Union Soldier Letter To Albert Henry Bancroft

He moved forward toward the Confederate capital in Richmond. This allowed General Robert E. Lee to collect his soldiers in Fredericksburg. In the Battle of Fredericksburg Burnside made many horrible and failed attacks on Lee’s armies. Lee had gained another Confederate victory with almost 13,000 Union deaths.

After being in Minnesota at Fort Snelling he got deported to Manassas. They set up camp after the Battle of Bull Run. Also Bull Run was Charlie's first battle and he was so frightened he forgot to shoot. After the battle was over he was in a state of depression. The next day they woke up before dawn and got ready for battle, Charley was told to get water for himself and wash his face. When Charley got to the river and filled his canteen and washed his face and drank water he released the water was pink from bodies in the river up ahead and almost vomited. The troops then proceeded onto the battlefield and kept walking towards the Confederate camp were it was deserted. Afterwards, the troops were sent to a town outside of Washington D.C. They went to battle while the North and South were clashing Charley was shooting and ripping apart soldiers with his bayonet, then releasing the Rebels fell back into their tree line. They then went to camp and cut trees and made cabins and planned to stay for the winter. After being there for awhile disease and sickness struck and food started to become thin. They would also do drills and manual labor.

This letter was written by Confederate Soldier J.C Morris to his wife in a camp near Lanjer, Arkansas on May 10, 1863. Morris served in the 21st Texas Cavalry, Company F. Morris’s rank is unspecified, however because the letter is fairly well written he was likely educated and was therefore likely a higher rank such as a Sergeant or possibly even an officer. In the letter, Morris describes killing and capturing the “Yanks” with minimal loses. He writes “ We captured a good many prisoners while in Mo. and killed a good many.” As a result of his unit’s successes, Morris at the time was likely still hopeful that a Confederate victory was possible. He writes of the Unit’s triumph against Union forces in the line “The yanks boasted that we would

At the age of nineteen, Ellis enlisted in the Civil War. He served in Company “A”, Forty-Ninth Indiana Volunteers, beginning on September 25, 1861. For two-and-a-half years, Ellis fought in many battles until harshly wounded at Champion Hill in mid-1863. Although he would suffer from these wounds for the rest of his life, Ellis readmitted himself to military service in early 1864. He fought until the conclusion of the war a year later. (History 759) As

Albert Sidney Johnson was a Troop Commander in this battle. Johnston was born in Kentucky and obtained his education at West Point. He graduated in 1826. Johnston's first taste of active service came in 1832 during the Black Hawk Indian War. He resigned his commission afterwards only to return to active duty in 1836. He fought against the United States Indians on the River Neches and served in the Mexican War with Major General Zachary Taylor. Taylor made Johnston a paymaster during Taylor's presidency. He continued his rise in the ranks by becoming a colonel in the 2nd Calvary, a brevet brigadier general commanding the Utah military district and in 1861 the commander of the Pacific Coast.

In October 1861 Colonel Jackson was promoted to Major General. He served in the seven-day battles, and displayed ineffective leadership, which stood in stark contrast to the brilliance of

Displayed extreme heroism in assault on Fort Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina, in July 1863

Along with this he also asked the chief to punish the man for the offense. He later went on in saying, “the woman is mine and I have worked very hard and painfully for her. My in laws made me pay through hard labor hence I request that you charge the gentleman in question Phuhi [a fine].”

It was in this position that he carried on the campaign on which his fame rests. On May 6, 1864, he left Chattanooga, Tenn., for Atlanta, Ga.

But even the best can make mistakes. Mosby’s Men Monument, located in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Front Royal, Virginia, serves are a remembrance to those who died under Mosby’s command during the war (Hawks, shenanadoah.stonesentinials.com, n.d.). Specifically, this stone obelisks commemorates six soldiers who were captured by Union General Wesley Merritt’s Calvary during an engagement in Chester Gap, Virginia, in 1864 (n.a., vaudc.org, n.d.). Four of the Confederate soldiers were immediately shot without trial in front of civilians (n.a., vaudc.org, n.d.). The remaining two were offered freedom in exchange for information on Mosby’s headquarters; upon refusal, they were hanged (n.a., vaudc.org, n.d.).

He died October 1813 during the Battle of Thames, near Moravian town. The event of his death had a great impact on the confederacy as it was disbanded and led to further western movement of Native Americans (Infinity of

In “Letters of a Civil War Nurse”, written in 1863, Cornelia Hancock’s account of the Civil War gives readers an account of the suffering and hardship of soldiers through the point of view of an Union nurse. This document written by Cornelia Hancock is an account as a nurse who went through the Battle of Gettysburg and the after effects. Through a series of letters written to her loved ones, Cornelia wrote what nurses went through during the times of war. At the time women were expected to be good wives; with Cornelia Hancock’s effort she was able to help soldiers and contribute to the idea that women are capable of much more than being good wives; women can be apart of war. With her background as a Quaker and her family history, Cornelia Hancock was able to contribute greatly to the war effort even though she was originally denied to becoming an union nurse.

Benjamin Lundy was born into a Quaker family on January 4, 1789. At a young age, he learned of the anti-slavery belief of Quakers. He had never experienced slavery until he was working in Virginia as a young saddlemaker. It was his first glimpse of slavery, and after that, he began anti-slavery groups. He eventually was killed when his house was set on fire by a pro-slavery group.

His dreams to study law were shattered when American blood was first shed at Lexington, so he made an effort to devote to the cause and enlisted in the Continental Army (Tallmadge 6). His old friend, Captain Chester of Weathersfield, offered him the position of Lieutenant in one of Connecticut’s six-month

21, 1866 at Fort Riley, Kansas as part of an expansion of the Regular Army following the demobilization of the wartime volunteer