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 Toledo Daily Commercial 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 news articles or editorials dealing with the war should consult the Guide to Newspaper Holdings.

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No Regiment Named

Major General James B. McPherson
Article- 7/30/1864

Brigadier General William P. Carlin
Letter- 10/26/1864

Brigadier General Milo S. Hascall
Letter- 5/12/1863

"A.E.P." observer at Memphis Tennessee
Letter- 1/7/1863, 2/3/1863, 8/14/1863, 8/22/1863, 8/29/1863

"C.C.D." Signal Corps, 6th Corps, Army of the Potomac
Letter- 4/23/1863

"Guerilla" 1st Pioneer Squadron
Letter- 9/8/1863

"Ithuriel" observer at Camp Chase
Letter- 3/7/1865

"S.W.C." observer at Ft. Clinch, Amelia Island, Florida
Letter- 1/22/1863

"T.L.C." 1st Division, 14th Army Corps
Letter- 1/29/1864

"W." observer at Gallatin, Tennessee
Letter- 10/14/1863

Indiana Units

30th Indiana Infantry

Article
3/2/1864

44th Indiana Infantry

Article
2/2/1864

Michigan Units

7th Michigan Cavalry

Article
2/25/1863

18th Michigan Infantry

"Squire Johnson"
Letter-10/6/1864

Ohio Units

Battery H, 1st Ohio Light Artillery

Private William E. Parmalee, Jr.
Letter- 5/14/1863

Private John L. Pray
Letter- 5/18/1863

Private Herbert H. Walker
Letter- 2/7/1863

"Soldier" Letter- 4/15/1863

21st Ohio Independent Battery

First Lieutenant Harrison L. Holloway
Letter-5/22/1863

First Sergeant William D. Munn
Letters- 4/10/1863, 5/21/1863, 6/9/1863

3rd Ohio Cavalry

Article
10/5/1863

Lieutenant Colonel Horace Newton Howland
Letters- 7/11/1863, 7/21/1863, 7/22/1863, 8/24/1863, 6/24/1864, 9/8/1864, 10/13/1864

First Lieutenant Christopher C. Clay, Companies C and F
Letters- 8/27/1863, 8/1/1864

"M.W." Company C
Letter- 4/28/1864

"C."
Letter- 4/14/1863

"S."
Letter- 9/19/1864

10th Ohio Cavalry

Major James D. Platt
Letter- 1/20/1865

Union Light Guards

"G.H.P."
Letter- 2/18/1864

14th Ohio Infantry

Articles
10/6/1863, 1/4/1864, 1/6/1864, 8/15/1864, 8/20/1864, 9/15/1864, 9/26/1864, 10/7/1864

Lieutenant Colonel Henry D. Kingsbury
Letter- 8/10/1863

Private Augustus C. May, Company B
Letters- 2/17/1863, 5/13/1863, 10/17/1863

Captain John J. Clark, Company C
Letter- 8/31/1863

Captain Henry G. Neubert, Company C
Letter- 12/31/1864

"Drum Head"
Letters- 3/17/1863, 7/21/1863, 12/11/1863, 3/1/1864

21st Ohio Infantry

Articles
7/12/1864, 9/14/1864

25th Ohio Infantry

Articles
8/3/1863, 2/5/1864, 12/12/1864

27th Ohio Infantry

Article
8/10/1864

Captain James Morgan, Company B
Letter- 10/27/1864

Private Albert Welch, Company B
Letter- 1/21/1863

William Brown
Letter- 1/9/1863

"T.S."
Letter- 3/6/1863

37th Ohio Infantry

Articles
6/10/1863, 12/11/1863, 5/24/1864, 8/3/1864, 8/10/1864

38th Ohio Infantry

Article
12/18/1863, 12/19/1863, 1/15/1864, 8/15/1864, 8/20/1864, 9/26/1864

Corporal Benjamin F. Mattern, Company K
Letter- 7/31/1863

47th Ohio Infantry

Sergeant Leverett H. Clendenin, Company I
Letter- 8/6/1864

49th Ohio Infantry

Article
12/9/1864, 12/23/1864

Colonel William H. Gibson
Letter- 7/28/1863

67th Ohio Infantry

Articles
9/26/1863, 5/19/1864, 5/27/1864, 5/30/1864, 6/18/1864, 10/21/1864, 11/3/1864, 11/7/1864, 1/17/1865

Chaplain John Crabbs
Letter- 5/25/1864

Surgeon James Westfall
Letter- 4/21/1865

Principal Musician Benjamin Franklin Stowe
Letter- 8/23/1864

Sergeant Patrick Murphey, Company D
Letter- 9/19/1864

Corporal William W. Potes, Company I
Letter- 9/25/1863

Corporal John H. Smith, Company I
Letters- 5/28/1863, 10/2/1863, 8/3/1864

"S.G.D."
Letter- 2/14/1863

68th Ohio Infantry

Articles
8/2/1864, 8/10/1864

Colonel Robert K. Scott
Letter- 2/28/1863, 4/20/1863, 6/19/1863

Second Lieutenant Samuel R. Adams, Company A
Letter- 7/1/1863

Private Edward Alpheus Bigelow, Company F
Letter- 8/8/1864

First Sergeant Webster C. Shepard, Company H
Letter- 10/2/1863

"H.S."
Letter- 6/29/1863

"Quince"
Letter- 10/2/1863

"Tom"
Letter- 9/5/1864

"Tone"
Letter- 6/18/1864

82nd Ohio Infantry

Article
1/28/1864

100th Ohio Infantry

Articles
11/9/1863, 5/24/1864, 6/24/1864, 8/16/1864, 10/7/1864, 12/8/1864, 3/30/1865

Colonel Patrick S. Slevin
Letters- 2/5/1863, 4/14/1863, 6/18/1863, 7/4/1864

Surgeon George A. Collamore
Letters- 9/28/1863, 8/20/1864, 12/13/1864

Member, Company A
Letter- 1/28/1863

Private Daniel W. Will, Company C
Letter- 7/1/1864

Private William James, Company E
Article- 12/30/1863

Private Patrick O'Neal, Company E
Letter- 2/13/1863

Sergeant Charles H. Sprague, Company E
Letter- 9/30/1863, 1/6/1865, 3/7/1865, 4/4/1865, 4/24/1865

Second Lieutenant Addison S. Clark, Company G
Letter- 7/2/1864

"C.H.S."
Letters- 2/6/1863, 3/28/1863, 5/16/1863, 9/10/1863, 11/6/1863, 6/16/1864

"Liberty"
Letters- 5/9/1864, 5/16/1864

"Meridth"
Letter- 10/7/1864

"Ord"
Letter- 11/13/1863

Member
Letter- 2/10/1863

111th Ohio Infantry

Articles
1/21/1863, 1/20/1864, 1/30/1864, 5/24/1864, 7/20/1864, 7/26/1864, 3/23/1865

Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Ruth Sherwood
Letters- 11/4/1863, 5/30/1864, 12/8/1864

Adjutant Henry T. Bissell
Letter- 7/17/1863

Adjutant Wesley S. Thurstin
Letters- 5/31/1864, 6/25/1864, 11/22/1864

Chaplain Ambrose Hollington
Letter- 6/13/1864

"Leumas" Company F
Letters- 5/23/1863, 7/25/1863, 11/23/1863, 12/28/1863, 12/10/1864

"C.S." Company H
Letter- 4/15/1864

"Typo" Company H
Letters- 3/5/1863, 3/12/1863, 3/19/1863, 3/31/1863, 8/24/1863, 9/5/1863, 9/7/1863 (2), 9/16/1863, 9/29/1863 (2), 10/16/1863 (2), 2/24/1864, 2/26/1864, 2/27/1864, 3/2/1864, 3/3/1864, 3/4/1864, 1/8/1865, 1/25/1865, 1/27/1865, 1/28/1865

Corporal Adolphus J. Tebrau, Company H
Letter- 5/23/1863

Member
Letter- 8/12/1863

"E.M.S."
Letter- 5/14/1863

"K.M.S."
Letter- 5/21/1863

"Lunis"
Letter- 1/2/1865

"Spencer"
Letter- 5/5/1863

"T."
Letter- 4/1/1863

128th Ohio Infantry

"M." Company G
Letter- 1/26/1864

130th Ohio Infantry

Articles
6/14/1864, 9/13/1864

"H." observer
Letter- 6/17/1864

First Sergeant Don A. Pease, Company B
Letters- 7/22/1864, 7/23/1864, 7/25/1864, 7/26/1864, 7/27/1864, 8/13/1864, 8/15/1864, 8/16/1864, 9/8/1864

Private Francis L. Nichols, Company C
Letter- 8/27/1864

144th Ohio Infantry

Member, Company F
Letter- 7/20/1864

163rd Ohio Infantry

"Bayard" Company G
Letter- 6/20/1864

Second Lieutenant Henry E. Corey, Company G
Letter- 6/22/1864

182nd Ohio Infantry

Article
10/25/1864

Colonel Lewis Butler
Letters- 11/11/1864, 1/28/1865

Chaplain N.S. Page
Letters- 9/16/1864, 10/22/1864

"Typo"
Letter- 12/31/1864

188th Ohio Infantry

Article
3/8/1865

189th Ohio Infantry

Article
3/8/1865

Colonel Henry D. Kingsbury
Letter- 5/9/1865

Other Units

Battery H, 5th U.S. Light Artillery

"Pork & Beans" initials T.L.G.
Letters- 1/9/1863, 1/16/1863, 2/2/1863, 3/26/1863, 4/14/1863, 5/25/1863, 6/27/1863, 7/20/1863, 8/20/1863, 9/4/1863, 9/10/1863, 10/8/1863, 10/19/1963, 10/24/1863, 12/8/1863, 3/24/1864, 4/19/1864, 5/26/1864

1st U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery

Colonel John A. Shannon
Letter- 2/19/1864

U.S. Steamer Arizona

G.H. Brooks
Letter- 5/6/1863

"Young Neptune"
Letters- 5/8/1863, 7/4/1863, 9/28/1863, 10/15/1863, 10/16/1863, 12/4/1863, 12/5/1863, 12/7/1863, 12/16/1863, 12/21/1863, 1/12/1864, 2/8/1864, 2/12/1864, 2/19/1864