Civil War Letters: Pennsylvania

Luther R. Witman, Co. F, the Lochiel Gray’s, 25^th Pa. Inf., Writes Home Sending THE MOST FAMOUS PATRIOTIC STATIONERY & ENVELOPE USED IN THE CIVIL WAR: THE ROSE OF WASHINGTON

Fredericksburg Battle Letter Written by Ellis C. Strouss, Co. K, 57th Pa. Infantry

Shiloh Battle Letter – Andrew Tuttle, 77^th Pa. Infantry – “THE GROUND WAS ALMOST COVERED WITH DEAD BODIES, SOME WITH THEIR HEADS SHOT OFF AND SOME ALL TORN TO PIECES.”

100th Pa. Soldier E. F. S. Pinkerton Writes Home on His Way by Ship to South Carolina. “Thought our vessel was gone forever”… He Survived but 9 Months Later Drowned When His Ship Went Down on the Potomac River! “We got lots of Negros as captives. They like it first rate, they know they are free. I will send you a piece of cotton as it grows here.” – And it is enclosed!


116th PA. Infantry “Irish” – Action at Bristoe Station – Great Escape Story… Chased by Rebels


  Letter from the “Flagship Philadelphia” Charleston Harbor, July 22nd  1864 – Daniel Spangler Describes the Hand to Hand Combat of the Black Troops (54th  Mass.) in their Famous Assault on Fort Wagner (As Shown in the Movie Glory)

The Battle of Fredericksburg – Letters by William B. Glass Co. F, 155^th Pa. Infantry