Letter from Capt. William G. Nugent of the 28th Mississippi Cavalry to his wife.
Tag: Civil War
From Spencer G. Welch, 13th South Carolina
Letter from Dr. Spencer G. Welch, a surgeon with the 13th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry.
From Edwin Fay, Minden Rangers
Letter from Sgt. Edwin Fay of the Minden Rangers to his wife.
The Fall of Vicksburg
John C. Pemberton’s Confederates formally surrender on Independence Day, transferring the mighty stronghold of Vicksburg to Federal hands.
The Battle of Gettysburg: Day Three
Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia launches a massive, desperate charge to destroy the Federal Army of the Potomac once and for all.
The Battle of Chancellorsville: Hooker Pulls Back
Robert E. Lee rushes to trap the Federal Army of the Potomac in the Wilderness, while Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson proposes one of the most daring maneuvers of the war.