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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 soldiers' correspondence printed in
Sandusky 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 || Index to Sandusky 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 biographical information about the correspondents, see Northwest Ohio in the Civil War.
3rd Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Articles:
Fremont Journal- May 1, 1863, June 3, 1864
Captain Paul Deal, Companies D and K
Letter: Fremont Journal- May 1, 1863
Private Henry G. Norton, Companies C and D
Letter: Fremont Journal- September 9, 1864
Sergeant William Young, Company M
Letter: Fremont Journal- May 2, 1862
Unknown
Letter: Fremont Journal- May 6, 1864
9th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
"Private," Company K
Letter: Fremont Journal- August 12, 1864
7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Private Owen Hicks, Company C
Letter: Fremont Journal- March 11, 1864
8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Articles
Fremont Journal- September 26, 1862, October 3, 1862, December 26, 1862, April 10, 1863, July 17, 1863, May 20, 1864
Sandusky Democrat- April 2, 1862
First Lieutenant Charles M. Fouke, Company F
Letters: Fremont Journal- May 9, 1861, July 19, 1861, August 2, 1861, July 18, 1862, August 1, 1862
First Lieutenant Henry A. Farmer, Company F
Letter: Fremont Journal- December 6, 1861
Sergeant Michael F. Halderman, Company F
Letter: Fremont Journal- July 18, 1862
Private Jacob A. Lemmon, Company F
Letter: Fremont Journal- May 1, 1863
Private DeWitt C. Lloyd, Company F
Letter: Sandusky Democrat- November 6, 1861
Private Samuel Paden, Company F
Letter: Sandusky Democrat- November 6, 1861
"John," Company F
Letters: Fremont Journal-June 7, 1861 (3), June 21, 1861 (2)
Unknown, Company F
Letters: Fremont Journal- June 28, 1861
Captain David Lewis, Companies C and G
Letter: Fremont Journal- May 27, 1864
Private Nathaniel G. Foster, Company G
Letter: Sandusky Democrat- October 9, 1861
"Camp Fire"
Letter: Fremont Sentinel- July 23, 1862
14th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Sergeant James W. Cooley Company B
Letter: Fremont Journal- October 25, 1861
15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Surgeon William J. Kelley
Letter: Fremont Journal- November 7, 1862
21st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Articles:
Fremont Journal- June 26, 1863, October 9, 1863
Bugler Archibald Ferguson, Company I
Letter: Fremont Journal- July 22, 1864
25th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Captain Moses H. Crowell, Company E
Letter: Sandusky Democrat- January 1, 1862
Captain David R. Hunt, Companies E and F
Letter: Fremont Journal- June 28, 1861
First Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Hale, Company E
Letter: Fremont Journal- July 12, 1861
Corporal George F. Alfred, Company E
Letters: Fremont Journal- March 14, 1862, April 18, 1862, May 16, 1862
Private Norton G. Skinner, Company E
Letters: Fremont Journal - May 16, 1862, September 19, 1862
"E.S.," Company E
Letter: Fremont Journal - July 25, 1862
"H.H.H.," Company E
Letter: Fremont Journal - May 23, 1862
"W.H.H.," Company E
Letter: Fremont Journal - October 11, 1861
"A Voice from the Army"
Letter: Fremont Journal- February 6, 1863
26th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Private Alfred Biddleton McCreary, Company E
Letter: Fremont Journal- June 12, 1863
34th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (1st Zouaves)
Article
March 27, 1863
Captain Lemuel E. Merry, Company D
Letter: Fremont Journal- March 20, 1863
Captain James W. Smith, Company D
Letter: Fremont Journal- May 1, 1863
49th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Articles
Fremont Sentinel- January 18, 1865, Fremont Journal- October 9, 1863, November 6, 1863, May 27, 1864
Sandusky Democrat- September 18, 1861
Captain Morris E. Tyler, Companies F and I
Letters: Fremont Journal - October 11, 1861, October 25, 1861, August 8, 1862, January 23, 1863, October 30, 1863, June 10,
1864
Second Lieutenant Timothy Wilcox, Company F
Letters: Fremont Journal - November 8, 1861, January 17, 1862
Sergeant James Maxwell, Company F
Letter: Fremont Journal - August 8, 1862
Sergeant Myron Sweet, Company F
Letter: Fremont Journal- June 3, 1864
Corporal George J. Terry, Company F
Letter: Fremont Journal - January 10, 1862
Private John H. Stoner, Company F
Letter: Sandusky Democrat- April 30, 1862
"K.A.O.," Company F
Letters: Sandusky Democrat- October 16, 1861, November 6, 1861
"Kentucky," Company F
Letter: Sandusky Democrat- December 11, 1861
"Red Stick," Company F
Letters: Fremont Journal - November 22, 1861, November 29, 1861, December 13, 1861, December 20, 1861, December 27, 1861 (2),
January 3, 1862 (2), February 7, 1862, February 14, 1862 (2), February 28, 1862, March 21, 1862, May 22, 1863, June 12, 1863
"Union," Company F
Letter: Sandusky Democrat- October 9, 1861
Unknown, Company F
Letters: Fremont Journal - February 7, 1862, February 14, 1862, March 21, 1862, April 18, 1862, April 25, 1862, May 2, 1862,
July 18, 1862, August 15, 1862, October 31, 1862, December 19, 1862, December 26, 1862
"Whiteash," Company F
Letters: Sandusky Democrat- December 11, 1861, January 8, 1862
"Typo"
Letter: Fremont Journal- July 15, 1864
55th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Captain Charles M. Smith, Companies A and I
Letters: Fremont Journal- September 18, 1863, April 7, 1865, May 19, 1865
Private John Gleason, Company A
Letter: Fremont Journal- April 3, 1863
Sergeant Adam Cramer, Company B
*There are two Sergeant Adam Cramers in this company, unsure which is correct.
Letter: Fremont Journal- March 18, 1864
Private Edwin Van Doren, Company B
Letter: Fremont Journal- June 9, 1865
Private Rush R. Sloan, Company C, AKA "Rush"
Letters: Fremont Journal - January 17, 1862, February 14, 1862
"Firelock," Company D
Letter: Fremont Journal - February 14, 1862
Private William C. Law, Company F
Letter: Fremont Journal- March 6, 1863
67th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Quartermaster Cary D. Lindsay
Letter: Fremont Journal- June 24, 1864
Captain George L. Childs, Company C
Letter: Fremont Journal- August 5, 1864
First Lieutenant John C. Cochrane, Company K
Article: Fremont Journal- July 31, 1863
Letters: Fremont Journal- August 29, 1862, September 19, 1862, October 3, 1862, December 19, 1862, January 2, 1863, February
6, 1863, April 3, 1863, May 22, 1863, June 5, 1863
72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Articles
Fremont Journal-August 8, 1862, March 4, 1864, April 22, 1864, July 29, 1864
Sandusky Democrat- January 22, 1862, January 29, 1862, April 30, 1862
Brevet Major General Ralph Pomeroy Buckland
Article: Fremont Journal- May 13, 1864
Sandusky Democrat- April 23, 1862
Letters: Fremont Journal- December 27, 1861, June 13, 1862, August 15, 1862, May 20, 1864
Sandusky Democrat- January 1, 1862
Major Eugene Allen Rawson
Article: Fremont Journal- September 30, 1864
Letter: Fremont Journal- August 8, 1862
Sergeant Major Orin O. England
Article: Sandusky Democrat- May 21, 1862
Surgeon John Birchard Rice
Letter: Fremont Journal - September 5, 1862
Captain Spencer Russell, Company A
Letter: Fremont Journal - April 25, 1862
Sergeant William Weeks, Company A
Letter: Sandusky Democrat- April 30, 1862 (2)
"A Spectator," Company A
Letter: Fremont Journal- April 3, 1863
Captain John McIntyre Lemmon, Companies B and I, AKA "Seventy Six"
Letters: Fremont Journal- January 31, 1862, February 7, 1862 (3), February 14, 1862, February 21, 1862, March 7, 1862, March
14, 1862, March 21, 1862, March 28, 1862, April 11, 1862, April 18, 1862, April 25, 1862, May 2, 1862, September 12, 1862,
September 19, 1862, September 26, 1862, October 17, 1862, October 24, 1862, November 7, 1862, November 14, 1862, November
28, 1862, December 5, 1862, December 26, 1862, February 6, 1863, February 13, 1863, February 20, 1863, March 6, 1863, March
20, 1863, March 27, 1863 (2), April 3, 1863, April 10, 1863, April 24, 1863, May 1, 1863, May 8, 1863, May 15, 1863, June
12, 1863, June 19, 1863, July 24, 1863, September 4, 1863, October 9, 1863, November 13, 1863, December 25, 1863, January
1, 1864, February 5, 1864, February 19, 1864, May 6, 1864, June 17, 1864, June 24, 1864, July 1, 1864, July 8, 1864, August
5, 1864, September 9, 1864, February 17, 1865, March 17, 1865, March 24, 1865
Private Chester Averill Buckland, Company B
Letter: Fremont Journal- April 25, 1862
Sandusky Democrat- February 12, 1862, February 19, 1862, March 5, 1862, April 30, 1862
"Billy," Company B
Letter: Sandusky Democrat- February 5, 1862
Private Frank Edgerton, Company C
Letter: Fremont Journal- May 5, 1865
Captain Leroy Moore, Company F
Letter: Fremont Journal- July 8, 1864
Captain William C. Bidle, Company G
Letter: Sandusky Democrat- February 5, 1862
"Harwood"
Letters: Fremont Journal- January 29, 1864, February 19, 1864 (3), March 4, 1864 (2), April 29, 1864, May 6, 1864, June 17,
1864, March 10, 1865, March 31, 1865, May 26, 1865
"Jack Bangs"
Letter: Fremont Journal - January 24, 1862
"Mr. Bangs"
Letter: Fremont Journal - June 20, 1862
"Phil I. Buster"
Letter: Fremont Journal - January 3, 1862
Unknown
Letter: Fremont Journal - April 25, 1862
100th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Article
Fremont Journal- May 27, 1864
Sergeant George H. Shoemaker, Company G
Letter: Fremont Journal- October 24, 1862
"Cato," Company K
Letters: Fremont Journal- September 2, 1864, September 23, 1864, November 18, 1864, April 14, 1865
"Paroled prisoner," Company K
Letter: Fremont Journal- April 22, 1864
"Simms," Company K
Letter: Fremont Journal- July 17, 1863
"B."
Letter: Fremont Sentinel- June 1, 1864
"H.M."
Letter: Fremont Journal- November 7, 1862
101st Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Captain Milton N. Ebersole, Company K
Letter: Fremont Journal- February 5, 1864
111th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Articles: Fremont Journal - September 19, 1862, May 27, 1864, May 19, 1865, July 21, 1865
Brevet Brigadier General Moses Randolph Brailey
Letter: Fremont Journal-February 27, 1863
Second Lieutenant Orin Phineas Frary, Company A
Letter: Fremont Journal- December 19, 1862
Unknown, Company A
Letter: Fremont Journal- May 1, 1863
Sergeant Paul J. Brown, Company D
Letter: Fremont Journal- May 1, 1863
Captain Henry Jackson McCord, Company G
Letters: Fremont Journal- October 30, 1863, January 29, 1864, July 1, 1864
Private Hermanus "Herman" Ickes, Company G
Letter: Fremont Journal- March 27, 1863
"Ballville"
Letters: Fremont Journal- February 6, 1863, March 6, 1863
Hoffman's Battalion (Later 128th Ohio Volunteer Infantry)
"A Soldier"
Letter: Fremont Journal - August 8, 1862
169th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Wagoner Henry Walter Imler, Company F
Letter: Fremont Journal- July 1, 1864
"B."
Letters: Fremont Journal- June 10, 1864, July 1, 1864
"National Guard"
Letters: Fremont Journal- May 13, 1864, June 3, 1864
Units from other States
8th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Chaplain Samuel Day
Letter: Fremont Journal- October 17, 1862
18th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Lieutenant Colonel Edwin M. Hulburd, Company A
Letter: Fremont Journal- November 21, 1862
25th Michigan Volunteer Infantry
"L.B.," Company B
Letter: Fremont Journal- June 3, 1864
1st Missouri Home Guard
Private E. McIntyre, Company H
Letters: Fremont Journal - December 27, 1861, January 3, 1862
12th New York Volunteer Infantry
Corporal Eugene A. Rawson, Company D
Eugene A. Rawson was living in Elmira, New York (although a resident of Fremont, Ohio) when he enlisted as a Private in Company
D, 12th New York Volunteer Infantry on April 23, 1861. Mustered into service May 13, 1861, he was promoted to Corporal on
June 1, 1861 and saw action at the battles of Blackburn's Ford and Bull Run. He was discharged from this regiment on December
11, 1861 to accept the post as Adjutant of the 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Letters: Sandusky Democrat- July 24, 1861, pg. 2
65th New York Volunteer Infantry (1st U.S. Chasseurs)
Articles
Fremont Journal- May 27, 1864, June 3, 1864
Private Frank Culver, Company K
Letter: Fremont Journal - November 22, 1861
Private Francis M. Metcalf, Company K
Letters: Fremont Journal - October 4, 1861 (2)
"U.S.S.," Company K
Letter: Fremont Journal- October 23, 1863
116th New York Volunteer Infantry
Private James Cameron, Company H
Letter: Fremont Journal- July 24, 1863
Battery M, 4th U.S. Light Artillery
Private Sumner W. Smeed
Letter: Fremont Journal- November 21, 1862
Unknown Regiments
M. Judkeiwicz
Letter: Fremont Journal- May 9, 1861
Lieutenant T.J. Widvey
Letter: Fremont Journal- September 12, 1862
Convalescent
Letter: Fremont Journal- January 2, 1863
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