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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.
Ohio Units | Units from Other States | Unknown Regiments | Allen County Newspapers by Date
Other Civil War Resources: NW Ohio in the Civil War | CAC Manuscripts | Resources on the WWW | Newspaper Index List
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
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