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Category: Soldiers and Sailors
The U.S. Army Grand Review
The “Grand Armies of the Republic” stage a triumphant review through Washington to celebrate the Federal victory and end of the war.
The Sultana Tragedy
The steamboat Sultana explodes and sinks on the Mississippi River. As many as 1,800 recently released Federal prisoners of war are killed in the worst maritime disaster in American history.
From William Hamblin, 4th Massachusetts
Letter from Private William Hamblin, Company K, 4th Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, to his wife.
From John Lightner, 200th Pennsylvania
Letter from Private John Lightner of the 200th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry to his mother on the day of Robert E. Lee’s surrender.
From J. Webster Stebbins, 9th Vermont
Letter from 1st Sergeant J. Webster Stebbins of Company I, 9th Vermont Volunteer Infantry, to his mother after his regiment became one of the first to enter Richmond.