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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 the Napoleon North-West 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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Alabama Units
4th Alabama Infantry (C.S.A.)
Private M. Mortimore Cook, Company G
Letter: 2/23/1863
Indiana Units
44th Indiana Infantry
Captain George Weamer, Company E
Article: 4/30/1862
48th Indiana Infantry
Principal Musician Felix R. Donnelly
Letter: 4/22/1863
Ohio Units
9th Ohio Cavalry First Lieutenant Enoch L. Mann, Company F
Letter: 2/9/1865
14th Ohio Infantry
Article:
9/30/1863
Corporal William W. Moats, Company E
Letter: 4/1/1863
Sergeant Henry G. Neubert, Company C
Letter: 4/2/1862
38th Ohio Infantry
Major Charles Greenwood
Letter: 4/22/1863
Corporal John A. Babcock, Company B
Letter: 9/16/1863
"H." Company B
Letter: 8/26/1863
68th Ohio Infantry
Articles:
6/17/1863, 8/19/1863
Major George E. Welles
Letter: 7/1/1863
Quartermaster James G. Haly
Article: 6/25/1862
Letter: 3/12/1862
First Lieutenant William F. Williams, Company A
Letter: 9/23/1863
Private Robert D. Wood, Company A
Poem: 9/2/1863
Captain Hiram H. Poe, Company I
Letters: 5/21/1862, 8/20/1862
"Semper Cresence"
Letter: 10/22/1862
100th Ohio Infantry
Articles:
7/16/1862, 9/10/1862, 9/30/1863
Captain Henry D. Taylor, Company B
Letter: 10/7/1863
First Lieutenant George Duncan Forsyth, Company B
Article: 3/4/1864
Letter: 12/23/1863
"Oho" Company B
Letter: 1/3/1863
107th Ohio Infantry
"J.W.P."
Letter: 11/25/1863
124th Ohio Infantry
Private William Thomas McDowell, Company E
Letters: 7/22/1863, 9/2/1863
First Lieutenant James Brennan, Company G
Letter: 3/18/1863
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