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 the Allen County Democrat and Lima Weekly Gazette 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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Allen County Democrat

1861

July 31, 1861
Major Charles N. Lamison, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters 20th Regiment O.V.M., Grafton, Virginia, July 22, 1861 and Grafton, Virginia, July 26-27, 1861, pg. 2

August 14, 1861
"H.," Co. I, 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, August 12, 1861, pg. 2

August 21, 1861
"H.," Co. I, 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, August 18, 1861, pg. 2
Article on the death of Captain Thomas G. Allen, Co. G, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pg. 3

August 28, 1861
Captain Hiram Stotts, Co. F, 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, August 25, 1861, pg. 2

Lima Weekly Gazette

1861

April 24, 1861
Muster roll of Co. A, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pg. 2 "Nichols Guards"
Muster roll of Co. F, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pg. 2 "Lima Volunteers Co. No. 2"

May 1, 1861
"T.K.J.," Co. A, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Columbus, Ohio April 24-25, 1861, pg. 2
Charles Moyer, 2nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1861, pg. 2

May 15, 1861
Captain Mathias H. Nichols, Co. A, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Jackson, Columbus, Ohio, May 10, 1861, and May 12, 1861, pg. 2

May 22, 1861
"A Private," Co. F, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Jackson, Columbus, Ohio, May 13, 1861, pg. 2
Second Lieutenant Thomas J. Hustler, Co. A, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Jackson, Columbus, Ohio, May 14, 1861, pg. 2

June 5, 1861
"A Private," Co. F, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Goddard, Zanesville, Ohio, May 30, 1861, pg. 2

June 19, 1861
First Lieutenant Charles M. Hughes, Co. A, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Bellaire, Ohio, June 15, 1861, pg. 2

June 26, 1861
"A Private," Co. F, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Benton's Ferry, Virginia, June 18, 1861, pg. 2

July 3, 1861
"A Private," Co. F, 20th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Benton's Ferry, Marion Co., Virginia, June 24, 1861, pg. 2

August 14, 1861
Captain Sylvester M. Hewitt, 26th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Co. E, 26th Regt., Camp Chase, Ohio, July 28, 1861, pg. 3
Captain Norman Tucker, Co. I, 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, August 12, 1861, pg. 3

August 21, 1861
Article on the funeral of Captain Thomas G. Allen, Co. G, 21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pg. 3
"Taco," Co. I, 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Chase, Ohio, August 13, 1861, pg. 3
Private Clay A. Fisher, Co. F, 3rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Banks of the Potomac River, Camp Pinckney, Maryland, August 11, 1861, pg. 3

August 28, 1861
Captain Hiram Stotts, 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, August 25, 1861, pg. 2

September 4, 1861
Captain Martin Armstrong, Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lima, Ohio, September 2, 1861, pg. 2
"J.," Co. K, 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Bartley, Mansfield, Ohio, September 2, 1861, pg. 2

September 25, 1861
"J.," Co. K, 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Beverly, Randolph Co., Virginia, September 19, 1861, pg. 2

October 2, 1861
"A Private," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Benton, St. Louis, Missouri, September 26, 1861, pg. 2

October 9, 1861
"J.," Co. K, 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Cheat Mountain, Randolph Co., Virginia, October 4, 1861, pg. 2
"B.," 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lexington, Kentucky, October 1, 1861, pg. 2

October 16, 1861
"J.," Co. K, 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Cheat Mountain Pass, Randolph Co., Virginia, October 4, 1861, pg. 2

October 23, 1861
Captain Martin Armstrong, Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Herman, Gasconade Co., Missouri, October 13, 1861, pg. 1
"A Private," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Morton, Missouri, October 16, 1861, Morrison Station, Missouri, October 18, 1861, pg. 2

October 30, 1861
"W.C.M.," unknown regiment, Fort Leavenworth Hospital, Kansas, October 11, 1861, pg. 2

November 6, 1861
"B.," 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Wild Cat, Kentucky, October 24, 1861, pg. 1
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Morrison Station, Osage Co., Missouri, October 25, 1861, pg. 1

November 20, 1861
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Herman, Gasconade Co., Missouri, November 12, 1861, pg. 2
"B.," 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Schoeff's Brigade, 14th Regiment, Crab Orchard Springs, Kentucky, November 17, 1861, pg. 2

December 4, 1861
Captain Martin Armstrong, Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Herman, Missouri, November 24, 1861, pg. 2

December 11, 1861
Captain Martin Armstrong, Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Herman, Missouri, December 1, 1861, pg. 1
Unknown, Co. H, 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Cheat Mountain Summit, Virginia, November 25, 1861, pg. 1

December 18, 1861
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Herman, Gasconade Co., Missouri, December 10, 1861, pg. 3

1862

January 29, 1862
"F., Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Florence, Montgomery Co., Missouri, January 20, 1862, pg. 3
Corporal William Harrison Coon, Co. E, 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Jefferson, Kentucky, January 18, 1862, pg. 3

February 19, 1862
Captain Martin Armstrong, Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Danville, Missouri, February 7, 1862, pg. 3

February 26, 1862
"W.C.M.," unknown regiment, St. Louis, Missouri, February 12, 1862, pg. 1

March 12, 1862
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, New Florence, Montgomery Co., Missouri, March 4, 1862, pg. 3

April 23, 1862
Article on the 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry at the Battle of Shiloh, pg. 1
J.N. Cunningham, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee River, April 13, 1862, pg. 2
Article on the death of Captain Martin Armstrong, Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pg. 3

April 30, 1862
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, no place, no date, pg. 3
Captain Israel T. Moore, Co. D, 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, no place, no date, pg. 3

June 18, 1862
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, near the Ohio & Mobile R.R., Mississippi, June 3, 1862, pg. 1

July 9, 1862
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Corinth, Mississippi, June 30, 1862, pg. 3

August 20, 1862
Muster roll for Co. A, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pg. 3

September 10, 1862
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Hamburg, Tennessee, August 30, 1862, pg. 3

September 17, 1862
Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith, 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters 54th Regt. O.V.I., camp near Memphis, Tennessee, August 13, 1862, regarding the death of Second Lieutenant Thomas M. Darling, Co. G, 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pg. 1

September 24, 1862
"T.," 83rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 83rd Regt., Camp Wide Awake, Kentucky, September 15, 1862, pg. 1
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Hamburg, Tennessee, September 12, 1862, pg. 1

October 15, 1862
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Corinth, Mississippi, October 8, 1862, pg. 2

October 29, 1862
Unknown, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters 81st O.V.I., Camp 1 mile south of Corinth, Mississippi, October 22, 1862, pg. 2

November 19, 1862
"T.," 83rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters 83rd Regt., Camp Price, Nicholasville, Kentucky, November 5, 1862, pg. 1

November 26, 1862
"C.," Co. I, 34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Gauley Bridge, Virginia, November 8, 1862, pg. 2

December 10, 1862
"Artemus," 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Falmouth, Kentucky, December 6, 1862, pg. 2

December 17, 1862
Chaplain James M. Morrow, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 6 miles from Nashville, Tennessee, December 7, 1862, pg. 1

December 24, 1862
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Corinth, Mississippi, December 11, 1862, pg. 1
Chaplain James M. Morrow, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Rosecrans, Tennessee, December 13, 1862, pg. 1

1863

January 7, 1863
Chaplain James M. Morrow, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Nashville, Tennessee, December 22, 1862, pg. 1

January 21, 1863
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Corinth, Mississippi, December 19, 1862, pg. 1

January 28, 1863
Chaplain James M. Morrow, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Nashville, Tennessee, January 9, 1863, pg. 1
Chaplain James M. Morrow, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Battlefield of Stone River, Tennessee, January 10, 1863, pg. 2

February 4, 1863
Chaplain James M. Morrow, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Battlefield of Stone River, Tennessee, January 20, 1863, pg. 1

March 4, 1863
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Corinth, Mississippi, February 20, 1863, pg. 3

March 18, 1863
"R.," 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Kiser's Station, Kentucky, March 8, 1863, pg. 2
Resolutions from 27th Ohio Volunteer Infantry supporting the government and condemning Copperheads, pg. 2

March 25, 1863
Private Thomas W. Snyder Co. K, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and Private Valentine Bowersock, Co. E, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Corinth, Mississippi, March 18, 1863, pg. 2
Private George W. Shannon, Co. C, 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters 4th Division, Moscow, Tennessee, February 8, 1863, pg. 2

April 8, 1863
Unknown, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Corinth, Mississippi, March 23, 1863, pg. 2
Private William "Frank" Maltbie, Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Corinth Mississippi, March 26, 1863, pg. 2
First Lieutenant George L. Davidson, Co. B, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, March 26, 1863, pg. 2

April 22, 1863
Private Isaac McGrady, Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Corinth, Mississippi, March 22, 1863, pg. 2
Principal Musician John Ackerman, 46th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, no place, no date, pg. 2
Letter from 53 members of Co. H, 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp Logan, Louisiana, April 3, 1863, pg. 2
Resolution from Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry condemning the local Democratic newspaper, pg. 2

May 6, 1863
Article with deposition of Private Jacob W. Parrot, Co. K, 33rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry regarding the Andrews' Raid, pg. 1

May 13, 1863
Private George W. Briggs, Co. E, 26th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Nashville, Tennessee, April 28, 1863, pg. 1
William W. Crosson, unknown regiment, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, April 6, 1863, pg. 1
Corporal William F. Howell, Co. F, 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Lake Providence, Louisiana, April 13, 1863, pg. 1
Private Thomas M. McClure, Co. F, 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Camp Stanley, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, April 19, 1863, pg. 1
J.A.D. Taylor, unknown regiment, Camp near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, April 13, 1863, pg. 1
Private George W. Shannon, Co. C, 5th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Headquarters 4th Division, 10th Army Corps, Memphis, Tennessee, April 19, 1863, pg. 1
Chaplain James M. Morrow, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters 99th O.V.I., Murfreesboro, Tennessee, April 28, 1863, pg. 2

May 20, 1863
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Corinth, Mississippi, May 5, 1863, pg. 1
Chaplain James M. Morrow, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters 99th O.V.I., Murfreesboro, Tennessee, May 5, 1863, pg. 1

June 3, 1863
Chaplain James M. Morrow, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters 99th O.V.I., Murfreesboro, Tennessee, May 26, 1863, pg. 2
Article with letter extract from Captain George W. Overmyer, Co. G, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry regarding conduct of Captain Peter A. Tyler, pg. 2

July 1, 1863
Chaplain James M. Morrow, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, [Murfreesboro, Tennessee], June 16, 1863, pg. 3

July 29, 1863
Captain William H. Hill, Co. A, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Corinth, Mississippi, May 21, 1863, pg. 1

August 26, 1863
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Pocahontas, Tennessee, August 14, 1863, pg. 1

September 16, 1863
Private Andrew Ice, Co. E, 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, McMinnville, Tennessee, August 7, 1863, pg. 1

October 7, 1863
Article on Co. K, 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry with casualty list from the Battle of Chickamauga, pg. 3

October 14, 1863
Chaplain John Boggs, 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, no place, no date, pg. 2

November 11, 1863
Captain Noah W. Ogan, Co. K, 14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, [Chattanooga, Tennessee], October 29, 1863, pg. 2

December 2, 1863
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Pulaski, Tennessee, November 20, 1863, pg. 2

December 30, 1863
Colonel Thomas Morton, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Pocahontas, Tennessee, October 29, 1863, pg. 2

1864

January 13, 1864
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Nance's Mills, Tennessee, December 28, 1863, pg. 2

January 27, 1864
"Franklin," unknown regiment, General Hospital No. 1, Nashville, Tennessee, January 18, 1864, pg. 2
Article on casualties sustained by the 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry at the Battle of Mossy Creek, pg. 3

February 3, 1864
"Franklin," unknown regiment, General Hospital No. 1, Nashville, Tennessee, January 26, 1864, pg. 2

March 2, 1864
"Franklin," Unknown regiment, Nashville, Tennessee, February 22, 1864, pg. 2

April 13, 1864
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Sam's Mills, [Tennessee], April 4, 1864, pg. 2

June 1, 1864
Captain Isaac W. Patrick, Co. F, 151st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Fort Sumner, Maryland, May 24, 1864, pg. 2
Article on casualties sustained by the 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Atlanta campaign, pg. 3

June 8, 1864
Unknown, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, near Kingston, Georgia, May 21, 1864, pg. 1
Hospital Steward James H. Biteman, 151st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, no place, no date, pg. 1

June 22, 1864
Article on casualties sustained by the 118th Ohio Volunteer Infantry through June 7, 1864, pg. 2

June 29, 1864
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Acworth, Georgia, June 8, 1864, pg. 1
"Mac," 151st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Fort Sumner, D.C., June 7, 1864, pg. 1

July 13, 1864
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, before Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 23, 1864, pg. 1
Article with resolution on the death of Adjutant David A. Rees, 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pg. 2

July 27, 1864
Captain Alfred G. Barnett Co. H, 32nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Chattahoochee River, Georgia, July 14, 1864, pg. 1

August 17, 1864
Article on casualties sustained by the 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry at the Battle of Atlanta, pg. 3

September 21, 1864
Private John O. Callaghan, Co. D, 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Jonesboro, Georgia, September 1, 1864, regarding the death of Julius A. Hoover, pg. 3

October 12, 1864
Memorial resolution for members of Co. D, 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry killed during the Atlanta campaign, pg. 1

October 26, 1864
"D.C.," unknown cavalry regiment, Headquarters 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Cavalry Division, near Strasburg, Virginia, October 12, 1864, pg. 3

November 2, 1864
"Newt," 180th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Elk River Bridge, Tennessee, October 27, 1864, pg. 2

November 9, 1864
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Rome, Georgia, October 25, 1864, pg. 1

November 23, 1864
Article on flag presentation to Co. I, 128th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pg. 2

1865

January 11, 1865
"F.," Co. B, 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Savannah, Georgia, December 19, 1864, pg. 2
Private John O. Callaghan, Co. D, 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Fort McAllister, Georgia, December 23, 1864, pg. 2

March 29, 1865
Corporal John O. Callaghan, Co. D, 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Fayetteville, [North Carolina], March 12, 1865, pg. 2

April 5, 1865
First Lieutenant James R. Jolley, Co. H, 191st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp 191st Regt., O.V.I., Headquarters Co. H, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, March 22, 1865, pg. 2

May 3, 1865
First Lieutenant James R. Jolley, Co. H, 191st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp 191st O.V.I., Stevenson's Dept., Virginia, April 25, 1865, pg. 2

May 24, 1865
Corporal John O. Callaghan, Co. D, 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Camp near Raleigh, North Carolina, April 28, 1865, pg. 1