 1968):
32-41.
12th United States Infantry Pontoon bridge, 34 Second Bull Run, Manassas, 34 Fitz John Porter, 34 Pope, McDowell, 35-36 Bees, 37-38
Milroy, 38 Abandoning supplies, 41
Evans, Thomas H. “At Malvern Hill.” Civil War Times Illustrated 6 (December 1967): 38-43.
12th United States Infantry Seven Days, 38ff Dead and wounded, horrors of battlefield, 41 July 4, 43
Evans, Thomas H. "'The Cries of the Wounded Were Piercing and Horrible'." Civil War Times
Illustrated 7 (July 1968):28-38.
12th United States Infantry Fredericksburg campaign, 28ff March to Fredericksburg, 28 Removal of McClellan, 29 Fitz John Porter, 29 Snow, cold, 30 Shell of Fredericksburg, 30 Sack of Fredericksburg, 35
Evans, Thomas H. “The enemy sullenly held on to the city.” Civil War Times Illustrated 7
(April 1968): 32-40.
12th United States Infantry Antietam campaign, 32ff March, straggling, 32 Burial, 33 Appearance of the dead, 33 Picket duty, 38-39 Picket firing, 39
Evans, Thomas H “’There is no use saying to dodge shot.” Civil War Times Illustrated 6
(August 1967): 40-45.
12th United States Infantry Careless soldiers, 41-42 Seven Days, 42ff Zouaves, 43 Gaines’ Mill, 42ff Whiskey, 45
Ewing, Charles. “Sherman’s March Through Georgia: Letters from Charles Ewing to His
Father.” Edited by George C. Osborn. Georgia Historical Quarterly 42 (September
1958): 323-27.
Casaulties, 324