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    I'm looking for a source for some letters from the Southern home front. I've searched high and low for letters sent to soldiers describing life at home and came up empty handed. All I can find is letters sent home from soldiers. I'm looking for ideas so that I can eventually put together some period letters to give out to my men at mail call. Thanks in advance.
    Captain Andy Witt
    52nd Geo Vol Inf Co I CSA
    Blue Ridge Mess

    http://www.52ndgeorgia.webs.com

  • #2
    Re: letters

    Check out here http://www.txcwcivilian.org/id202.html
    Annette Bethke
    Austin TX
    Civil War Texas Civilian Living History
    [URL="http://www.txcwcivilian.org"]www.txcwcivilian.org[/URL]

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    • #4
      Re: letters

      try "the Granite Farm Letters" ,pub.by university of georgia press. has both letters from home and soldiers letters.

      Doug Bones Jarrett
      Armory Guards
      Doug "Bones" Jarrett

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      • #5
        Re: letters

        Many/most archival collections include letters both coming and going in the collection. It's pot-luck, really, and usually alot more of one or the other exists (depending on the situation both parties found themselves within), but most finding aids provided by repositories address the general composition of the material. I would recommend identifying a general area/county which you're interested in learning more about and contacting local or state repositories/archival libraries. There is no shortage of home-front letters on either side, you just have to know what you're looking for specifically. Best of luck!

        Also...it was not uncommon for civilians to write into local newspapers (much like soldiers) to have their letters published commenting on life in their county, their feelings on the war, thoughts to the editor of the paper, etc. Microfilmed papers might be a good place to look.
        [SIZE="4"][B][COLOR=RoyalBlue]Eric Michael Burke[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE]
        [B][I][SIZE="2"][COLOR="SlateGray"]"BLACKJACK!"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/I][/B]
        [I][URL="http://www.saltriverrifles.com"]Salt River Rifles[/URL][/I]

        [URL="http://xvcorps.blogspot.com/"]Forty Rounds: Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862-1865[/URL], Blog Owner.

        [SIZE="1"][i][U][B][COLOR="DimGray"]In Proud Memorium:[/COLOR][/B][/U]
        [B]Pvt. James Swingler Chandler (3x Great Grandfather)
        [/B]Co. H, 111th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
        [B]Pvt. John D. Linthicum (4x Great Grandfather)
        [/B]Co. F, 118th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
        [B]Pvt. Martin Van Buren Straight (3x Great Grandfather)
        [/B]Co. E, 23rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
        [B]Cpl. Andreas Schoen (3x Great Grandfather)
        [/B]Co. A, 30th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
        [B]Pvt. Madison Burke (3x Great Grandfather)
        [/B]Battery B, 1st Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery
        [B]Pvt. Eli Bell (4x Great Grandfather)
        [/B]Co. C, 31st Alabama Infantry[/i][/SIZE]

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        • #6
          Re: letters

          There a few letters, both from the soldier in the field and from home to the soldier at this link http://www.tngenweb.org/tnletters/isaac-howard.html

          Mark Britton
          Auxilium meum a Domino

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          • #7
            Re: letters

            Andy,

            Not a source for letters, but I think a good source for the info you are looking for, Behind the lines in the Southern Confederacy by Charles W. Ramsdell. You should be ableto get a copy from Louisiana State University Press.

            Dave Bushmole

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            • #8
              Re: letters

              Also, I might add that often times soldiers will address or even re-state concerns voiced in letters to them when responding, therefore a careful study of the soldier's letters home and the fears/concerns he tries to alleviate or comment on can go far towards illuminating the general pervading mentality back home even if the original letters from the spouse/sweetheart/family member are no longer in existence. Just a tip. Again, best of luck!
              [SIZE="4"][B][COLOR=RoyalBlue]Eric Michael Burke[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE]
              [B][I][SIZE="2"][COLOR="SlateGray"]"BLACKJACK!"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/I][/B]
              [I][URL="http://www.saltriverrifles.com"]Salt River Rifles[/URL][/I]

              [URL="http://xvcorps.blogspot.com/"]Forty Rounds: Fifteenth Army Corps, 1862-1865[/URL], Blog Owner.

              [SIZE="1"][i][U][B][COLOR="DimGray"]In Proud Memorium:[/COLOR][/B][/U]
              [B]Pvt. James Swingler Chandler (3x Great Grandfather)
              [/B]Co. H, 111th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
              [B]Pvt. John D. Linthicum (4x Great Grandfather)
              [/B]Co. F, 118th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
              [B]Pvt. Martin Van Buren Straight (3x Great Grandfather)
              [/B]Co. E, 23rd Missouri Volunteer Infantry
              [B]Cpl. Andreas Schoen (3x Great Grandfather)
              [/B]Co. A, 30th Missouri Volunteer Infantry
              [B]Pvt. Madison Burke (3x Great Grandfather)
              [/B]Battery B, 1st Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery
              [B]Pvt. Eli Bell (4x Great Grandfather)
              [/B]Co. C, 31st Alabama Infantry[/i][/SIZE]

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              • #9
                Re: letters

                You can find letters written between my great-great grandparents here:
                http://ourspecial.net/26nccf/
                The letters start shortly after enlistment in 1861 and go through Gettysburg.
                Some of the info in the introduction is inaccurate. Granddaddy didn't spend the rest of the war in a Yankee hospital. He was exchanged and spent the rest of the war on light duty back home as a conscription officer.
                Carlton Mansfield
                26th North Carolina Troops

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                • #10
                  Re: letters

                  Thanks for all the replies!!
                  Captain Andy Witt
                  52nd Geo Vol Inf Co I CSA
                  Blue Ridge Mess

                  http://www.52ndgeorgia.webs.com

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