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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

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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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Scenes From a Battle

In my research for an historical novel that I am writing, I came across a book that was published in 1903 by Lieutenant Louis N. Chapin of the New York 34th Regiment. The 34th fought in the Battle of Antietam … Continue reading

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