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Letters and Diaries of the 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry Regiment, "The Roundheads", Letters are Pre-Civil War, Civil War
Period or Post-Civil War as Noted.
Corp. Phineas Bird, Co. C Diary--August
27, 1861 through January 16, 1863 (Anonymous Contribution)
Corp. Alexander Adams, Co. A
Letters (62) from January 1862 to July 1865-Letters contributed by Roger
Pierson, great grandson of Corp. Adams, all rights reserved (thanks to
Ms. Sarah Flood of the 100th PA, Company A Living History group for
transcribing letters the to the web page starting with the October 20, 1862
letter!)
May 19, 1862 letter to Quartermaster Lt.
Jefferson Justice from General Joseph Pannill Taylor disallowing a sale of
Pickles! from www. historyforsale.com. Because of it's uniqueness, the
asking price for this letter is $1,999.00!
July 27, 1863 letter to Noah Dean, Sr.
father of Isaac Newton Dean, Co. K, who died of illness shortly after the
Battle of Vicksburg, MS; letter written by Lt. Richard Craven, Co. K;
transcribed and contributed by descendant Chuck Dean
Civil War
Letters by Pvt. Robert Doyne Dawson Company D to his sister Rebecca Dawson with
Descriptive History (contributed by Pvt. Dawson's granddaughter Ms. Clara
Warner)
August
4th, 1864 letter from Pvt. Ethan S. Morehead, Co. K to his brother, Capt.
Joseph Morehead describing the Battle of the Crater; from a letter submitted
to the Vicksburg Daily Herald, August 16, 1864; contributed by the Old Court
House Museum, Vicksburg, Mississippi; transcribed by the webauthor
Three Civil War
Letters written by Alexander Heasley, Currently for sale from "War Between
the States Memorabilia" (Civil War antiques)
Two Civil War
Letters written by Sgt. James Campbell Stevenson, Company E to his little
sister Martha Stevenson (contributed by Mimi Fittipaldi, descendant of Sgt.
Stevenson and transcribed by the webauthor)
Civil War
Letter written by Pvt. James W. Gormley, Co. K describing recent Battle of
Fredericksburg and Low Morale of the Union Army (Contributed by Clark
Gonzalez, great great grandson of James W. Gormley)
Post-Civil War
Letter written by Pvt. William Thompson, Co. G, for a self affadavit-of-pension
request describing injuries suffered during service and resulting woes later
in life.
Civil War Diary of Daniel Shaner,
contributed by descendant Kevin Shaner
Post-Civil War
Letter written by Pvt. Daniel Shaner, Co. E, describing his witnessing of
events at the time of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination while
serving with the Veteran Reserve Corps.
A Roundhead in South Carolina, letter by
and additional information on Marinus King McDowel
Letter by Capt. J.W. Allen, Co. M to his
Father, April 26, 1864, describing the march into the Battle of the
Wilderness
Pension Letter written on behalf of
"substitute" soldier Cyrus C. Kirling, by Captain Book of Co. E
acknowledging his status as a substitute and his honorable wounding while
carrying or defending the U.S. colors (contributed by descendant Ruth
Curfman) |