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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 .

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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