Civil War Regiments

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In Case I Am Shot Jun 06, 2020

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Corporal Clinton Beckwith, of the 121st New York, describes the harrowing moments of Upton's Charge at the Battle of Spotsylvania.

The Biggest 4th of July Picnic Jun 06, 2020

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Lieutenant John Worsham, of the 21st Virginia Infantry, describes capturing a Federal supply store and enjoying the spoils of the enemy's food, cake and beer on the 4th of July.

The Corn Exchange Jun 06, 2020

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Private Robert Carter, of the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry, describes the Battle of Sherperdstown Ford and the first battle of the 118th Pennsylvania, a.k.a. "Corn Exchange".

We Have The American Eagle In Company E! May 25, 2020

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Private Randolph Comings, of the 11th New York Fire Zouaves, describes the regiment's arrival in Washington D.C. at the outset of the war.

You Shall Not Ride Over My Men! May 25, 2020

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Private Randolph Shotwell, of the 8th Virginia Infantry, describes the weary march through rain and mud after the defeat at Williamsburg.

The Army of the Potomac is Demoralized May 25, 2020

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Corporal Dayton Flint, of the 15th New Jersey, writes of the low morale within the Army of the Potomac after the terrible defeat at Fredericksburg.

Those Are Bullets May 17, 2020

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Private Henry Stanley, of the 6th Arkansas Infantry, was a Welsh immigrant to the United States. In this account he describes the moments before his regiment went into battle at Shiloh.

Oh, Pitt! I Have Ruined My Arm! May 17, 2020

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Sergeant William Pitt Chambers, of the 46th Mississippi Infantry, describes the horrors of battle at Port Gibson in 1863.

A Rebel Relic May 16, 2020

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Lieutenant Albert Goodloe, of the 35th Alabama Infantry, recollects the pleasures of tobacco while in camp during cold and rainy weather.

Are Any Of You Sober? May 16, 2020

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Lieutenant Abner Small, of the 16th Maine Infantry, describes the time he found the regimental band drunk before an inspection.