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Stephen H., Jr. Bogardus, letter
June 5, 1863
“We arrived at Boonsboro… and took breakfast at the United States Hotel… While the horse was being fed we took a stroll through the village. Several of the Federal troops were buried in the churchyard in this place with handsome...
Full DetailsStephen H., Jr. Bogardus, letter
March 1, 1863
“Last Saturday being a pleasant day I took the notion of riding down to Harper’s Ferry to visit a friend… On mentioning the subject to our surgeon he agreed to accompany me. We mounted our horses and started. The day...
Full DetailsStephen H., Jr. Bogardus, letter
June 5, 1863
“I saw in one grave 100 rebels buried in this place [the Antietam battlefield], and the lady of the house said eight thousand soldiers, two thirds of which were Confederates, were buried on the farm. Her house was used for...
Full DetailsStephen H., Jr. Bogardus, letter
June 5, 1863
“…to relieve the monotony of camp life I concluded to visit the old battleground of Antietam; so leaving the City Hotel [in Frederick City] early in the morning I started for that memorable spot. The day was pleasant and the...
Full DetailsHenry Brown, letter
September 15, 1862
SIR: On Sunday morning the 14th instant, about 6 o'clock, we left our bivouac, and marched through a pass over the mountain to Jefferson, where we halted in a field by the town for some time. A little before noon...
Full DetailsHenry Brown, letter
October 20, 1862
The soldiers are under “strict orders not to leave camp without a pass. Cavalry patrols were sent out on all the roads to pick up soldiers that strayed away from camp and were sent to Harpers Ferry to work upon...
Full DetailsCharles S. Buell, diary
September 12, 1862
“This morning I started in search of my Regt. And found them after a march of 3 miles just packing up for a start. My things were all right. Friday morning we started for Frederick City. Followed up the Baltimore...
Full DetailsCharles S. Buell, diary
September 14, 1862
This morning the sky is hazy. Last night we lay on our arms about half a mile from Middletown. This another of Gods holy sabbaths are must be counted among the many of carnage and bloodshed. God forgive us and...
Full DetailsCharles S. Buell, diary
September 14-15, 1862
“These two days will always be in my memory as the hardest of this campaign. Just two weeks yesterday we commenced this march and have kept it up night and day living on hard tack and occasionally a bit of...
Full DetailsRobert Henry Campbell, letter
May 4, 1861
“We have a good deal of duty to attend to. We go to Reveille at 5 oclock a.m., squad drill at 5½ oclock, surgeons call at 6½ oclock, at 7 we have breakfast, at 8 first call for guard mounting,...
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