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Allen, William Francis. A Yankee Scholar in Coastal South Carolina: William Francis Allen’s Civil War Journals. Edited by James Robert Hester. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2015. Preface Named and described 188 former slaves of various ages Kept three journals his time spent in the South Edited Slave Songs of the United States in 1867 Strong faith in New England ways A Note on Transcripts and sources Letters and writings and journal at Wisconsin Historical Society Journals written in form of letters to be circulated Introduction Born September 5, 1860 west of Boston Precocity in both music and writing Harvard, 1851, Phi Betta Kappa Then extensive European travals--scholar Taught at a Massachusetts school, married in 1862 Teacher on St. Helena (Sea Island, SC) Became one of the famous “Gideonites” Worked with antislavery free labor experimenter Francis Philbrick His view of freedpeople as human beings, 3--do we measure by 19th century or 21st century standards? Allen both teaching and studying the freedpeople-a kind of anthropologist Remained on St. Helena island through June 1864 April 1865 becomes an assistant superintendent of schools in Charleston, SC Inzer, John Washington. The Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John Washington Inzer, 1834- 1928. Edited by Mattie Lou Teague Crow. Huntsville, Ala.: Strode Publishers, 1977. 9th, 58th Alabama and other regiments Sleeping in old railway car, 24-25 Disease, morale, 27 Corinth, 27 Shiloh, 28-29 Corinth, 29ff Marching, 30-31 Food prices, 36 Captured by Union troops, prisoner, 40ff Shelling, artillery fire, 40-41 Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, 40ff Food, cold, 47 Women welcome prisoners, badly treated by Federal soldiers, 48 Johnson’s Island, 49ff Illness, 61-62 Food, Yankees starving us, 63, 65 Prayer, 63 Cold, 64 Religious fellowship, 65, 70 Black soldiers and prisoner exchange, 65, 71, 95 Keep war going, women, 66 Yankee, excoriating, 68 Fast, humiliation, and prayer, 70 Grant’s campaign in Virginia, hatred of the Yankees, 78 Food, illness, 82 July 4, 86 Arrest and banishment of a woman, 89 Mobile, 92-93 Democratic convention, McClellan, 97 Atlanta, 98 Butler, 99 Food, 101 Mail, letters, burned, 110 Birthday, prayer, 119 Yankee congress, retaliation against prisoners, 120 Fort Fisher, 121 Oath, 121 Barrel punishment, 122 Sherman rumor, 127 Rumors, 128 Fall of Richmond, 133 Lee surrender, 134 Vanderhoef, Lorenzo. “I Am Now a Soldier”: The Civil War Diaries of Lorenzo Vanderhoef. Edited Kenneth R. Martin and Ralph Linwood Snow. Bath, Maine: Patten Free Library, 1990. Enlistment, 11 Women, 11 Sermon, 12 Theft, 15 Bathing, 18 Guard house, 24-25 Woman and camp, prostitute, 26 Camp visitors, 28 Officer elections, 30-31 Sutler, 31 July 4, 35 Grafton, 37ff Border states, 41 Sutler, alcohol, 42-43 Food, home, 45 Romney, 48ff Man shot and killed in guard house, 53 Escaped slaves, 54 Chaplain, sermon, 59 Slave, 59, Box, 63 Confederate woman, 65 Officers, 66 Burning fences, 70-71 Colonel’s orders, 73 Christmas, 75 Dysentery, 78 Moving camp, 81 Valley campaign, 1864, 92ff Home, 95 Letters, 123-24 Tuttle, John W. The Union, the Civil War, and John W. Tuttle: A Kentucky Captain’s Account. Frankfort: Kentucky Historical Society, 1980. Third Kentucky Infantry (Union) Election of 1860, 12ff Crittenden compromise, 18 Kentucky election, 20 Women, Union speech, enlistment, 22-23 Slavery, 22ff Kentucky neutrality, 29 Third Kentucky Infantry, 41ff Guard duty, 42-43 Dress parade, inspection, 43-44 Training, 45-46 Politicians, Bramlette, 46-48 Measles, 52-53 Flag presentation, 56-57 Camp Dick Robinson, 57 Typhoid fever, 65-66 Mill Springs, 70ff Shiloh, 79-93 Bulletproof vests, 92-93 Corinth, 93ff Whiskey prices, 103 Slaves, camp servants, 105 Perryville, 117-30 Stones’ River, 130ff Horse accident, broken leg, 141 Chickamauga, 144-45 Hospital, 147 Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, 155ff Foraging, 171-72 Atlanta campaign, 168ff Rocky Face, 178ff Sharpshooters, 189 Kennesaw Mountain, 196 July 4, 202 Destroy railroad, 217 Election, McClellan, Lincoln, Nashville, 222-23 Alcohol, 223-24 Election of 1864, Soldiers, McClellan badges, 228, 230-31 Lincoln assassination, 243 Blackburn, Theodore W. Letters from the Front: A Union “Preacher” Regiment (74th Ohio) in the Civil War. Dayton, Oh.: Morningside, 1981. Lincoln and boy, 3-4 Picket, 13 Carnifex Ferry, 11ff Enlistment, 19ff Slavery, 22 Clothing, 25-26 Granville Moody, 29ff Chaplain, 41 Camp Chase, 41ff *soldiers wives, 53 *Soldier morality, 61 Shirkers, faking illness, 66 Black religion, 70 Diarrhea, 74 Mutiny, 71-81 Foraging, 82 Officer resignations, 91 Stones River, 98ff Death, burial, 109 Christian Commission, Bible, 114, 133 Soldier life, satire, 118-19 Tullahoma, 119ff Chickamauga, 137ff Box, 159 Food, 164-65 Atlanta campaign, 172ff Resaca, 175ff Pickett’s Mill, 181ff Accidental shooting, 190 Letters, 207 July 4, alcohol, 207 Jonesboro, 221ff Food, 236 Goldwaite, Richard and Ellen Goldwaite, eds. A Handful of Providence: The Civil War Letters of Lt. Richard Goldwaite, New York Volunteers, and Ellen Goldwaite. Edited by Marti Skipper and Jane Taylor. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2004. Enlistment, departure, 18 Big Bethel, 18 Dream, 27, 51-52 Bull Run, 38 Picture, 43, 45 Prayer, 46 Death, funeral, 53-54 Hampton Roads, 66ff Fort McHenry, 68ff Officers, furlough, 70 Trent affair, 71-72 Women, patriotism, 75 Religion, 41 Church, copperhead, 75 Dream, 75-76, 8-81 Worries about husband, 77-78 Army of the Potomac, weather, 81-82 Religion, 82 Soldier pay, 83 Resignation, 88 Coast guard, 93ff Fortress Monroe, 93ff Letters, 102ff Peninsula campaign, 105ff July 4, 1862, 132 Seven Days, 132 Dreams, 135, 151 Furlough, 139, 144 Conscription, 143 Murders, officer, 145 *Hardening, 149 Prayer and contentment, 163 Clothes, purchases at home, 164-65 Pregnant, 169, 187 Generals, 170 Marriage, money, 173 Fredericksburg, 175 Soldier pay, 184 Plans to leave army, 185-86 Soldier life, 190 Emancipation Proclamation, 192 Resignation, 192-93 Johansson, M. Jane. Widows by the Thousand: The Civil War Letters of Theophilus and Harriet Perry, 1862-1864. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2000. Theophilus reports on home life, 3 Washing, 4 Soldiers and prostitutes, 4 Sleeping, 6 Advice to wife, 7 Daughter's antics, 9-10 Stonewall Jackson has little feeling for his men, 12-13 Harriet lonely and sad, 14-15 Lewisville, Arkansas, poor whites, 17 Dirt and cleanliness in camp, 17 State of country, religious devotion, 18 Condition of regiment, appointments, affairs in Arkansas, 22-25 Family matters, food, 26 Letters, 27 Daughter's illness, 27-28 Conscription law, 30 Controversies about ranks among the officers, 32-33 Scarcity of paper, 34 Teething feverish daughter, 38-39 Lonely, sad, fears dying alone, 41 "War makes its widows by the thousand" quote, 45 Whiskey and daughter's health, 47-48 Emancipation Proclamation, fear, 50 Daughter's illness, 50-51, 70 War's course, morale, 58-59 *Democracy, despotism, 59 Christmas, 75 *Slaves running away from Federals, 83-84 Letters, unappreciated by husband, 85 Breastfeeding, ill, child, food, 85-86 Wintering nears springs, many pretty girls, 91-92 Farm prices, 95 Tableaux for soldiers, 100 Slave camp servant, 105 Food prices, 106 Theophilus and love for his family, 109 Confederate money, land and slaves sales, 110 Length of war, little hope for peace, 112 Harriet reports on the two children, 116 Secession and food supply, 119-20 Theophilus expects a long war, 122 Women and Confederate troops, 132 Slave camp servant cooking, 133-34 Puck, Susan T., ed. Sacrifice at Vicksburg: Letters from the Front. Shippensburg, Pa.: Burd Street Press, 1997. Food, 6 Learning to be a soldier, 8 War and Emancipation Proclamation, 17 Slaves, 23 Being a soldier, 25 Chaplain sermon, 26, 29 Slavery, Unionists, 27 No peace terms, 30 Lexington, Henry Clay, 31 Funeral, 35 Sanitary Commission, 36 Amputation, 42 Slaves, 47 Slave, race, 49 Food, 51 Leaky tent, 52-53 Sutler, 53 Fight for blacks, slavery, 53 Illness, duty, 57 Religious revivals, 57-58 Drunken officers, spree, 61 Assault on Vicksburg, 63 Grant and Sherman, 72-73 Deserters, 76 McClellan, Lincoln, election of 1864, 76 *War and slavery, 78 Marriage, 94-95 Jokes, 99 Wound, mental health, 104 Parsons, Emily Elizabeth. Memoir of Emily Elizabeth Parsons. Boston: Little, Brown, 1880. Hospital letters, Fort Schuyler Hospital, New York, Lawson Hospital St. Louis In charge of a ward, like being head of family, 18 Duties, 18-19 Surgeon, 20 Whiskey, 21 Caring for wounded men, 22-23 God and hospital work, 25-26 Treating soldiers who had recently been operated upon, 28-29 Food, 29 Reamputation of arm, 31 Snow comes into war, 31-32 Stove, living conditions, cold, 32-33 Surgeon, 37 Patients coming in from Washington, 39-40 Cold weather and health, 40-41 Lower class man shot in quarrel with a captain, 41-42 Lawson Hospital St. Louis, pp. 48ff Surgeon, 49 Death of soldiers, 50 Soldiers like to have a woman in the ward, 51 Great affection for soldiers, 52 Freed slaves, 55 Vicksburg, 55ff Soldiers and women, 62-63 Benton Barracks Hospital, 72ff Duties, 75-76 Dying, dead soldier, 77 Supervising nurses, 81 Dying soldier, religion, 81-82 Advantages of young nurses, 83-84 Soldier marries a nurse, 84-85 Religious meeting in hospital, 85-86 Supervising nurses, 86-87, 98 Soldiers, heroism, religion, 95 Prayer meeting, 99-100 Nurse and cleaner wards, 101 Duties, 106-7 July 4, 113-14 General Garnett’s former wife, 119 Dying man, 128-29 Former slaves, grateful, women, 133 Copperheads, slaves, black people, 138-39 Young black