Soldiers' Letters, from Camp, Battlefield and PrisonLydia Minturn Post Bunce & Huntington, 1865 - 472 pages |
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16th Massachusetts Regiment army artillery battery battle of Hanover battle-field boat boys brave brigade bullets camp canister shot captain cavalry charge Colonel command commenced corps dark dead dear death duty enemy enemy's feel fell fight fire flag Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg friends front ground guard gunboats guns Hampton Roads heard heart hill honor hope horse hundred infantry killed land LETTER Lieutenant line of battle live look marched ment Merrimac miles minié balls morning negroes never Newbern night noble o'clock officers ordered passed patriotic picket pilot-house POOLESVILLE Potomac prisoners rear rebels rebs regiment rest retreat river road Roanoke Island Sergeant Sewall's Point shell shot sick side sight skirmishers sleep soldiers soon South Carolina Stephen Albert tell tents thing thought tion told took troops Vicksburg victory woods wounded write Zouaves
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