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- Subject starts with "United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives"
Write quick : war and a woman's life in letters, 1835-1867 / edited by Ann Fox Chandonnet and Roberta Gibson Pevear
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Collection: Books and Pamphlets
COLL 177: Willard Ames Papers
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Collection: Finding Aids
My recollections of the war of the rebellion / by William B. Lapham
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Collection: Books and Pamphlets
Army life : a private's reminiscences of the Civil War / by Rev. Theodore Gerrish ; with an introd. by Hon. Josiah H. Drummond
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Collection: Books and Pamphlets
Army life : a private's reminiscences of the Civil War / by Theodore Gerrish with an introduction by Josiah H. Drummond
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Collection: Books and Pamphlets
A war of the people : Vermont Civil War letters / Jeffrey D. Marshall, editor ; foreword by Edwin C. Bearss
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Collection: Books and Pamphlets
The Boys of '61
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The Boys of ’61.Bethel, May 4, 1901 This day, forty years ago, our lovely village was excited as never before in its history. In the early morn, carriages were seen coming in from every direction, in some cases, wives to bring their husbands, in…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Echoes from the Sixties [Part 3]
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ECHOES FROM THE SIXTIES. By Col. C. S. Edwards. Bethel, May 3, 1900. Thirty-seven years ago this day, was fought the great battle of Chancellorsville, commanded by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, who at that time was commander of the Potomac Army. We…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Echoes from the Sixties [Part 2]
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ECHOES FROM THE SIXTIES. Official Report of One of the Most Bloody Conflicts of the Civil War. [Continued from last week.] Soon the shouts of the enemy immediately in our front, warned us that they were advancing, and every man stood ready to…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Echoes from the Sixties [Part 1]
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ECHOES FROM THE SIXTIES. Official Report of One of the Most Bloody Conflicts of the Civil War. The following is the official report of the Fifth Maine at Fredericksburg, as given by Col. Edwards to General John L. Hodsdon.It has not been revised…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
"Dear Friend Anna" : the Civil War letters of a common soldier from Maine / edited by Beverly Hayes Kallgren and James L. Crouthamel
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Collection: Books and Pamphlets
BHS Program: "Joshua Chamberlain"
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Collection: Bethel Historical Society Video Collection
Col. Edwards’ Letter
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COL. EDWARDS’ LETTER. Bethel, Jan. 25th, 1896 My dear friend Stevens:— Your kind letter came to hand in due time; many thanks for the same. You say I may have forgotten you; my answer is, No, I well remember you and other sergeants of that old Co.…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
Twelfth Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 / Harry W. Clements, Jr
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Collection: Books and Pamphlets
War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 26]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] [No. 26] Our last article left us at City Point near the boat landing. The next morning, June 24th, we boarded the steamer, John Brooks for…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 25]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] [No. 25] We left Cold Harbor Sunday evening, June 12, for the James River. To say that the order to move was a pleasant one, faintly expresses…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 24]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] No. 24 June the 4th, we were still in the works. Grant sent a flag of truce to Lee asking cessation of hostilities for forty minutes to bury the…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 23]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] No. 23 Our last number left us with the dying Confederate colonel at Cold Harbor, in the early light of morning, June 2, 1864. The Fifth Maine…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 22]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] No. 22 June 1st, 1864, the regiment was partially engaged in the first part of the day near old Cold Harbor and the brigade was fully in the…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 21]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] No. 21 On Monday, May 16, we were ordered back near Spotsylvania Court House, though we saw very little fighting, for the battle was about over…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 20]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] No. 20 At the close of our last number we were looking over that awful scene that was presented to our sight at “Bloody Angle” on the morning…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 19]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] No. 19 At the close of our last number we were in the rifle-pits that we had captured at such terrible loss on that tenth of May 1864, at…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles
War Reminiscences of the Bethel Company, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment [Number 18]
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WAR REMINISCENCES OF THE BETHEL COMPANY, Company I, Fifth Maine Regiment. [By Col. Clark S. Edwards] [number xviii] A talk by Col. Edwards to the Bethel boys who met at his home June 24, ’91. Published by request of the members of the…
Collection: Clark S. Edwards Civil War Articles