Diaries & Letters

Tuesday, July 25, 2006, 13:18
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If you or your family have unpublished Civil War letters or diaries I would love to get transcripts (or photocopies) of them. I am especially interested in the Western Theater and the Trans-Mississippi region. Also, if you would like transcriptions of the diaries or letters from my research please contact me: admin -at- blog4history.com

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Chris has written 601 stories on this site.

A.P. United States History teacher in Colorado and published Author.

6 Comments on “Diaries & Letters”

Linda Vindick wrote on 22 December, 2007, 22:05
My great-great grandfather was a 3rd Sgt. in Co. I of the 11th Wisconsin Infantry, along with his brother. I have a portion of his civil war diary dating from April to August of 1863. It is a daily description of everything he did and saw, beginning with the battle at Port Gibson, through the siege of Vicksburg and ending in New Orleans. He was captured during the battle at Sabine Crossroads and spent several months at a rebel prison in Tyler, TX. (Camp Ford) I am working on getting the other parts of his diary which cover those days as well. He mustered out in November 1864 with his brother. I am very interested in reading your book and wonder if there is anything about my 2nd gr-grandfather in your collection.
Thanks for some interesting reading.

LJVindick
Barbara wrote on 16 September, 2009, 8:40
do you have any listing of Byers or McLain in the Civil War ? My brother is a son of the Confederate.
Steve Morgan wrote on 6 March, 2010, 23:01
I have a diary from April 1st to May 11th 1863…the author is unknown but I would be happy to send you a transcript. Contact me to give me your email address and it will be forthcoming.
caroline wrote on 3 April, 2010, 5:07
Hi Chris, compliments on such a great site. I’d be very grateful if you could look over the following:

http://caroline732.wordpress.com/in-search-of-the-famous-section-4-of-d-company/

As I’m trying to trace Section No.4 of D. Company in the First World War with very little luck so far…
with love Caroline x
Norm wrote on 2 July, 2010, 1:25
My first comment has nothing to do with the Civil War but I thought you might be interested…

Back in 1980 I traced my family tree while visiting Ireland for that specific purpose. Low and behold I discovered a significant relative from colonial days…more like post revolutionary days.
James A. Hoban, architect of the White House was a great, great, (forgot how many greats) grandfather.

Meanwhile, I hail from Taunton, Massachusetts and will be visiting the Taunton Historical Society on my next trip (I currently live in Alabama). The purpose of my visit will be to donate an original spanner wrench with the original patent papers. The wrench was invented by my grandfather, James A. Hooben (spelling got changed at Ellis Island). My children have no interest in the wrench and I’m 70 plus years of age so I thought it should be placed in familiar surroundings for after I’m gone. Why I bring this up is that the last time I visited the Historical Society some 15 or 20 years ago the one thing I remember most is the letters written by the soldiers during the Civil War. If history paints a picture of poorly educated people of that era you couldn’t tell by the superb writing abilities now depicted in the museum’s glass cases. From privates and sergeants the letters could easily be from college professors… If this old guy can remember, I’ll try to transcribe some of them on my next trip…I don’t think they’ll let me make copies, but I’ll ask…

Norm
Norm wrote on 2 July, 2010, 1:30
Hooben spanner wrench http://www.freepatentsonline.com/1627435.pdf