The Soldier Studies web site (http://www.soldierstudies.org) collects and publishes letters written during the Civil War:
This site is dedicated to the preservation of American Civil War information, particularly the correspondences, diaries and letters of soldiers who served in the field and elsewhere. We hope that by providing a comprehensive and searchable archive of this information a more complete picture of one of the bloodiest chapters in American history can be better understood by researchers, archivists, historians and students alike.
Owner/editor Chris Wehner was kind enough to grant me written permission to publish a selection of letters from his site which focus on the Siege of Petersburg. Look for letters to appear here during the 150th anniversary of the Siege of Petersburg and beyond. These letters may not be reused without the express written consent of Chris Wehner. All rights reserved.
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Siege of Petersburg Letters From www.soldierstudies.org
- LT: June 17, 1864 Benjamin Wright (10th Connecticut)
- LT: June 20, 1864 Linus Clark (117th New York)
- LT: July 26, 1864 Daniel C. Currier (14th New Hampshire)
- LT: July 28, 1864 Thomas M. Wade (1st Rockbridge VA Artillery)
- LT: August 1, 1864 Warren H. Freeman (13th/39th Massachusetts)
- LT: August 3, 1864 Justus G. Matteson (10th New York Cavalry)
- LT: August 7, 1864 James P. Elliott (1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery)
- LT: August 8, 1864 Spencer G. Welch (13th South Carolina)
- LT: August 12, 1864 Thomas W. G. Inglet (28th Georgia)
- LT: August 13, 1864 John Lobdill (117th New York)
- LT: August 18, 1864 Eugene H. Freeman (Union Transport on James River)
- LT: August 21, 1864 Warren H. Freeman (13th/39th Massachusetts)
- LT: August 22, 1864 John Wiley (6th New Jersey)
- LT: September 5, 1864 Benjamin Wright (10th Connecticut)
- LT: September 14, 1864 Warren H. Freeman (13th/39th Massachusetts)
- LT: September 16, 1864 Homer A. Plimpton (39th Illinois)
- LT: September 27, 1864 Orrin D. Holmes (29th Massachusetts)
- LT: October 2, 1864 James P. Elliott (1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery)
- LT: October 2, 1864 Spencer G. Welch (13th South Carolina)
- LT: October 10, 1864 John B. Cooper (9th New Hampshire)
- LT: October 14, 1864 Thomas W. G. Inglet (28th Georgia)
- LT: October 28, 1864 Delevan Bates (30th United States Colored Troops)
- LT: October 30, 1864 James P. Elliott (1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery)
- LT: November 3, 1864 Spencer G. Welch (13th South Carolina)
- LT: November 4, 1864 Justus G. Matteson (10th New York Cavalry)
- LT: November 13, 1864 Delevan Bates (30th United States Colored Troops)
- LT: November 20, 1864 Delevan Bates (30th United States Colored Troops)
- LT: December 4, 1864 Justus G. Matteson (10th New York Cavalry)
- LT: December 25, 1864 Samuel J. Bradlee (14th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery)
- LT: January 4, 1865 Peter Lackner (97th New York)
- LT: January 11, 1865 George McEwen (AAG 2nd Div., 24th Corps)
- LT: January 15, 1865 Delevan Bates (30th United States Colored Troops)
- LT: February 19, 1865 Conrad Hass (123rd New York)
- LT: March 24, 1865 James P. Elliott (1st Connecticut Heavy Artillery)
- LT: March 28, 1865 Justus G. Matteson (10th New York Cavalry)
- LT: March 30, 1865 Ansel Bartlett (58th Massachusetts)
- LT: April 27, 1865 Homer A. Plimpton (39th Illinois)