Letter from Luther Rice Mills of the 26th Virginia Infantry to his brother.
Category: Soldiers and Sailors
Our Whole Theory of Slavery is Wrong
The failure of the Hampton Roads conference prompted the Confederacy to consider radical measures. The Confederate Congress approves a measure allowing for the recruitment of slaves into the military.
From Andrew Moon, 104th Ohio
Letter from Private Andrew Moon of the 104th Ohio Volunteers to his sister.
From Cyrus H. Lewis, 1st Missouri Engineers
Letter from Cyrus H. Lewis of the 1st Missouri Engineers to his parents.
The Sinking of the C.S.S. Albemarle
Federal Lieutenant William B. Cushing leads a daring operation to destroy the Confederate ironclad C.S.S. Albemarle, a formidable force on the Roanoke River of coastal North Carolina.
No More Than Dead Men
Ulysses S. Grant issues “most emphatic” orders to take no action on agreeing to exchange prisoners of war without further notification. This is intended to deprive the Confederacy of manpower, but since it promises to worsen conditions for both Confederate and Federal prisoners, Grant’s directive initiates a grim new war policy.