Fifth Wheel or Godsend? Sergeant George W. Maret, with little else to do on a cold winter’s day in January of 1862, wrote an openly frustrated letter from his regiment’s position near Arlington, Virginia, to his parents in New York. Among other subjects, he vented anger at his (unnamed) regimental chaplain, calling him an “oldContinue reading “The Efficacy of the Civil War Chaplaincy:”
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13. Letter to Mary – Published in Pat Medert’s “Dear Companion” – 21 Sept, 1862
THE OTHER COLLECTION: Pat Medert published a fantastic spiral bound booklet on Jacob and the 89th in 2001 (available directly from the Ross County Historical Society in Chillicothe, Ohio). Here’s a link to their website – though they don’t have an online store: https://rosscountyhistorical.org. I’ll summarize the content of Jake’s letters published in her bookContinue reading “13. Letter to Mary – Published in Pat Medert’s “Dear Companion” – 21 Sept, 1862″
A Thousand Thunders 