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First Hand Accounts of the Civil War

These documents have been gathered from first hand accounts of the Civil War. Individual documents may be ordered for $4.00 each. Get any 6 for $20.00 or 12 for $30.00. Requests showing the document number should be sent to Superstore@aol.com Unless you specify otherwise, the documents will be sent via email with an invoice for payment. Add $2.00 per order and include your mailing address if you prefer to have the printed copies mailed.

# 001 - The Writing of The Battle Hymn of the Republic

This is an account by Julia Ward Howe about the writing of the song, The Battle Hymn of the Republic. It mentions her husband and children, her pastor, the Governor of Massassachusetts, and their watching of the battle (probably Fredericksburg though not identified in the narrative).

# 002 - My Naming to Command of the Army of the Potomac

Gen. George B. McClellan was often referred to as "The Little Napoleon" and this narrative reflects the fact that he thought rather highly of his ability and disdained the other Federal leaders. He makes numerous excuses for his troop's failures, of course taking none of the blame himself.

# 003 - The Winter of 1861 in Virginia

John B. Gordon, a Georgian living in Virginia at the outset of the war, served as Captain, and rose to Brigadier General by the fall of 1862. This narrative describes the extreme cold of the winter of 1861, of a picket (unidentified) who froze to death on his post and of a terrible train crash which occurred in late February or early March of 1862 in which many men (number not given) were killed. Captain Gordon's wife who was with him on the train and accompanied him throughout the war was not hurt, and acted as nurse to the many injured men.

# 004 - The Battles of Yorktown and Williamsburg - Spring 1862

Warren Lee Goss was a member of the 2nd Masssachusetts Artillery. This account of the battles of Yorktown and Williamsburg describes the struggles the Company had moving the large mortar cannon called Big Bethel.

# 005 - The Movement to the Peninsula - Spring 1862

General George McClellan gives a report of the preparations for battle in the Spring of 1862. This report mentions a number of regiments and their positions and movements for the two weeks from March 17, 1862 - April 1, 1862. There are also several off-handed remarks regarding McClellan's on-going struggle for authority with Mr. Lincoln and other Federal officials.

# 006 - The Adventures of Private George W. Peck

This journal describes the adventures of Pvt. George W. Peck of Wisconsin while attempting to join his Regiment in New Orleans. The journal is quite humorous. After the war George was a writer, newspaper editor and ultimately Governor of Wisconsis from 1891 - 1895.

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