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The Peninsula Campaign of 1862
Excerpted from A Brief History of the Thirty-fourth Regiment by Lieutenant Louis N. Chapin (1903): March 29, 1862, finds the Thirty-fourth Regiment, with nearly all the rest of the First Brigade, onboard steamer, R. Williams, anchored for a little time … Continue reading
A Letter Home
In this excerpt from Winslow, Private Joshua Winslow, nineteen years old and fighting with the New York 34th Voluntary Infantry writes home on September 11, 1862, six days before the Battle of Antietam. My Dearest Sarah, After a hard march … Continue reading
The Battle of Fredericksburg
Excerpted from A Brief History of the Thirty-fourth Regiment by Lieutenant Louis N. Chapin (1903): We come to the morning of December 11. At midnight before orders had arrived to be ready for a move at daybreak, and we were … Continue reading
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