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Before the days of wire services or news bureaus, newspapers frequently printed letters from local soldiers to provide more in-depth coverage of war news. Since regiments were recruited by geographical regions, most of the men serving in a unit were neighbors, and their families often shared letters with each other. Some soldiers specifically arranged to send reports of company news to their hometown newspapers. This index, prepared by Dan Masters, records all soldiers' correspondence printed in Allen County newspapers during the Civil War. Researchers should be aware that these indexes do not necessarily represent the holdings of the Center for Archival Collections. Those wishing to review the news articles or editorials cited here should consult the Guide to Newspaper Holdings.

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Ohio Units

For complete biographies of members of Ohio units, please see Northwest Ohio in the Civil War.

4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

Captain Hiram Stotts, Company F
Letter: Allen County Democrat: August 28, 1861
Lima Weekly Gazette: August 28, 1861

First Lieutenant Thomas M. McClure, Companies F and M
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: May 13, 1863

5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

Private George W. Shannon, Company C
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: March 25, 1863, May 13, 1863

2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Charles Moyer
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: May 1, 1861

13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Sergeant William Harrison Coon, Company E
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: January 29, 1862

14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Article:
Lima Weekly Gazette: October 7, 1863

Captain Noah W. Ogan, Company K
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: November 11, 1863

"B."
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: October 9, 1861, November 6, 1861, November 20, 1861

20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Articles:
Lima Weekly Gazette: April 24, 1861 (2)

Major Charles N. Lamison
Letter: Allen County Democrat: July 31, 1861

Captain Mathias H. Nichols, Company A
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: May 15, 1861

First Lieutenant Charles M. Hughes, Company A
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: June 19, 1861

Second Lieutenant Thomas J. Hustler, Company A
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: May 22, 1861

"T.K.J.," Company A
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: May 1, 1861

"A Private," Company F
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: May 22, 1861, June 5, 1861, June 26, 1861, July 3, 1861

21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Captain Thomas G. Allen, Company G
Articles: Allen County Democrat: August 21, 1861
Lima Weekly Gazette: August 21, 1861

26th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Captain Sylvester M. Hewitt, Company E
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: August 14, 1861

Private George W. Briggs, Company E
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: May 13, 1863

27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Article:
Lima Weekly Gazette: March 18, 1863

Captain Norman Tucker, Company I
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: August 14, 1861

"H.," Company I
Letters: Allen County Democrat: August 14, 1861, August 21, 1861

"Taco," Company I
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: August 21, 1861

32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Article:
Lima Weekly Gazette: April 22, 1863

Captain Alfred G. Barnett, Company H
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: July 27, 1864

Unknown, Company H
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: December 11, 1861

"J.," Company K
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: September 4, 1861, September 25, 1861, October 9, 1861, October 16, 1861

33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Second Lieutenant Jacob W. Parrot, Company K
Article: Lima Weekly Gazette: May 6, 1863

34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

"C.," Company I
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: November 26, 1862

46th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Captain John Ackerman, Company I
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: April 22, 1863

54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Articles:
Lima Weekly Gazette: August 17, 1864, October 12, 1864

Major General Thomas Kilby Smith
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: September 17, 1862

Lieutenant Colonel Israel T. Moore, Company D
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: April 30, 1862

Adjutant David A. Rees, Company B
Resolution: Lima Weekly Gazette: July 13, 1864

First Sergeant William F. Howell, Company D
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: May 13, 1863

Corporal John O. Callaghan, Company D
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: September 21, 1864, January 11, 1865, March 29, 1865, May 24, 1865

Second Lieutenant Thomas M. Darling, Company G
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: September 17, 1862

81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Articles:
Lima Weekly Gazette: April 23, 1862, August 20, 1862, April 22, 1863

Colonel Thomas Morton
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: December 30, 1863

Lieutenant Colonel William H. Hill, Company A
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: July 29, 1863

Captain Martin Armstrong, Company B
Article: Lima Weekly Gazette: April 23, 1862
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: September 4, 1861, October 23, 1861, December 4, 1861, December 11, 1861, February 19, 1862

Private Isaac McGrady, Company B
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: April 22, 1863

Private William Francis "Frank" Maltbie, Company B
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: April 8, 1863

"F.," Company B
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: November 6, 1861, November 20, 1861, December 18, 1861, January 29, 1862, March 12, 1862, April 30, 1862, June 18, 1862, July 9, 1862, September 10, 1862, September 24, 1862, October 15, 1862, December 24, 1862, January 21, 1863, March 4, 1863, May 20, 1863, August 26, 1863, December 2, 1863, January 13, 1864, April 13, 1864, June 29, 1864, July 13, 1864, November 9, 1864, January 11, 1865

"A Private," Company B
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: October 2, 1861, October 23, 1861 (2)

Captain Peter A. Tyler, Company D
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: June 3, 1863

Private Valentine Bowersock, Company E
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: March 25, 1863

Captain George W. Overmyer, Company G
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: June 3, 1863

Private Thomas W. Snyder, Company K
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: March 25, 1863

J.N. Cunningham
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: April 23, 1862

Unknown
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: October 29, 1862, April 8, 1863, June 8, 1864

83rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry

"T."
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: September 24, 1862, November 19, 1862

99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Chaplain James M. Morrow
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: December 17, 1862, December 24, 1862, January 7, 1863, January 28, 1863 (2), February 4, 1863, May 13, 1863, May 20, 1863, June 3, 1863, July 1, 1863

First Lieutenant George L. Davidson, Company B
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: April 8, 1863

Private Andrew Ice, Company E
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: September 16, 1863

118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Articles:
Lima Weekly Gazette: January 27, 1864, June 1, 1864, June 22, 1864

Chaplain John Boggs
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: October 14, 1863

"Artemus"
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: December 10, 1862

"R."
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: March 18, 1863

128th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Article:
Lima Weekly Gazette: November 23, 1864

151st Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Hospital Steward James H. Biteman, Company D
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: June 8, 1864

Captain Isaac W. Patrick, Company F
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: June 1, 1864

"Mac"
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: June 29, 1864

180th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

"Newt"
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: November 2, 1864

191st Ohio Volunteer Infantry

First Lieutenant James R. Jolley, Company H
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: April 5, 1865, May 3, 1865

Units from other States

3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Corporal Clay A. Fisher, Company F
Clay A. Fisher enlisted while a Grant Co., Wisconsin resident as a Private in Company F, 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry on May 21, 1861, mustering into service the same day. Promoted to the rank of Corporal during his service, he was wounded August 9, 1862 at the Battle of Cedar Mountain and was discharged for disability November 9, 1862.
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: August 21, 1861

Unknown Regiments

"D.C."
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: October 26, 1864

Franklin
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: January 27, 1864, February 3, 1864, March 2, 1864

J.A.D. Taylor
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: May 13, 1863

"W.C.M."
Letters: Lima Weekly Gazette: October 30, 1861, February 26, 1862

William W. Crosson
Letter: Lima Weekly Gazette: May 13, 1863