Civil War Letters From Home, Camp and Battlefield
, by Blaisdell, Bob
- ISBN: 9780486484501 | 0486484505
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/17/2012
In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, this fascinating collection presents letters by Union and Confederate sympathizers and soldiers of all ranks. Authentic period photos accompany insightful missives by Lincoln, several generals (including Grant, Lee, Butler, Jackson, and Sherman), Walt Whitman, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Louisa May Alcott, and many lesser-known individuals.
An English professor at the City University of New York's Kingsborough College, Bob Blaisdell is the editor of numerous Dover Thrift Editions and many other books.
| Note | p. xi |
| 1861 | |
| Fort Sumter: Robert Anderson, U.S.A., to General P. G. T. Beauregard, C.S.A. (April 11, 1861) | p. 1 |
| Resigning from the United States Army: Robert E. Lee, U.S.A., to General Winfield Scott, U.S.A. (April 20, 1861) | p. 2 |
| Battle of Big Bethel: Alfred Davenport, U.S.A., to his mother (June 11, 1861) | p. 3 |
| Battle of Falling Waters: Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, C.S.A., to his wife (July 4, 1861) | p. 7 |
| First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run): Sullivan Ballou, U.S.A., to his wife (July 14, 1861) | p. 9 |
| God's Will: Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, C.S.A., to his wife (July 16, 1861) | p. 11 |
| Enlistment: Robert Ryland, C.S.A., to his son (July 17, 1861) | p. 13 |
| First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run): Randolph Harrison McKim, C.S.A., to his mother (July 20, 1861) | p. 17 |
| First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run): Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, C.S.A., to his wife (July 22, 1861) | p. 20 |
| Imagining Home: Randolph Harrison McKim, C.S.A., to his mother (August 3, 1861) | p. 22 |
| Preparing the South for War: Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., to his wife (August 4, 1861) | p. 24 |
| Suffering Fools: George B. McClellan, U.S.A., to his wife (August 16, 1861) | p. 26 |
| In the West: Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A., to his sister (September 11, 1861) | p. 27 |
| Battle of Ball's Bluff: Richard C. Derby, U.S.A., to Reverend James Means (October 22, 1861) | p. 29 |
| God in Camp: Henry H. Dedrick, C.S.A., to his wife (December 9, 1861) | p. 31 |
| Cooking: Richard C. Derby, U.S.A., to his mother and sister (December 15, 1861) | p. 33 |
| 1862 | |
| The Union Army in South Carolina: Charles Francis Adams, Jr., U.S.A., to his mother (February 2, 1862) | p. 36 |
| The Evacuation of Winchester: Fanny Graham, C.S.A., to Mary Anna Jackson (April 3, 1862) | p. 38 |
| The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia: Henry H. Dedrick, C.S.A., to his wife (April 7, 1862) | p. 40 |
| Shenandoah Valley Campaign: Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, C.S.A., to his wife (April 11, 1862) | p. 41 |
| Cold: Mary E. A. Dedrick, C.S.A., to her husband (April 15, 1862) | p. 43 |
| Siege of Yorktown: Alfred Davenport, U.S.A., to his mother (April 21, 1862) | p. 45 |
| Siege of Yorktown: J. Traviso Scott, C.S.A., "To the Future Yankee Occupants of this Place" (Early May 1862) | p. 52 |
| Thoughts of Home: Thomas D. Newton, C.S.A., to his sister (May 28, 1862) | p. 53 |
| The Battle of Hanover Courthouse: Alfred Davenport, U.S.A., to his mother (June 1, 1862) | p. 55 |
| Raiding: John S. Mosby, C.S.A., to his wife (June 16, 1862) | p. 58 |
| Battle of Seven Pines: John Whipple, U.S.A., to his wife (June 22, 1862) | p. 60 |
| General Order No. 28: Benjamin F. Butler, U.S.A., to J. G. Carney (July 2, 1862) | p. 63 |
| Public Service: George B. McClellan, U.S.A., to his wife (July 20, 1862) | p. 65 |
| Battle of Cedar Run: Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, C.S.A., to his wife (August 11, 1862) | p. 67 |
| New Orleans: Harriet Allen Butler, U.S.A., to her husband (August 18, 1862) | p. 67 |
| The Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run): Alfred Davenport, U.S.A., to his father (September 3, 1862) | p. 69 |
| Antietam: Silas P. Keeler, U.S.A., to his brother (October 6, 1862) | p. 77 |
| A Raid with J. E. B. Stuart: Lafayette J. Carneal, C.S.A., to his father (October 15, 1862) | p. 78 |
| Prayer: Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, C.S.A., to his wife (November 20, 1862) | p. 80 |
| Winter Campaigning: Charles Francis Adams, Jr., U.S.A., to his father (November 30, 1862) | p. 80 |
| A Baby Daughter: Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, C.S.A., to his wife (December 4, 1862) | p. 85 |
| The Bivouac Fire: Charles Francis Adams, Jr., U.S.A., to his mother (December 9, 1862) | p. 86 |
| Grief: President Abraham Lincoln to Fanny McCullough (December 23, 1862) | p. 88 |
| Christmas: Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., to his wife (December 25, 1862) | p. 89 |
| Finding his Brother: Walt Whitman, U.S.A., to his mother (December 29, 1862) | p. 91 |
| 1863 | |
| Wounded: Dwight A. Lincoln, U.S.A., to his father (January 10, 1863) | p. 94 |
| Battle of Stone River: W. H. Timberlake, U.S.A., to unknown (January 12, 1863) | p. 96 |
| Doubt: Charles Francis Adams, Jr., U.S.A., to his brother (January 23, 1863) | p. 98 |
| Appointing General Hooker: President Abraham Lincoln to Major General Joseph Hooker (January 26, 1863) | p. 101 |
| Winter in the South: John Whipple, U.S.A., to unknown (February 11, 1863) | p. 103 |
| Medical Inspections: H. H. Penniman, M.D., U.S.A., to unknown [February-March] 1863 | p. 107 |
| Conscience: John Whipple, U.S.A., to unknown (April 14, 1863) | p. 109 |
| Proposal: George E. Pickett, C.S.A. to La Salle (Sally) Corbell (April 15, 1863) | p. 112 |
| Chancellorsville: Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., to Lieutenant General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson (May 4, 1863) | p. 114 |
| Raiding Missouri: J. C. Morris, C.S.A., to his wife (May 10, 1863) | p. 115 |
| Cavalry Horses: Charles Francis Adams, Jr., U.S.A., to his mother (May 12, 1863) | p. 117 |
| Vicksburg: H. H. Penniman, M.D., U.S.A., to his wife (June 1863) | p. 122 |
| Colored Troops: Robert Gould Shaw, U.S.A., to unknown (June 1, 1863) | p. 125 |
| Vicksburg: H. H. Penniman, M.D., U.S.A., to his wife (June 6, 1863) | p. 126 |
| Approach to Gettysburg: William Dorsey Pender, C.S.A., to his wife (June 28, 1863) | p. 130 |
| Approach to Gettysburg: Iowa Michigan Royster, C.S.A., to his mother (June 29, 1863) | p. 133 |
| Freed Slaves: Robert Gould Shaw, U.S.A., to his family (July 3, 1863) | p. 136 |
| Gettysburg: George E. Pickett, C.S.A., to La Salle (Sally) Corbell (July 4, 1863) | p. 139 |
| Vicksburg: Stephen A. Rollins, U.S.A., to his mother (July 5, 1863) | p. 142 |
| Gettysburg: George E. Pickett, C.S.A., to La Salle (Sally) Corbell (July 6, 1863) | p. 144 |
| Vicksburg: President Abraham Lincoln to Major General Ulysses S. Grant (July 13, 1863) | p. 146 |
| Gettysburg: Emily Bliss Thacher Souder, U.S.A., to her brother (July 20, 1863) | p. 147 |
| Vicksburg Campaign: Chauncey H. Cooke, U.S.A., to his mother (July 28, 1863) | p. 148 |
| Receiving Letters: Charles Francis Adams, Jr., U.S.A., to his brother (August 2, 1863) | p. 151 |
| A Proffered Resignation: Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., to Jefferson Davis (August 5, 1863) | p. 152 |
| Refusal of Resignation: Jefferson Davis, C.S.A., to General Robert E. Lee (August 11, 1863) | p. 154 |
| New Year's Eve: George M. Doff, U.S.A., to unknown (December 31, 1863) | p. 156 |
| 1864 | |
| Returning from General Sherman's Raid: Will. M. McLain, U.S.A., to unknown (February 1864) | p. 158 |
| Reading Camp: Charles Berry Senior, U.S.A., to his father (April 14, 1864) | p. 159 |
| Atlanta Campaign: Charles Berry Senior, U.S.A., to his father (May 17, 1864) | p. 161 |
| Battle of Milliken's Bend: Dengal McCall, U.S.A., to unknown (April 19, 1864) | p. 163 |
| Wilderness Campaign: President Abraham Lincoln to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant (April 30, 1864) | p. 164 |
| The Death of J. E. B. Stuart: Phillip H. Powers, C.S.A., to his wife (May 15, 1864) | p. 165 |
| The Battle of the Wilderness: Charles De Mott, U.S.A., to his wife (May 1864) | p. 166 |
| U.S. Colored Regiment: Anson Tyler Hemingway, U.S.A., to unknown (May 17, 1864) | p. 168 |
| Cold Harbor: Charles Francis Adams, Jr., U.S.A., to his father (May 29, 1864) | p. 169 |
| Of U. S. Grant: Charles Francis Adams, Jr., U.S.A., to his father (June 4, 1864) | p. 173 |
| Atlanta Campaign: Chauncey H. Cooke, U.S.A., to his parents (June 6, 1864) | p. 177 |
| God's Will: President Abraham Lincoln to Eliza P. Gurney (September 4, 1864) | p. 180 |
| Atlanta Campaign: William Tecumseh Sherman, U.S.A., to General John Bell Hood, C.S.A. (September 7, 1864) | p. 181 |
| Atlanta Campaign: Chauncey H. Cooke, U.S.A., to his sister (September 10, 1864) | p. 183 |
| The Presidential Election: Edwin Marsh, U.S.A., to his aunt (September 15, 1864) | p. 185 |
| Battle of Winchester: Charles W. Baylor, C.S.A., to his friend (September 24, 1864) | p. 187 |
| Gifts from Home: John P. Dull, C. S. A., to his wife (November 20, 1864) | p. 189 |
| Christmas Present: William T. Sherman, U.S.A., to President Lincoln (December 22, 1864) | p. 190 |
| The Capture of Savannah: President Abraham Lincoln to General William Tecumseh Sherman (December 26, 1864) | p. 191 |
| 1865 | |
| A Promise: Oliver Willcox Norton, U.S.A., to his sister (January 15, 1865) | p. 192 |
| Converting the Yankees: Reverend H. Brown, C.S.A., to his friend (January 27, 1865) | p. 195 |
| Peace Talks: Robert E. Lee, C.S.A., to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A. (March 2, 1865) | p. 198 |
| Appomattox Court House: Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A., to Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. (April 9, 1865) | p. 199 |
| Lee's Surrender: Edwin Marsh, U.S.A., to his aunt (April 14, 1865) | p. 200 |
| The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Caroline C. Woolsey, U.S.A., to her sister (April 15, 1865) | p. 202 |
| The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: Sarah E. Andrews, U.S.A., to her brother (April 16, 1865) | p. 203 |
| Sources | p. 205 |
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