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Documents Added as of September 2021

Labadie, Cecelia. “Cecilia Labdie: Diary Fragment.” Editd by Marjorie L. Williams. Texana

10 (1972): 273-83.

Galveston Gunboats and could hear artillery, 279 John B. Magruder, 280

Ladd, James Royal. “From Atlanta to the Sea.” American Heritage 30 (December 1978): 4-11.

113th Ohio, Adjutant Railroad destruction, 6 Burning of Atlanta, 6 Foraging and destruction, 6-7 Shooting accident, 7 Burning factory, women workers, 7 Plantation, slaves, 7 Foraging, Thanksgiving, plantation, 8 Milledgeville, 8 Sandersville, 8-9 Slaves, plantation, foraging, 9 Food, 10 Complaints of a beautiful young woman, 10 Burned bridge, 11 Large numbers of black following the army, 11 Savannah, 11

Latham, Henry C. “A Young Man’s View of Lincoln and Douglas in 1861.” Abraham Lincoln

Association Bulletin No. 52 (June 1938): 7-9.

New Year’s Lincoln, 8 Lincoln inauguration, 9 Lincoln’s cabinet, 9 Death of Stephen A. Douglas, 9

Lee, Cazenove Gardner. “The Civil War Reminiscences of Cazenove Gardner Lee, 1861-1862.”

Edited by Allen C. Guelzo and Robert E. L. DeButts, Jr. Virginia Magazine of History

and Biography 129 (No. 1, 2021): 81-114.

Alexandria, 85ff Slaves, 86 Ellsworth and James W. Jackson, 87 Destruction, 87-88 McDowell’s army, 89 Unionism, Robert E. Lee, 89 Franklin, Munson’s Hill, 90 Troop review, McClellan, Lincoln, 90-91 Union and Confederate arms, 93 Second Bull Run, 94ff McClellan. 95 Boys and arms, 96-97 Pickets, 98 Union soldiers, stealing, 99 Robert E. Lee, retreat to Appomattox, 99-100 Recollections of Robert E. Lee, secession, 100-1 Lee in Alexandra, postwar, 102 Lee and Gettysburg, Ewell, 102-3 Grant, 103 McClellan, Fitz John Porter, 103-5 Lee strategy after Second Manassas, McClellan, Stonewall Jackson, 105-7

Lee, D. Collins, “The Ramparts of the Three Cities.” Historical and Philosophical Society of

Ohio Bulletin 4 (1946): 5-11.

Diary of Henry Howe Fort Ferry and Fort Rich, Covington, Kentucky, 6ff Morgan’s cavalry, 7 Martial law, rough handling of black men, 8 Marching to the top of a hill, 9 Siege of Cincinnati over, 10

Lee, Mary Custis. “They Surrendered Honorably.” Edited by Edith Snowden and Philip Gibson.

Civil War Times Illustrated 20 (November 1981): 17-18.

Describes the necessity of the Army of Northern Virginia’s surrender, 17 Honorable terms, 18 Destruction and cruel enemy, 18

Lehew, Joseph S. “The Lingering Effects of War.” Civil War Times Illustrated 37 (October

1998): electronic no pagination

15th Ohio Infantry Service record Effects of wounds and disease Stones River Wounded at Pickett’s Mills Nashville Libby Prison

Littlepage, Hardin Beverly. “A Midshipman Abroad the Virginia.” Civil War Times Illustrated

13 (April 1974), 4-6, 8, 10-11, 42-47.

Captain Biographical sketch, 4-6 Secession, southern naval officers, 8-11 Norfolk, Hampton Roads, 42 Virginia, ironclad, 42-47

Littlepage, Hardin Beverly. “With the Crew of the Virginia.” Civil War Times Illustrated 13

(May 1974): 36-43.

Captain Virginia vs. the Monitor, 36-37 Virginia blown up, Norfolk abandoned, 39 Crew at Drewry’s Bluff, 41 Fights with gunboats, 41-42

Littlepage, Hardin Beverly. “A Midshipman Abroad.” Civil War Times Illustrated 13 (June

1974): 19-26.

Captain Gunboat Chattahoochee, 19 Mallory, 19 Charleston, 20 Running the blockade, 20 Nassau, 21 Blockade runners arriving, 22 England, 24 Paris, Gwyn home, 24 Went back to Richmond, 25 Surrendered to Grant’s army, 25-26 Alcohol, 26

Documents Added as of August 2021

Landis, Robert W. “Chaplaincy in the Army.” Danville Review 3 (June 1863); 255-87.

2nd Missouri Cavalry (Union)

Claims that chaplaincy has been a failure, 255 Chaplain regulations and provisions, 256ff Wide range in abilities among chaplains, getting used to military life, 259 Importance of religious influence in the army, 259 Great mistake of trying to create a kind of church organization in the regiments, 261 General O. O. Howard and failure of chaplaincy, 263 Unqualified men were appointed, 264 Man good men had to resign for health reasons, 264-65 Chaplain confronts men of diverse background and some hostile to his demonization, 265 Difficulty to reach the men, 266 Soldiers scattered on picket duty, 270 General Howard’s remarks misconstrued and many fine chaplains, 273 Hospital ship after Shiloh, 275 Various religious organizations have distorted record of the chaplains, 275 Importance of religious reading matter in the army, 279 Chaplains and men in battle, 280-81 Rejects that argument that preaching of the Gospel is secondary importance in army, 285 Recruitment of chaplains, 286-97

Langdon, Loomis L. “The Relief of Fort Pickens, Florida.” Journal of the Military Service

Institution of the United States 45 (1909): 267-96.

1st United States Artillery Fort Pickens, 267ff Pensacola Bay, 267ff Henry J. Hunt account, 273=78 Colonel Henry Brown, 273ff William Howard Russell, 275 J. O. Kerby Confederate account, 280-89 Appendix of official correspondence (probably in the OR), 289--96

Landis, Robert W. [Review of Army Chaplain’s Manual] Danville Review 3 (December 1863):

568-92.

Skeptical about this chaplain’s manual, 568 Too much material on personal religion, 569 Better adapted for the hospital than for the camp, 569-70

Disagree about chaplains having no rank, 571-81 Chaplain’s uniform, 581-85 Should not see the life of the soldier and the life of the Christian as incompatible, 584-86 Chaplain and army discipline, 586-87 Chaplain should inspire soldiers with confidence in justness of the cause, patriotism, 587- 90 Not enough about the current times, 590 May be some times when chaplains have to become fighting soldiers, 591-92

Lazear, Bazel F. “The Civil War Letters of Colonel Bazel F. Lazear.” Edited by Vivian

Kirkpatrick McLarty. Missouri Historical Review 44 (April, July 1950): 254-73, 387-

401; 45 (October 1950): 47-63.

Pike County Home Guards, Co. B Sterling Price, power of Confederates, 258 Confederates lack arms, 26o Battle of Crooked Creek, casualties, 260-62 Poor prospects for peace, 262 Skirmish with Confederates, casualties, 264 Misses his children, 265 Slaves coming into camp, 266 McClellan, war in the East, 266 Christmas, 267 Wants wife to come to camp, 269 Guerrillas, thieves and murderers, 269 Piano, attractive women, 270-71 Lone Jack battle, 271 Samuel R. Curtis, Schofield, 271 Confederate women prisoners, 272 Lexington, Missouri, 387 Music, wealthy people, 388 Criticizes colonel, 388-89 Guerrillas, killing Confederates, 389 Quantrill, refugees, 390 Had prisoner shot, 391 General Ewing order, 391 Exile guerrilla families, 392 Quantrill has left the country, 393 Shelby raid, 394-98 Lice, 399 Jefferson City, court martial, 399-400 Guerrillas murdering people, he will possibly be arrested, 399-401 Confederate, guerrillas, skirmishing, arrests of men and women, 49-50

Guerrillas, denies giving permission to rob citizens, women, 51 Sterling Price’s Missouri raid, Big Blue, 54-58 Women at home, 56-58

Lewis, F. W. “The Regular Infantry in the Gettysburg Campaign.” Journal of the Military

Service Institution of the United States 45 (1909): 39-45.

Regular regiments, 39 Greatly reduced strength, 41 March toward Gettysburg, 41-42 Deployment, July 2-3, 42-45

Long, J. M. “A Seventeen Year Old Texas Boy at Shiloh.” Blue and Gray 1 (1893): 278-79.

9th Texas Infantry Shiloh, 278-79 Bible stopping bullet, 279 Dead and wounded soldiers, 279

Documents Added as of January 2020

Litherland, Ebenezer C. “Letters from the Kane County Cavalry.” Edited by Clifford Egan.

Lincoln Herald 65 (Fall 1963): 144-49.

15th Illinois Cavalry Hospital, deaths, 145 Christmas, 145 John Pope, St. Louis, Confederates, 145 Religious revival at home, 146-47 Church service, sermon, millennium, 146 Mill Springs, 146 McClellan, 146 Trent affair, Mason and Slidell, 147 Religious state, 147-48 Vicksburg, Grant, Sherman, Steele, 148

Looseley, John. “An Illinois Soldier at Vicksburg.” Edited by John Y. Simon. Manuscripts 19

(Summer 1967): 23-31.

81st Illinois Infantry, Private Religion, 23 Vicksburg, 24-31

Food, 24 Battle of Raymond, 24-26 Marching, 26 Jackson, Mississippi, 26 Water, 27 Big Black River, 28 Storming Vicksburg, casualties, 29-30

Lovell, Samuel C. “With Lee After Appomattox.” Edited by Stuart H. Buck. Civil War Times

Illustrated 17 (November 1978): 38-43.

4th Massachusetts Cavalry, Captain Petersburg breakthrough, 39 Skirmishing with Confederate cavalry, 39 Skirmish, Appomattox, surrender of Lee, 40-41 Escorting Lee and departure, 42-43

Lowe, Thaddeus S. C. “The Army Takes to the Air.” Civil War Times Illustrated 24

(September 1985): 26-31.

Chief, United States Aeronautics Corps Balloons, Washington, beginning of the war, 27 Murat Halstead, 27 Lincoln, 29 Winfield Scott, 29-30 Master of balloons, 30 Gas, 30 Experiments on Smithsonian grounds, 30 Lincoln and Scott, 31

Documents added as of August 2019

Lee, George R. “The Wagonmasters’s Letter.” Civil War Times Illustrated 27 (March 1988):

30-33.

Third Brigade, Third Division, XV Corps Storm, 30 Water, 31 Destruction of railroad, Confederate cavalry, 31 Mosquitos, 31 Loading a steamboat, 32

Jackson, Mississippi, 32

Lee, Stephen Dill. “Battle of Brice’s Cross Roads, or Tishimingo Creek, June 2nd to 12th,

1864.” Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society 6 (1902): 27-37.

After the Meridian campaign, 27 Lee takes command in Mississippi, Alabama, East Louisiana, 28 Garrisons, cavalry, 28 Forrest, 29 General Sturgis, 30 Brice’s Cross Roads, 31-37

Lee, Stephen Dill. “The Battle of Tupelo, Or, Harrisburg, July 14th, 1863.” Publications of the

Mississippi Historical Society 6 (1902): 39-52.

Brice’s Cross Roads, 39 Sherman sent force after Forrest, 40 General Smith, 41 Forrest and boils, 42 Stephen Dill Lee, 42ff Tupelo, 43ff Federal retreat, 49

Lee, Stephen Dill. “The Campaigns of Generals Grant and Sherman Against Vicksburg in

December, 1862 and January 1st and 2nd, 1863, Known at the ‘Chickasaw Bayou

Campaign,’” Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society 4 (1901): 15-36.

Fall of New Orleans, 15 Largely a general sketch, 16ff Strategy of Grant’s advance from Corinth, 20 Lee and defense of Vicksburg, 24 Chickasaw Bayou, 26ff Destruction of supplies at Holly Springs, 28 Casualties, 36

Lee, Stephen Dill. “The Campaign of Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863—From April 15 to and

Including the Battle of Champion Hills, Or Baker’s Creek, May 16, 1863.” Publications

of the Mississippi Historical Society 3 (1900): 21-53.

Failure of early moves toward Vicksburg, Sherman, 21-22 Resources of Grant and Pemberton, troops, 25-30 Pemberton’s situation, 31 Evacuation of Jackson, Mississippi, 33 Champion Hill, Bowen, 34-49 Assessment of Pemberton, 49-51 Grant’s boldness, 51 et passim Casualties, 52-53

Lee, Stephen Dill. “Details of Important Work by Two Confederate Telegraph Operators,

Christmas Eve, 1862, Which Prevented the Almost Complete Surprise of the Confederate

Army at Vicksburg.” Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society 8 (1904): 51-55.

Telegraph operators, 51ff Grant’s plan, 51-52 Dance in Vicksburg on Christmas Eve, 52ff Discovery of Federal vessels near Point Lookout, Louisiana, 53 Information on passing of boats broke up the dance, 54 This information helped in repulse of Sherman, 55

Lee, Stephen Dill. “Johnson’s Division in the Battle of Franklin.” Publications of the

Mississippi Historical Society 7 (1903): 75-83.

Johnson’s division in his corps has not been given proper credit, 75 See official recorders as arbiter of what happened, 76 Cites his own report, 77 Night charge, 77-78 Johnson’s division charged into the battle, 78-79 Casualties, 80 J. P. Young on Johnson’s division, 80-81 Spring Hill, 82-83

Lee, Stephen Dill. “Sherman’s Meridian Expedition from Vicksburg to Meridian, Feb. 3rd to

March 6th, 1863.” Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society 4 (1901): 37-47,

Johnston’s army in Jackson, 37 Sherman and destruction in Jackson, 38 Yazoo river expedition, 39ff Question of whether intended to advance toward Meridian or Mobile, 41-42 Casualties, 46 Doubts that campaign achieved much for Sherman but showed Confederate weakness in numbers, 46

Cruel and destructive warfare, 46-47

Lee, Stephen Dill. “The Siege of Vicksburg.” Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society

3 (1900): 55-71.

Pemberton, 55ff Vicksburg defenses, 56-57 Siege, 57ff Federal assault, 58-63 Gunboat fire on Vicksburg, 59 Delay in burial of the dead, 63-64 Comparative strength of forces, 64-65 Siege operations, 66ff Comparative actions and conditions of the troops, 70-71

Levinson, Robert E. “The Civil War Correspondence of John Rawalt of Illinois.” Lincoln

Herald 72 (Fall 1970): 96-103.

51st Illinois Infantry Souvenirs, 97 War mostly over, 97 Food, 97 Jefferson Davis, 98 George H. Thomas, troop review, 98 Mustering out, religion, 98-99 Reconstruction, New Orleans, 100

Linn, John B. “A Tourist at Gettysburg.” Civil War Times Illustrated 29 (Sepember-October

1990): 26, 57-65.

51st Pennsylvania Infantry, Co. K, Lieutenant Sigel, 57 Journey to Gettysburg, 57ff Dead horses, 58 Hospital, 58ff Wounded soldiers, 59-60 Brutish surgeon, 59 Neglect of wounded, 59 General Hays alcohol during battle, 60 Items left on field, grave, 60 Unburied Confederates, 60 Confederates had robbed a house of gold, 61

Souvenirs, 62 Wounded and dying soldiers, 62 Suffering Confederate soldiers in hospital, 62-63 Man so terrified on battlefield, he was afraid to advance, 63 General Zook, 64 Marking graves, 65

Lisenbee, Payne. “Trapped.” Blue and Gray 1 (March 1893): 183-86.

Skirmish at Cane Hill, Arkansas, November 6, 1864 Sterling Price, 183 Foraging, 183 Union account, secessionists and food, 183-84 Trapped in cellar, 184 Tries to shoot his way out, 184-85 Rescued by slave, secret passage, 185-86

Loop, Charles. “Your Charlie.” Civil War Times Illustrated 31 (January/February 1993): 20,

62-69;.

95th Illinois Infantry, Major Atlanta campaign, 20ff Battle of Atlanta, 20th Illinois Infantry, 20, 62 James B. McPherson death, 62 Skirmishers and Confederate prayer meeting, 63 Wounded soldier, 63 Health, 64 Judson Kilpatrick, 64 General Leggett, 65 Generals being wounded, 66 Sharpshooters, soldiers have to stoop all the time, 66 Atlanta, 66 Reviews experiences in the Atlanta campaign, Army of the Tennessee, 68 Entrenchments, John B. Hood, 68 Snow and cold, Nashville, 68 Battle of Nashville, 69

Documents added as of July 2019

Lee, James G. C. “The Alexandria Quartermaster’s Deploy during the Civil War.” Journal of

the Military Service Institution of the United States 39 (1906): 11-17.

Logistics, Importance of supply depots, 11 General Ingalls, forage, 12-14 Had to deal with rebellious subordinates, 13-14 Size of task, 14-15 Hospital supplies, 15 Burials, 15 Jubal Early raid on Washington, 15-16

Lee, Robert E. “A Lee Letter on the ‘Lost Dispatch’ and the Maryland Campaign of 1862.”

Edited by Hal Bridges. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 66 (April 1958):

161-66.

Lee argues that this order falling into McClellan’s was a “great calamity,” 164-66 Refutes Hill’s criticism of Jackson, 164-65 Lee learned on September 14 that McClellan had a copy of his orders, 165

“Life in Battery Wagner.” Land We Love 2 (March 1867): 351-55.

Chaplain in the fort, 351ff Coffee, 352 Bombproofs, water, 352 Under artillery fire, 352ff Wounded men, 353 Sharpshooter, 353 Religious service, 353-54

Lockwood, Henry C. “The Capture of Fort Fisher.” Atlantic Monthly 27 (May, June 1871):

622-36, 684-90.

Fort Fisher, 622ff Fort Fisher described, 622-23 Move to Fortress Monroe, 624 At sea, Butler and Porter, 624-26 Attack on Fort Fisher, much testimony quoted, 627-36 Capturing Fort Fisher, second expedition, Alfred H. Terry, Adelbert Ames, 684ff

Lockwood, Henry C. “A Man from Maine. A True History of the Army at Fort Fisher.” Maine

Bugle 1 (1894): 29-71.

Fort Fisher, 29ff Adelbert Ames, 30ff Benjamin F. Butler, powder boat, 30-34 General Alfred H. Terry, 34ff Landing, black troops, 36 Attack on the fort, 38ff Admiral Porter, 44 et passim Magazine blowing up, 59-60 Ames official report, 64-71

Lockwood, Henry C. “A True History of the Army at Fort Fisher.” United Service ns 10

(November 1893): 401-29.

Largely a repeat of the longer articles in the Maine Bugle, though bit more information

on Ames and Terry

Documents added as of June 2019

Ladley, W. S. “Capture of Generals Crook and Kelly.” West Virginia Historical Magazine 3

(1903): 210-13.

Jacob Gassman, McNeill’s rangers Cumberland, Maryland, 210 Capture of Crook and Kelly, 211ff Reactions of generals to being captured, 212

Lane, James Henry. “How Stonewall Jackson Met His Death, An Interesting Authentic

Statement from General Lane.” Our Living and Our Dead 3 (1875): 33-36.

Jackson flank attack, 33-34 Did not want to maneuver his brigade in the dark, 34 Jackson ordered him to advance, 34 General Pender, 35 A. P. Hill and Jackson wounded, 35 Attack on May 3, 36

Lawrence, Eugene. “Grant on the Battlefield.” Harper’s New Monthly Magazine 39 (1869):

210-25.

Columbus, Kentucky, Belmont, 212-13 Fort Henry and Donelson, 213-14 Shiloh, 215-216 Vicksburg campaign, 216-220 Chattanooga, Bragg, 220-223 Overland campaign, 223-225

Lyon, Bessie L. “Flashlights on Vicksburg.” Palimpsest 8 (1927): 71-80.

Reminiscence of John V. Kearns, 13th United State Infantry Enlistment, 71 Vicksburg campaign, 72ff Messenger for Sherman, 72ff Wore citizens clothes and questioned by some Confederates, 73 Became a prisoner, 73 Tunneled out, 74 Hidden by slaves, 74-75 Reached Union camp, 75 Captain in a black regiment, 76-77 Assault on Vicksburg, May 1863, wounded, 78-79 Had arm amputated but saved his legs, 79-80

Documents added as of May 2019

“Leaves from a Soldier’s Diary, Random Recollections of an Iowa Volunteer.” Blue and Gray 3

(1894): 93-97.

14th Iowa Infantry General Asboth, 93 Columbus, Kentucky, 93 Guard duty, 94 Farm, young women, milk, 94 Cowardly captain at Shiloh, 95 Meridian expedition, foraging, chaplain, chased by cavalry, 95-97

Lee, Alfred E. “Cedar Mountain.” Magazine of American History 16 (1886): 81-88, 159-67.

82nd Ohio Infantry Army of Virginia, John Pope, 81ff Fremont, 81-82 German troops, Sigel, 82

Criticized Pope’s initial address to the troops, 83-84 Belle Boyd, 84 Milroy, 85-86 German officers, 86-87 Confederate woman, 88 Sigel, 160-61 Milroy, 161 Cedar Mountain, 162ff John Pope, 163 Stonewall Jackson, 164 Battlefield, dead bodies, 167

Lee, Alfred E. “From Cedar Mountain to Chantilly.” Magazine of American History 16 (1886):

266-82, 370-86, 467-82, 574-85.

82nd Ohio Infantry Second Bull Run, Manassas campaign, 266ff Encumbrance of Union supply trains, 267 Slow withdrawal of Army of the Potomac from the Peninsula, 269 Sigel, Freeman’s Ford, 270 Pope and Halleck, 272 Great Run Creek, 273-74 Waterloo Bridge, 274-77 Stonewall Jackson, 277ff Pope, 280-82 Second Bull Run, 370ff McDowell, 372-73 Kearny, 373 Kearny and Reno march to Bristoe Station, 374-75 Surprised by Jackson’s forces, 381ff McDowell, 386 Groveton, 467ff Sigel, 467ff Milroy, 468-69 Schurz, 468ff Kearny, 470 McDowell and Porter, 472 Kearny, 474 McDowell and Porter, 476-77 Porter, 479-81 Groveton, Chantilly, 575ff Pope, McDowell, Heintzelman, 575 Sigel, 576 Porter, 577 General Hatch, 577

McDowell, 580

Lee, William O. “Michigan Cavalry Brigade at Gettysburg.” Gateway 3 (No. 2, 1904): 45-50.

7th Michigan Cavalry Great importance of cavalry battle Runnel Farm on battle and the war, 45 7th Michigan played a large role than the 1st Michigan, 46ff Charge on Hampton, 46ff Praises officers of the regiment, 49

Lloyd, Frederick. “Recollections of Crocker’s Iowa Brigade.” Iowa Historical Record 1 (1885):

129-32.

16th Iowa Infantry Colonel Crocker, 129-30 Failure to deliver Crocker’s bedding, 130-31 March to Corinth, Crocker’s tent pull down by a mule, 131 Crocker was a genial man but in bad health, 131-32

Lloyd, Frederick. “War Memories.” Iowa Historical Record 4 (1888): 87-92; 5 (1889): 230-34;

7 (1891): 332-34; 8 (1892): 375-82; 10 (1894): 138-41; 11 (1895): 232-38; 12 (1896):

475-479, 570-73; 14 (1898): 218-21.

11th Iowa Infantry, Assistant Surgeon Officers, 87-89 General Baird, 88 Argument about sword quality, 90 Siege of Vicksburg, General McPherson, gunboats opened in middle of the night, screams of women in a tent, pistol shot, major had fled but lost his hat, 90-92 Colonel sensitive to noise, 232 Lice, 232 Iuka, Corinth, 234 William T. Sherman, sees Sherman on several occasions, 332-334 Ringgold, Georgia, 333 Ulysses S. Grant, 375-82 Julia Grant, 377 Vicksburg, demoralization, emancipation, 378-79 Vicksburg campaign, 379-81 Galt House, Louisville, 381 President Grant, western tour, 381-82 Lake Providence camp, General McPherson, 138-41 Colonel Crocker’s temper, 139

Masonic banquet, 139 John A. Logan, 140 Slaves and medicine, 140-41 Crocker’s Iowa Brigade, 232 Governor Kirkwood and selection officers, 234-35 Colonel Hall’s wife, 235-36 Soldier pay, 237-38 Black soldiers, 475-79 Lorenzo Thomas, 475-76 Discipline, racial argument, 476 Edwin Stanton, 477 George H. Thomas, 570-73 Atlanta campaign, March to the Sea, 218- Sherman and McPherson, 218 Confederate women, Georgia, 219 Sherman and Savannah, 219-20

Longley, Charles L. “The Twenty-Fourth Iowa Volunteers.” Annals of Iowa series 3, 1

(11894): 446-54, 553-65; series 3, 2 (1895), 44-56.

24th Iowa Infantry 1864 Valley campaign, Sheridan, 446ff Winchester, 447-449 Fisher’s Hill, 449-453 Wounded officer, several engagements, 450-51 Casualties, 451-53 Cedar Creek,, 553ff Clothing, 554-55 Casualties, 360-62 Wounded horses, 562-63 Guarding railroads, Mosby, 563-65 Election of 1864 in camp, 564 Winter quarters, 564 Snow, 564 Furloughs, 565 Moving regiment in winter, snow and rain, 44-45 Baltimore, 45-46 Savannah, fire, 46-48 Morehead City, North Carolina, 49-50 Brief postwar service, 51ff

Love, James E. “The Autobiography of James E. Love.” Missouri Historical Society Bulletin 6

(1950): 124-38, 401-11.

Co. D, 5th Missouri Reserves Seizure of arsenal, 132-33 Frémont, recruiting, 134 8th Kansas Infantry, 135ff Scouting in Missouri and Kansas, 135 Corinth, 135 Cooking, food, march, 136 Bragg’s Kentucky campaign, 136ff Perryville, 138 Pursuing Bragg, 400ff Casualties, 401-2 Murfreesboro, 402 Tullahoma, 402 Chickamauga, wounded, taken prisoner, 403-4 Libby Prison, 404 Macon, Georgia, 404 Escaped from train, 404 Captured by dogs, turned over to home guards, 405 Columbia, South Carolina, 405 Escape from railroad car, 405 Bribed home guards, 406 Catawka iron works, 407 Walking flanking plantations, 408 Help from slaves, 409

Lucas, Charles A. “A Soldier’s Letters from the Field.” Iowa Historical Record 16 (1900): 126-

57, 172-96; 17 (1901): 217-53, 293-304, 348-51, 371-96; 18 (1902): 438-48, 463-96,

511-51.

24th Iowa Infantry, Co. D, Captain Bounty, 127 Belgian soldier, 127 Mustered in, 127 Drill, 127 Women and food, 128 Swords, 128 Helena, Arkansas, 129ff Water, 130 Drill, 131-32 Much details of marches, 132ff Yazoo Pass expedition, 127ff Debates in the evening, 138 Ponchos, sleeping on the ground, 139-40 Lorenzo Thomas, black troops, 141

Milliken’s Bend, 141-43 Plantation, 143 Confederate women, 143 General Hovey, discipline, 144 Plantation, 145-46 Vicksburg campaign, 148ff Grand Gulf, 147-48 Port Gibson, 149-53 Casualties, 151 Plantation woman, discussion of Lincoln and emancipation, 156-57 Champion’s Hill, 172ff Casualties, 174-75 Confederate fortifications around Vicksburg, 176 Deaths of wounded from Champion’s Hill, 180-81 Surrender of Vicksburg, 181 Soldier pay, 182 Jackson, Mississippi, 184-87 Disease, weight loss, 188 Natchez camp, 189 Carrollton, Louisiana, 190ff New Orleans, 191-94 Ulysses S. Grant, 194-95 Brashear City, 196 Grant, 218 Foraging, 220 1863 Iowa election in regiment, 221 Skirmish in Teche country, 222-25 Thanksgiving, 225-26 Catholics, French families, 226 Grant, 227 Encouraging course of the war, 230 Lincoln prospects in 1864 election, 232 Red River campaign, 236ff Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, 238-48 Soldier pay, 249 100-day soldiers, 252-53 Grant appointed general-in-chief, 253 Furloughs, 295 Encouraging news except failure of Red River campaign, 296 Money, inflation, 299 Washington, 300-304 Petersburg, Grant, 348-49 Sherman and Atlanta, 349 Lincoln’s call for more troops, Grant, Sherman, 371 1864 Valley campaign, 372ff Cavalry skirmish, 378

Soldier pay, 379 Mosby guerrillas, 385 Foraging, women, confidence in subduing Confederates, 385-86 Thanksgiving, chaplain, meetings, 386 War prospects, success, 387-88 McClellan, Democrats, hates peace platform, Copperheads, 389-90 Fisher’s Hill, casualties, 392-93 Winchester, battle, 394-96 Winchester, battle, 438-40 Casualties, 440 Battle of Fisher’s Hill, 441-444 Wealth of the Shenandoah Valley, 447-48 Cedar Creek, 464ff Sheridan, 467 Battle of Winchester, incidents, 468-69 Fisher’s Hill, casualties, 470-71 Cedar Creek casualties, 472, 476 Soldier pay, 473 Dead son, remains, 477 Election of 1864, 477, 483 Encouraging war news, 479-80 Sherman in Georgia, 483-84, 487-88 Furloughs, 485, 491 George Thomas at Nashville, 485-86 John Bell Hood in Tennessee, 489 Lincoln message to Congress, 489 Marching in cold, railroad, 493 Savannah, 495-96 Libby Prison, 513ff Fort Fisher, Butler, Terry, 514 Savannah, fire, churches, 515ff Impoverishment of the wealthy, 517 Hampton Roads peace conference, 517-18 Morehead City, 520ff Newbern, 523 Celebrating Sheridan and Grant’s victories over Lee, 527 Encouraging news from Virginia, Petersburg, Richmond, 529-30 Lee surrender, 531 Hampton Roads conference, 531-32 Lincoln assassination, 532, 534-35, 540 Augusta, 539ff Newspapers, Grand Review at Washington, 542 Sherman, Grant, Stanton, 542-43 Back in Iowa, 550ff

Lyon, Bessie. “Christian Soldier.” Palimpsest 25 (1944): 50-64.

Amassa O. Allen, 24th Iowa Infantry Enlistment, 51 Camp Strong, 52 Sermon, religious service, 52 Arms, 53-54 Boxes, food, 54 Swearing, 54 Food, 55 Advice for his son, 57 Mud, 57 Foraging, 59 Vicksburg campaign, 60ff Grand Gulf, 60-63

Documents added as of April 2019

Logue, John Alan. “A Texan Views the Civil War.” Junior Historian of the Texas State

Historical Association 22 (1961-62): 17-18, 21.

1st Georgia Infantry Nathaniel Alexander Morgan, surgeon Shiloh, 17 Chickamauga, field hospital, 17-18 Hardships, food, wounded men, 18 Railed against able-bodied, stay-at-homes, cowards, 18, 21

Love, William A. “Mississippi at Gettysburg.” Publications of the Mississippi Historical

Society 9 (1906): 25-51.

6th Mississippi Cavalry—based on accounts from other soldiers Gettysburg, 25ff 2nd Mississippi Infantry, 16th Mississippi Infantry, marching, 27-28 First Day, 29-31 Second Day, 31-35 Third Day cavalry action, absence of Stuart during the campaign, 35-42 Davis’s brigade in Longstreet assault, third day, 42- Defends troops’ performance on third day, 45-48 Troops wounded near stone wall, 46

Documents added as of February 2019

Ladd, James Royal. “From Atlanta to the Sea.” American Heritage 30 (December 1978): 4-11.

113th Ohio Infantry, Captain—no pagination in digitized copy, Diary November 13ff, March to the Sea November 13, tearing up railroad November 13, hospitals November 14, Kennesaw Mountain November 15, Burning of Atlanta November 16ff, foraging November 19, foraging food November 21, slaves show where things are hidden November 23, burning cotton, destroyed plantation of Howell Cobb November 24, Thanksgiving, plantation described, destruction November 24, Milledgeville destruction November 26, Sandersville, destruction December 7, Confederate woman December 11-12, Savannah, Confederate woman

Lafferty, John Aker. “Civil War Reminiscences of John Aker Lafferty.” Edited by W. T.

Lafferty. Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 59 (January 1961): 1-28.

9th Kentucky Cavalry, Confederate Enlistment, drill, 2 Picket duty, 3 Princeton, western Virginia, battle, 8 John Hunt Morgan, Cumberland Gap, 3 Bragg’s Kentucky campaign, 3 Perryville, 9-10 John Morgan raid, 10ff Missionary Ridge, food, 12-13 Atlanta campaign, 14ff Jefferson Davis and cabinet in flight, 14ff George H. Thomas, 16 John Hunt Morgan, 22 Kentucky Home Guard, 24-25 General Burbridge has uncle shot, 25 Slaves, 27

Lambert, Samuel. “A Record of the Late Fourth Louisiana Reg’t, C.S.A., Its Service, etc.”

Edited by Mark T. Carleton. Louisiana History 10 (Summer 1969): 255-60.

4th Louisiana Infantry Discipline, 257 Joseph E. Johnston, Vicksburg, 258 Braxton Bragg, 259 Battlefield, burial truce, 260

Landon, William D. "Fourteenth Indiana Regiment, Letters to the Vincennes Western Sun."

Indiana Magazine of History 29 (December 1933): 350-71; 30 (September 1934): 275-

98; 33 (September 1937): 325-48; 34 (March 1938): 71-98.

14th Indiana Cheat Mountain, 351ff Rich Mountain, 352ff Camp described, 353, 360 Boxes, tobacco, 357 Cheat Mountain battle, 363-69 Camp schedule, routine, 370 Philippi, 275ff Coal, pies, 276 Sutler, 281 Guerrillas, bushwhackers, 284 Fighting at Winchester, 286-87 Jackson’s Valley Campaign, 288ff Fancy eastern regiments, 293 Harrison’s Landing with McClellan’s troops, 326 Soldier gear, 327 Pools of water where soldier died during the Seven Days, 329 Antietam campaign, 329ff Fredericksburg campaign, 336ff Foraging, food, 336 Slave cook in camp, 336-37 Dead at Fredericksburg, 340 Horace Greeley, 340 Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, 341 Jeb Stuart, sutlers, 342 Washington, 343 Irish Brigade, St. Patrick’s Day, 344 Oliver P. Morton, 345 Furloughs, 345 Chancellorsville, 347-48 Washington, 72ff Washington, baseball, Lincoln, target practice, 72 Capitol prison, 72 Winter quarters, shanties, 78-79 Food, 79 Sutlers, 79-80 Sacking Fredericksburg, 80 Black, slave servant, camp, 86 Overland campaign, 87ff

Casualty list, 88-89 Finding dead soldier from Chancellorsville a year later, 89 Hospital, visitors, 95-97 Dead house, 97

Landon, William D. "'Prock's' Last Letters to the Vincennes Western Sun." Indiana Magazine

of History 35 (March 1939): 76-94.

14th Indiana Infantry Burial, 77 Overland campaign, 79 Executions, Lincoln assassination, 82-84

Lane, Anne Ewing. “’Secesh.’” Edited William G. B. Carson. Bulletin of the Missouri

Historical Society 23 (January 1967): 119-45.

Halleck, paupers, Confederates, refugees, 121 Election, Union tickets, secesh, 123 Christians and civil war, banishment and robbery, peace, 125 Oath, war weariness, fighting among Unionists, 125 Halleck and Sterling Price, 126 Shiloh, doubtful northern prospects, Missouri become more Confederate, 127 Shiloh, casualties, 128-29 Frank Blair, Jr., Lincoln administration, repression, provost marshal, 130 Civil war and foreign intervention, higher law doctrines, martial law, 130 Conscription, men fled to Canada, 131 Fear possible arrest of father and confiscation, 131-32 List of disloyal persons, 133 Christmas, 137 Servants and wages, 138 Unionist celebration, banishment of disloyal women, 140-41 Ladies Loyal League, spy on people, 142-43 Union forces, hanging and subjugation, 144

Lang, David. "Civil War Letters of Colonel David Lang." Edited Bertram H. Groene. Florida

Historical Quarterly 54 (1976): 340-66.

1st Florida Infantry Second Bull Run, Manassas, 343 Food, 344 Fredericksburg, wounded, 344-45 Bragg, Stones Rivers, Murfreesboro, early peace, 345 Food, winter quarters, 346

Talk of early peace, planting cotton, disheartening to the soldier, 349-50 Letters, religion, desertion, execution, 351 Federal black troops in Florida, 351 Wartime marriage, 352 Chancellorsville, 352-54 Gettysburg, 354-57 Arrest of women by Milroy, 357 Review of troops by Lee, 358 Meade and Lee, 360-61 Overland campaign, 363ff Cold Harbor, 363-64 Petersburg, 364-66 Early campaign toward Washington, 365

Langley, Louden S. “The Letters of Louden S. Langley.” Edited by James Fuller. Vermont

History 67 (Summer/Fall 1999): 85-91.

54th Massachusetts Infantry Letter of African American Soldier to Green Mountain Freeman Colonization, Liberia, 86 Abolition in Washington, 86 Had been a fugitive slave from Cuba, 87-88 Soldier pay, 89

Lansing, Frank E. “’Your Affectionate Son’: The Civil War Letters of Frank E. Lansing.”

Edited by Abbot M. Gibney. Michigan History 58 (Spring 1974): 25-53.

20th Michigan Infantry, Co. H. Sergeant Washington, 31 Antietam, Sharpsburg, 33-34 Review by Lincoln, 34 Hospital, food, 35-37 Convalescent camp, 37 John Hunt Morgan, Horsehoe Bend, 38 Marching, 39 Jefferson Davis plantation, 41 Winter quarters, 42 Conscription, 43 East Tennessee, Knoxville, 43-44 Tension between Michigan regiments, theft charges, 45-46 Washington, 48 Overland Campaign, 48-49 Taken prisoner, 49 Lincoln assassination, 52

Lary, Samuel D. “Samuel Lary’s “Scraps from My Knapsack.’” Edited by W. E. Wight.

Alabama Historical Quarterly 18 (Winter 1956): 499-525.

15th Alabama Infantry Abolitionist, Harpers Ferry, 503 Raising the Company, 506 Officers, 506-8 Jefferson Davis, Montgomery, John Gill Shorter, 510-11 Measles, water, 511 Deaths in regiment, 512-14 Manassas battlefield, 514-15 Centreville, 516 George B. Crittenden, 516-17 Healthy camps, diseases, 518 Water, 518 Horse meat, 519

Lathrop, Barnes F. “A Confederate Artilleryman at Shiloh.” Civil War History 8 (December

1962): 373-85.

Washington Artillery, Louisiana, Robert Lloyd Pugh, Shiloh, 373ff Confusion in describing battle, 376 Seeing man killed, 377 Generals’ mistakes, 384

Laughlin, George McCully. “Memories of Appomattox by George McCully Laughlin.” Edited

by Charles A. McClintock. Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine, 42 (September

1959): 259-63.

155th Pennsylvania Infantry, Major Appomattox, 259ff Charles Griffin, 259ff Pursuit of Confederates, 260ff Truce, 261 Lee and Grant at McLean House, 262-63

Lay, Henry C. “Grant Before Appomattox.” Atlantic Monthly 149 (March 1932): 333-40.

Sherman, 333 Mules, 333

Sherman and slavery, 334 Sherman and food supply for troops, 335 Grant, Lincoln, Lee, 336-39 Grant on Joe Johnston and Bragg, 337 Sherman, Sheridan, Scott, 337 Meade, 339

Lay, Henry C. “Sherman in Georgia.” Atlantic Monthly 149 (February 1932): 166-72.

Cross lines with Sherman’s persmission, 166 Vicksburg, General McPherson, women, prayer for president, 168 Hang guerrillas, 168 Hood, Atlanta, defended himself against charges of inhumanity, 168 Johnston, 169 They disagreed on degree of alienation between North and South, 169-70 Thought war was giving too much influence to the masses, 170

Leavenworth, Abel E. “Vermont in Richmond.” Proceedings of the Rutland Historical Society

2 (1882-87): 24-29.

9th Vermont Infantry Enlistment, 24 New York, 25 Washington, 25 Disease, 25 Bermuda Hundred, 26 Petersburg breakthrough, 27-28 Richmond, Lincoln, 28-29

Leclear, Louis Russell. “A Soldier’s Letters, 1864.” By Philip M. Reitzel. Maryland Historical

Magazine 83 (Fall 1988): 254-67.

93rd New York Infantry, One Hundred Day enlistee Enlistment, duty, 254 Food, 255-56 Theft, 256 Letters, illiterate soldiers, 256-57 Picket duty, 257 Women and morals, 260 Confederate prisoners, 261-62 Black soldiers, former slaves, 262 Wounded attended by bis mother, 263-66

Lee, Charles. “The Diary of Charles Lee in the Andersonville and Florence Prison Camps,

1864.” Edited by Paul C. Helmreigh. Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 41

(January 1976): 12-28.

16th Connecticut Infantry Religious life, 13 Taken prisoner at Plymouth, North Carolina Pickpocket, 15 Bible, 17 Food, 17ff Escape tunnel, 17 Sabbath, 17 Escape effort, 18 Tunnels, raiders, 18 Washing clothes, 18-19 Man shot for crossing dead line, 19 Raiders tried and hanged, 20-21 July 4, 20 Exchange rumor, 21 et passim Carried dead man out of stockade, 22 Prisoners going over to the Confederates, 26 Election of 1864, 26 Rumor about Jefferson Davis, 27

Lee, Mary Charlton. “An Abstract from the Journal of Mrs. Hugh H. Lee of Winchester, Va.,

May 23-31, 1862.” Edited by C. A. Porter Hopkins. Maryland Historical Magazine 53

(December 1958): 380-93.

Winchester, Virginia—published in book form

Lee, Mary Custis. “Mary Custis Lee’s ‘Reminiscences of the War’” Edited by Robert E. L.

deButts, Jr. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 109 (No. 3, 2001): 301-25.

John Brown, 312 Lincoln, 312-13 Washington, 7th New York Infantry, 314 Robert E. Lee, Arlington, 314 Forced to leave Arlington, 315 Yankee depredations, 318 First Manassas, Bull run, northern women, cowards flee to Washington, 320-21

Legate, George H. “Never Defeated Yet.” Edited by Paul Kallina. Lincoln Herald 89 (Fall

1987): 117-22.

2nd Wisconsin Infantry, Sergeant Fredericksburg campaign, 117 Burnside, 117ff Solomon Meredith, 117 Christmas, 118 Fredericksburg battle, 118-19 Winter quarters, 118-19 Mud March, 119-20 Burnside, Halleck, 120 Morale, dark hour for the country, 121

Leinbach, Julius. “Regiment Band of the Twenty-Sixth North Carolina.” Edited by Donald M.

McCorkle. Civil War History 4 (September 1958): 225-36.

26th North Carolina Infantry Gettysburg, 226ff First day, July 1, 226ff Pickett’s Charge, July 3, 229-30 Dead and wounded, 230 Christmas, 233 Music for major’s wife, 233 Music, band repertory, 234-36

Lennard, George W. “’Give Yourself No Trouble About Me’: The Shiloh Letters of George W.

Lennard.” Edited by Paul Hubbard and Christine Lews. Indiana Magazine of History 76

(March 1980): 21-53.

36th, 57th Indiana Infantry Slave plantations, Tennessee, 28 Fight soon, confident in whipping Confederates, 30 Shiloh, 30-38 Eating, food, 34 Captured slaves, servant, 36-37, 46 Officers tired of soldiering and threaten to resign, 40 Corinth, 45, 47-52 If he does not get back home, educate the children, 45

Leonard, James H. “Letters of Fifth Wisconsin Volunteer.” Edited by R. G. Plumb. Wisconsin

Magazine of History 3 (September 1919): 52-83.

Co. A, Fifth Wisconsin Infantry Picket duty, 53 Patriotism, bravery, 54 Women and regiment, 54 Lyon and Fremont, 54 McClellan, newspapers, 56 Fremont proclamation, Lincoln, 56-57 Lincoln and soldiers, 57 Scott and McClellan, 58 Scouting expeditions, 60 Thanksgiving, 61 Lincoln annual message, 61 Confederates at Manassas, 64-65 Alcohol, McClellan 65, 75 Disease, surgeons, 65-66 Peninsula campaign, 65ff Soldier graves, 66 Fredericksburg campaign, 67ff Burnside plans, 68 Winter quarters, 69 Burnside and McClellan, 70 Guard duty, 70-71 Recreation, sports in camp, 72 Chancellorsville, 72-74 Wounded, surgeons, 74 Officer election, 75 Disease, alcohol, 77 Hospital, Confederate patients, 79-80 Meade, 80 Lincoln and Davis messages, 80-81 Overland campaign, Petersburg, 81-82

Letcher, John. “John Letcher’s Secret Criticism of the Confederate Cabinet.” Edited by F. N.

Boney. Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 72 (July 1964): 348-55.

Unpublished letter to editor, early 1865 Appears to be low morale in the country, 352 Abuses in government need to be reformed, 352 George A. Trenholm 352-53 John H. Reagan, post office, 353-54 Judah P. Benjamin, 354

War Department, James A. Seddon, impressment, 354-55

[Letterer, Alfred W.] “Andersonville, Diary of a Prisoner, From the Original Manuscript, Now

First Printed.” Historical Magazine Series 2 9 (January 1871): 1-7.

77th Pennsylvania Infantry Andersonville, 1ff Raiders, 1ff Scurvy, 2 Food prices, 2 Prisoner killed, 3 Medical supplies, 3 Hospital, 5 Wirz, 7

Levy, Rosena Hutzler. “Rosena Hutzler Levy Recalls the Civil War.” Edited by Saul Viener.

American Jewish Historical Quarterly 62 (March 1973): 306-13.

Memoir, husband Leopold Levy, 1st Virginia Cavalry Husband’s enlistment, 308-9 First Manassas, 309 Williamsburg, 310 Taken prisoner and exchanged, 311-12 Stay law, 313

Lewis, Andrew. "The Civil War Letters of Captain Andrew Lewis and His Daughter." Western

Pennsylvania Historical Magazine 60 (October 1977): 371-390.

Co. A, 11th Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry Father and son, West Point, 375 Morale, rumor that Davis is dead, 326 Death at home, 377 McClellan, Peninsula, 380 Expects war to end soon, 380 Soldier pay, 381 Peninsula campaign, Chickahominy, 384 Picket truce, 384-85 McClellan, 385 Faith in army, 388 Duty, 388-89 Death, cause, 389-90

Lewis, Charlotte. “Twelve Letters from Altoona, June-July, 1863.” Edited by Michael R.

Gannett. Pennsylvania History 47 (January 1980): 38-56.

Gettysburg campaign Expecting arrival of Confederates, in Altoona, 42-43 Milroy’s troops, 47 et passim Rumors, 48 et passim Irish women and patriotism, 50 Men rallying, town to take care of families, 52 Fire in Altoona, 53 Awaiting news of Gettysburg, 54-55

Lewis, Enos Barret. “The Civil War Letters of Enos Barret Lewis, 101st Ohio Volunteer

Infantry.” Edited by William P. Dillon. Northwest Ohio Quarterly 57 (Spring, Summer

1985): 51-63, 83-100.

101st Ohio Infantry, Sergeant Letter of advice to nephew, 53 Doughnuts, 57 Stones River, 59-61 Officers 84 Rosecrans, soldier life, 88 Copperheads have united the soldiers, 90 Chickamauga, 93-94 Prison life, hospital, 97-98

Lewis, John A. “A Sketch of the Early Life and Service in the Confederate Army of Dr. John A.

Lewis of Georgetown, Ky.” Edited by Hambleton Tap. Register of the Kentucky

Historical Society 65 (April 1977): 121-140.

2nd (Duke’s) and 9th Kentucky Cavalry, Captain, memoir John Hunt Morgan, 122ff Cynthiana, Kentucky battle, experience of battle, manhood, 122-23 Skirmishing during Bragg’s Kentucky campaign, 127 Deaths of officers, 128 Winter quarters, cold and food, 132 Atlanta campaign, 132ff Raid on salt works Abingdon, Virginia, 134-35 Columbia, South Carolina, injured on burning bridge, 136 Appomattox, Lee surrender, 137 Escorting Jefferson Davis south, 137-38

Lost Cause, Jefferson Davis, 139-40

Lewis, John B. “Reminiscences of a Civil War Surgeon, John B. Lewis.” Edited by Stanley B.

Weld and David A. Soskis. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences 21

(January 1966): 47-58.

5th Connecticut Infantry and Cumberland, Maryland Hospital Medical supplies, 50 Hospitals, 50ff Ambulances, 51 Antietam, 52-53 Surgeons killed, 53 Wounded Confederate, 55-56 Head injury, 56 George Crook, 57 Compilation of cases, 58

Liljergen, Olof. “The Civil War Letters of Olog Liljergen.” Edited and translated by Alan

Swanson. Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly 31 (April 1980): 86-121.

3rd Minnesota Infantry, Lieutenant Recruitment and enlistment, 86-87 Swedish-Norwegian company, 87 Duty, sacred cause, 87 Shiloh, 90 Fort Donelson, 91 Soldier pay, 91 Lincoln, slavery, and cause of the war, 91-92 Character of Confederates, conscription and oppression, 94 Treatment of prisoners by each side, 94-95 Confederate cavalry threat, 96 Unionists, loyalty, guerrillas, 97 Forrest attack on Murfreesboro, 97-98 Taken prisoner, 99 Sioux uprising in Minnesota, 101-4 Serving in army in a foreign country, 106 Arkansas guerrillas, 107-8 Reenlistment, furlough, 110 Fighting for freedom for both races, 112 Soldier pay, 112 Steele’s Arkansas campaign, 114 Death of soldier, 115-17

Lilley, John D. “Diary of Capt. J. D. Lilley, 52nd Regiment Virginia Volunteers.” Edited by

Robert Driver. Augusta Historical Bulletin 27 (1990): 57-61, 8-14; 28 (Spring 1991): 12-

25.

52nd Virginia Infantry Food prices, 57-58 Taking a body home, 59 Casualties, amputation, 61 Food prices and many money matters, 9ff Second Manassas, wounded, 14 Furlough, 12 Court martial duty, 12ff Sulking, 13 Deserter punishment, 13-14

Lincoln, Alfred Lyman. “Missing in Action: The Civil War Letters of Private Alfred Lyman

Lincoln.” Edited by Edwin G. Lincoln. New Jersey History 106 (Fall/Winter 1988): 52-

77; 107 (Spring/Summer 1989): 58-75.

1st New Jersey Infantry, Private Cold weather, mud, 56 Winter quarters, 57 Thanksgiving and Christmas, 59 Economic dullness, 60 Death of brother, false report religion, 62-65 Funeral sermon, 64 Conscription, 65-66 Gaines Mill, 66 Antietam casualties, 72 Fence rails, 74 More on false news of death in battle, 59ff Alcohol, temperance, 60 Gambling, 60 Taken prisoner, 62-64 Camp Parole, morale, 60, 64 Conscription, bounty, 64 Thanksgiving, 65 Wants her wounded brother to come home, 65-66 Christmas, 66 Deception in soldiers coming home appearing in terrible condition when they are not, 66- 67 Alcohol, 67

Wants his brother to seek a discharge, 68 Disloyal Democrats, conscription, bounty, 69-70 She complains of business dealings at home, 70-71 Troops have plenty of food and clothing, 72-73 Alcohol, temperance, 73-74

Little, Henry. “The Diary of General Henry Little, C.S.A.” Edited by Albert Castel. Civil War

Times Illustrated 6 (October 1972): 4-11, 41-47.

Lincoln inauguration, 6 Missouri State Guard, 8ff Harney, 10 Sterling Price, 11 Corinth, 41 Illness, fever 42ff July 4, 42 Sterling Price, 42, 45

Little, Horace B. "Reminiscences of the Civil War: Escape from Fort Tyler Prison." Indiana

Magazine of History 13 (March 1917): 42-55.

43rd Indiana Infantry Taken prisoner in Arkansas Sent to Camp Tyler, Taxes, prison, 42 Food, 43 Various escapes, 44 Forged pass for hospital, 44-45 Escaped for forged pass, 46-47 Crossing the Red River on raft, 50 Shoes, 51 Helped by Union couple, 52-54

Littlejohn, Elbridge Gerry. “Civil War Letters of Elbridge Littlejohn, Part 1.” Edited by Vicki

Betts. Chronicles of Smith County, Texas 17 (Winter 1978): 9-61. “Part 2.” 18

(Summer 1979): 11-50.

Dismounted cavalry, 14 Pea Ridge rumor, 14

Disease, death, 14 Little Rock, refugees, food, 16 Hospital, local women, food, 16 Dead gambler, 16 Religion and prayer, 19 Conscription, 19 Morale, 19-20 Corinth, retreat, 21-22 Do not enlist, 22 Food prices, 23-24 Bragg’s Kentucky campaign, 26ff Food shortage, 27 Retreats from Kentucky, 28 Kentucky and Confederacy, 28 Soldier pay, 29 Substitute, 30, 35 Clothing, 30 Food, prices, 30-31 Johnston, Bragg, 32 Providence and war, 32 Officer election, 33 Stones River, Murfreesboro, wounded, 34 Hospital, 34 Food, hunger, 37 Child, may never get home, teach her religious faith, 38 Food prices, speculators, 38 Only safety in dark times is God, 41 Minister arraigned for sexual sin, 43 Wound, furlough, 42 Vicksburg, 43 Letters, 44 Substitute, slave sale, 14 God, divine protection, 16 Deaths in war, 21 Letters sent home with an officer who was captured, 22 Killing, alcohol, 24 Atlanta campaign, 26ff Kennesaw Mountain, 26 Death of Leonidas Polk, 26 Tired of campaign, Hood and Johnston, 28 Militia and older men brought into the service, 28 Rumors from various theaters, uncertainty about the campaign season, 30 Hood’s Tenneesse campaign, 31ff Food shortage, 33 Hood, Johnston, Richard Taylor, 33 *Black troops, 33-34

Mobile siege, Blakely, 35 Morale, peace prospects, members of Confederate Congress, 36 Rumors of Lee and Johnston surrender, 36 Great reduced forces and consolidation of regiments in Alabama, 36 Morale, despair, 37 Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, 38 Gettysburg and Vicksburg, 39 Clothing, uniforms, 40

Livermore, Thomas L. “The Northern Volunteers.” Granite Monthly 10 (1887): 238-47, 257-66.

18th New Hampshire Infantry Statistics, 239 Ages, places of birth, 240 No class distinctions between officers and enlisted men, 240-41 Good quality of volunteers, 241-42 Officers, mixed quality, 242-43 Discipline, 244 Military skill, Army of the Potomac, 244-46 Endurance, marches, 246-47 Temperament, 247 Limited destruction by Union soldiers, foraging, 257-58 Conduct in battle, skirmishers, picket duty, 259-66 Soldiers and generals, 262-63 Mine Run, 263 Fredericksburg, 263

Lockley, Fred. “Letters of Fred Lockley, Union Soldier 1864-65.” Huntington Library

Quarterly 16 (November 1952): 75-112.

7th New York, Heavy Artillery Ordered to leave Washington and take the field, 77 Ghastly sights on way to the front, 78-79 Overland campaign, 80ff Petersburg, 81ff Grant and murderous campaign, 81 Cold Harbor, death of soldier, 82 Marches, heavy toll, 83 Water, 83 Dust, 84 Poor condition of officers, 85 Discouraged, morale, no progress, 86 Depleted regiments, 90 Earlier losses, now confident, victors, morale, 91 Sheridan, Grant, peace negotiations, 92

Veterans, shelling, earthworks, 93 Lieutenant pretending illness, 94 Confederate deserters, 94 Soldier voting, Lincoln, McClellan, 95-96 Picket and fatigue duty, 96 Artillery fire, earthworks, 96-97 Election of 1864, Lincoln, 101-2 Condition of Confederate troops, deserters, 103 Confederacy collapsing, 104 Enlistments, bounty, desertion, 105 Capture of Richmond, Varina Davis bonnet, 108-9 Mexico, 109 Letters of Confederate prisoners, 110 Lincoln assassination, 110-11

Lockridge, Thomas Henry. “Letters Home: From Private Thomas Henry Lockridge.” Edited by

Tommy R. Thompson. Arkansas Historical Quarterly 33 (Autumn 1974): 239-51.

4th Arkansas Infantry Battalion Columbus, Kentucky, 243, 247 Food, 244 Health, soldier’s filthy habits, 244-45 Clothing prices, 246 Island No. 10, 248-49 Prisoner at Camp Randall, dead, 249-50

Lodge, George R. “’In the Bastille of the Rebels.’” Edited by Roger Tusken. Journal of the

Illinois State Historical Society 56 (Summer 1963): 316-39.

53rd Illinois Infantry, Lieutenant Libby Prison Fighting at Jackson, Mississippi, taken prisoner, 317 Robbed at Libby, 320 Description of Libby Prison, 321-22 Whipping of a mixed race soldier, 322-24 Food, 322-23 Neal Dow, 323 Gambling, 324 Hears soldiers denouncing the President, 324 Roll call, 325-26 Blackface minstrel show, 326 Elections in prison, 1863, Pennsylvania, Ohio, 326 Greeley, Beecher, 326 Pilgrim’s Progress, 327

Wood, 327 Confederate ministers, 328 Christmas food, 329 Visit by John Hunt Morgan and A. P. Hill, 329-31 Poor whites begging for bread, 331 Officers singing Union songs, guards, 331-32 Roll call, 332 Restriction on letters, 332 Escape, 333 Chaplain and United States flag, 333-34 Boxes for prisoners, 334-35 Shooting people at windows, 335-38 Confinement of black troops and their officers, 336 Food, cooking, 336-37 Exchange, 338 Overland campaign, Wilderness battle, 338-39

Loe, Carey Johnson. “Letter from a North Louisiana Soldier: The First Vicksburg Campaign,

1862.” Edited by John D. Winters. North Louisiana Historical Association Journal 6

(Spring 1975): 98-104.

27th Louisiana Infantry, Private Vicksburg, 100ff Letters, 100 Yankee artillery fire, 100 Shoe prices, 100

Logan, Anna Clayton. “Recollections of My Life.” Goochland County Historical Society

Magazine 11 (1989): 15-30.

Goochland County, Virginia Ohio tutor joins the Unionists, 16 Richmond hospitals, 17 In charge of farm operations, 17 Death of sister, 17-18 Governess, 18 Brother George enlists, missing, prisoner at Point Lookout, 19 Many friends killed, 19-20 Union raiders, 20-21 Andrew Johnson, 22 Slaves, 23 Fall of Richmond, 24-25 Appomattox, soldier death, 25-26

Longacre, Edward G. "'Come home soon and dont delay": Letters from the Home Front, July,

1861." Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography 100 (July 1976): 395-406.

Love, letters, depressed, 399 Badly wants to hear from husband, 401-2 Enlistment, worried mother, 402 Drunken, violent, soldiers, 404-5 Making clothes at home, 405

Louis, Deopold Daniel. “’Our Separation Is Like Years’: The Civil War Letters of Deopold

Daniel Louis.” Edited by Jason H. Silverman and Susan R. Murphy. South Carolina

Historical Magazine 87 (July 1986): 141-47.

Co. G, 11th South Carolina Reserves Food, slave camp servant as cook, 143 Religious meeting, 143 Guard house, 144 Small pox, 145 Food, 145 Slave driver, 146 Desertion, execution, 146

Lounsbury, Thomas R. “In the Defenses of Washington.” Yale Review 2 (April 1913): 385-

411.

126th New York Infantry Virginia poor whites, 385-86 Union Mills, 387ff Picket and guard duty, 388ff Sleet, mud, 388-89 Soldier grumbling, 389-90 Winter quarters, 391 Army of the Potomac morale, 394-95 Disease in winter months, 395-96 Boards for coffins, 396 Hospitals, 396-97 Refugees fleeing Confederate conscription, 397 Food, cooking, 398-99 Reading material, 399 Deterioration of men in camp, 399-400

Centreville, Confederates, 400-1, 408-9 Provost marshal, 403 Southern Unionists, 403 Confederate women, slaves, black soldiers, 403-6 Absence of women, effect on men, 407 Rumors and Gettysburg campaign, 410-11

Lowry, Samuel Cosmo. “The War for Independence, North and South: The Diary of Samuel

Catawba Lowry.” Edited by Vaughn Camp, Jr. South Carolina Historical Magazine 79

(July 1978): 182-97.

17th South Carolina Infantry Wade Hampton plantation, 183 Camp slaves, 183, 189 Idle times in camp, 186-88 Officer election, 190 Doctor ambushed and killed, 193 General Evans, 194

Luria, Albert Moses. “Albert Moses Luria, Gallant Young Confederate.” American Jewish

Archives 7 (No. 1, 1955): 90-103.

23rd North Carolina Infantry Enlistment, 92 Frist Manassas, Bull Run, 93-95, 100-2 Wounded men, dead on the battlefield, 94 Rain, writing in tent, thoughts of home, 95-96 Woman at home, marriage, 96-97 Alcohol, 97-98 Toombs, may seek a commission, 98 Beauregard, Johnston, 100-102 Abraham Lincoln, 102

Luttrell, Harvey Wilkerson. "An Alabama Merchant in Civil War Richmond: The Harvey

Wilkerson Luttrell Letters." Alabama Review 58 (July 2005): 176-206.

Civil war, secession, cooperationism, 183 Opposition to Confederate government diminishing, East Tennessee, 184 First Manassas, Bull Run, 184 Business and prices, 184 Hospital clerk, 186 Gettysburg campaign, Stephens, peace talk, 188-89

Episcopal service, children, 189-90 Muslin dress, shortages, 192 Churches, New Year’s dinner at hospital, 193-94 Richmond food prices, 196 Overland campaign, 198 Corn, food prices Richmond, 199 McClellan, election of 1864, 200 Petersburg, Richmond, food supply, 201 Many men, some unfit, being sent into the field, 202

Lynch, James D. “James D. Lynch in War and Peace.” Edited by James A. Carpenter. Alabama

Historical Quarterly 20 (Spring 1958): 71-84.

12th Mississippi Cavalry, Captain Tupelo, Bragg, 74 Fort Blakely, 75 Urges wife to take away slaves and leave in event of a Yankee raid, 77 Raid against Sherman, 78 Mobile and Fort Morgan, 78 Horses, 79 Christmas, 79 Black troops, Confederate, 81 Cost of room and board, transportation, 83

Lynch, Patrick N. “Reports of Bishop Lynch of Charleston, South Carolina, Commissioner of

the Confederate State to the Confederate Secretary of State.” American Catholic

Historical Researches 22 (July 1905): 248-59.

Rome, commissioner for Confederacy, Trip to Paris, 250-51 Immigration to U.S., Ireland, 251-52 Overland campaign and hopes for an end to the war, English, French, 255-56 Union subjugation would mean confiscation, 256 Slavery, 256 Confederate commerce and attacks on northern ships, Alabama, Florida, 257 Slidell, 257

Lynch, Patrick N. “Some Wartime Letters of Bishop Lynch.” Edited by Willard E. Wight.

Catholic Historical Review 43 (April 1967): 20-37.

Secession, Federal property in Virginia, 22-23 Virginia Commissioners to Washington, 23

Northern threats to the southern states and secession, 24 Fears secession and civil war, 25 Maryland bishop, vacancy, Seward, 26 Prisoner, exchange, 26-27 Blockade running, 28-33 Confederate resources, agriculture, military situation, northern morale, 29 Social revolution after Civil War, black government in South Carolina, 36 Postwar schools for blacks, 37 Postwar religion, 37

Lyon, Hylan B. “Memoirs of Hylan B. Lyon Brigadier General, C.S.A.” Edited by Edward M.

Coffman. Tennessee Historical Quarterly 18 (March 1959): 35-53.

West Point, 36 3rd Kentucky Infantry, Confederate Fort Donelson, 40 Bragg, Missionary Ridge, Wheeler, 42 Brice’s Crossroads, 43 Tupelo, 43-44 Forrest and Lyon, 44ff

Lyon, James A. “Mississippi Unionism: The Case of the Reverend James A. Lyon,” edited by

John K. Bettersworth. Journal of Mississippi History. 1 (January 1939): 37-52.

Presbyterian opponent of secession, 37 Sermon on condition of the country, January 1861, 39 Confederate fast day sermons, 39-40 Civil war, political causes, 40-41 Opposed to secession--denounced as traitor and abolitionist, 41 August 1863--charge made that he was part of a Reconstruction party in Columbus, charges of being a submissionist and had his son draft a reply whose content sparked rumors before it was ever published; letter blamed demagogues for the war and this stirred up the demagogues in Columbus, 42-46 Bitterness and denunciations in his church, 46-48 Views on the war, still thought it caused by demagogues; but thought it had providential purposes. 1. Punish wicked people who had been too careless and indifferent and let government pass into hands of demagogues; 2. People had vilely abused privileges of slavery; and institution need to be reformed; 3. That consolidation of government might clear the “sand” of states rights that had been grating on the machinery ever since the adoption of the Constitution; As a minister he often doubted what his duty was during the war; we failed to encourage conservative peace party in North so that McClellan could have been elected; , 48-49 War ended with southern subjugation, list fallacies that kept war going, 50-52

Lyon, Nathaniel. “A Nathaniel Lyon Letter.” Edited by Grace Lee Nute. Mississippi Valley

Historical Review 9 (September 1922): 139-44.

St. Louis arsenal, 139ff Winfield Scott, 142-43 Lincoln, Buchanan, Anderson, 143-44

Lyth, Alfred. “The Andersonville Diary of Private Alfred Lyth.” Edited by Lester W. Smith.

Niagara Frontier 8 (Spring 1961): 14-24.

100th New York Infantry Bermuda Hundred, 19 Taken prisoner, 20 Petersburg jail, 20 Andersonville, 20ff Prisoner escape, 21 Prisoner killed by guard, 21