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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 Williams 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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Unknown or No Regiment

Colonel Frank M. Case, U.S. Army
Letters: Williams County Leader- 7/4/1861, 7/18/1861

Brigadier General James Blair Steedman
Letter: Press and Leader - 4/2/1863

Surgeon S.B. Hiner
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 9/29/1864

Captain W.A. Hunter
Letters: Bryan Union Press- 9/24/1863, 10/1/1863

Samuel L. Hunter, Army of the Cumberland
Letters: Bryan Union Press- 11/19/1863, 11/26/1863

G.W. Moudy
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 3/24/1864

P.W. Norris, U.S. Sanitary Commission
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 6/2/1864

Illinois Units

44th Illinois Infantry

Article
1/2/1862

"Soldier"
Letter: Williams County Leader- 11/21/1861

Indiana Units

9th Indiana Infantry

Private Loren W. Caldwell, Company
Letter: Williams County Leader- 1/2/1862

13th Indiana Infantry

Corporal William M. Starr, Company B "Venice"
Letters: UP- 2/28/1862, 3/28/1862, 4/4/1862 (2), 4/11/1862, 4/25/1862, 5/2/1862, 5/9/1862, 5/16/1862, 5/23/1862

Iowa

4th Iowa Infantry

Captain William H. Kinsman, Company B
Letters: Williams County Leader- 10/10/1861, 1/2/1862, 1/16/1862, 6/26/1862

12th Iowa Infantry

Lieutenant (later Captain) Joseph R.C. Hunter, Company A
Article: Press and Leader - 4/2/1863
Letter: Press and Leader - 5/21/1863

Massachusetts Units

2nd Massachusetts Infantry

"S.D."
Letter: Williams County Leader- 5/8/1862

Michigan Units

4th Michigan Infantry

Colonel Dwight A. Woodbury
Letters: Williams County Leader- 6/5/1862, 6/12/1862, 7/3/1862

Ohio Units

3rd Ohio Cavalry

Private Orrin Barker, Company H
Letter: Williams County Leader- 3/13/1862

First Sergeant Thomas J. Cosley, Company H
Letter: Press and Leader - 3/26/1863

"Buckeye" Company H
Letter: Williams County Leader- 6/12/1862

9th Ohio Cavalry

Quartermaster Sergeant Peter Friend
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 3/17/1864

Captain William Stough, Company H
Letters: Bryan Union Press- 11/12/1863, 2/18/1864

First Sergeant John E. Binkley, Company H
Letter: Bryan Union Press-5/19/1864

14th Ohio Infantry

Article: 4/9/1863

Private Isaac Ruth Sherwood, Company C
Letters: Williams County Leader- 5/2/1861, 5/9/1861, 5/16/1861, 5/23/1861, 6/6/1861 (2), 6/13/1861 (2), 6/20/1861 (2), 6/27/1861, 7/4/1861, 7/11/1861, 7/18/1861, 8/1/1861 (2)

Sergeant Henry G. Neubert, Company C
Letters: Williams County Leader- 4/3/1862

Quartermaster Sergeant Saunders M. Huyck
Letters: Williams County Leader- 12/5/1861, 1/16/1862

S.S. Smith
Letter: Williams County Leader- 5/16/1861

Corporal J.M.L. (3 months)
Article: UP- 3/28/1862

Member
Letter: Williams County Leader- 5/30/1861

"Occasional"
Letter: Williams County Leader- 5/22/1862

20th Ohio Infantry

Article
Press and Leader -4/16/1863

Private Henry H. Sander, "H.H.S.," Company B
Letter: Bryan Union Press 12/24/1863

38th Ohio Infantry

Articles
Bryan Union Press-5/7/1863, 12/10/1863, 1/21/1864, 7/14/1864, 7/21/1864, 7/28/1864, 8/4/1864, 8/18/1864, 8/25/1864, 9/22/1864

Dr. S.C. Brown, "S.C.B."
Letters: Bryan Union Press- 7/28/1864, 8/11/1864, 9/1/1864

Private Walter S. Tomlinson, Company A
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 8/20/1863

First Lieutenant John W. Pollock, Company D
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 8/18/1864

Captain Robert McQuilkin, Company E
Letters: Williams County Leader- 10/24/1861, 11/7/1861, 1/16/1862
Letters: UP- 3/21/1862, 4/25/1862, 6/6/1862, 7/25/1862
Letters: Press and Leader - 10/30/1862, 1/15/1863, 4/30/1863, 6/4/1863

Private Alfred Press and Leader ummer, Company E
Letter: Press and Leader - 2/26/1863

Private Thomas M. Starr, Company E
Letter: Press and Leader - 10/30/1862

Private Charles H. Yeagley, Company E
Letter: Williams County Leader- 11/21/1861

Captain William Stough, Company H
Letters: Williams County Leader- 11/14/1861, 12/26/1861, 1/30/1862, 2/6/1862
Letters: UP- 1/31/1862, 3/7/1862

Captain Andrew Newman, Company H
Letters: Williams County Leader- 1/23/1862, 2/20/1862
Letter: Press and Leader - 4/30/1863
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 8/18/1864

Corporal Jerome D. Gleason, "J.D.G.", Company H
Letter: Press and Leader - 1/29/1863
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 4/14/1864

Musician Darius W. Baird, "Darius," Company H
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 11/26/1863

Private Lee H. Rudisill, Company H
Letter: UP- 2/21/1862

"Co. Aitch," Company H
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 4/28/1864

Private Francis M. Masters, Company K
Letter: Press and Leader - 8/13/1863

"D.W.B."
Letters: Bryan Union Press- 3/31/1864, 4/28/1864

"Junius"
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 8/11/1864

Member
Letter: UP- 6/6/1862

"Monroe"
Letter: UP- 5/23/1862

"Omega"
Letters: UP-5/30/1862, 6/6/1862, 6/20/1862, 6/27/1862, 7/4/1862, 7/18/1862
Letters: Press and Leader - 8/21/1862, 11/27/1862, 12/18/1862, 12/25/1862

45th Ohio Infantry

Private James H. Bradley, Company F
Letter- Bryan Union Press- 4/7/1864

67th Ohio Infantry

C.H.W. Sibley
Letter: Williams County Leader- 3/6/1862

"Sixty-Seventh Regiment"
Letter: Williams County Leader- 4/3/1862

68th Ohio Infantry

Articles
Press and Leader - 4/16/1863, 6/11/1863
Bryan Union Press- 4/14/1864, 8/4/1864

Second Lieutenant James F. Cosgro, "J.F.C", Company C
Letters: Bryan Union Press- 2/4/1864, 8/11/1864
Letter: Bryan Democrat- 5/28/1864

First Lieutenant James H. Long, Company K
Letter: Williams County Leader- 2/27/1862
Letters: UP- 4/11/1862, 5/2/1862
Letters: Press and Leader - 12/4/1862, 2/5/1863
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 9/3/1863

Private Andrew J. Long, Company K
Letters: Williams County Leader- 1/30/1862, 3/6/1862, 3/13/1862, 4/3/1862, 7/17/1862
Letters: Press and Leader - 8/28/1862, 1/29/1863, 7/16/1863
Letters: Bryan Union Press- 9/24/1863, 10/22/1863, 9/1/1864

Private Thomas A. Shorthill, Company K
Letter: Williams County Leader- 3/6/1862

Captain Edwin J. Evans, "E.J.E.", Company K
Letter: Williams County Leader- 6/26/1862
Letter: Press and Leader - 7/23/1863
Letter: Bryan Democrat- 6/4/1863

78th Ohio Infantry

Article
Press and Leader - 4/16/1863

80th Ohio Infantry

Assistant Surgeon T.H. Blaker
Letter: Press and Leader - 10/16/1862

83rd Ohio Infantry

Private John R. Pepper, Company A
Letter: Press and Leader - 8/13/1863

100th Ohio Infantry

Articles:
Bryan Union Press- 4/23/1863, 7/14/1864, 8/25/1864, 9/8/1864

Private John K. Halm (Kalm), Company C
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 11/12/1863

Private John W. Kinneman, Company C
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 8/27/1863

Musician William E. Stough, Company C
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 7/28/1864

111th Ohio Infantry

Articles
Bryan Union Press-3/26/1863, 7/14/1864

Adjutant Isaac Ruth Sherwood
Letters: Press and Leader - 10/2/1862, 10/23/1862, 10/30/1862

Musician Samuel S. Hughes
Letters: Press and Leader - 10/16/1862, 6/4/1863
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 11/12/1863

Corporal James C. Thomas, Company C
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 7/14/1864

126th Ohio Infantry

Private John P. Kuhn, Company E
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 5/12/1864

128th Ohio Infantry

Acting Surgeon J.R. Kemp
Letter: Press and Leader - 4/16/1863

142nd Ohio Infantry

Second Lieutenant George W. Anderson, Company D
Letter: Bryan Union Press- 7/7/1864

Private Clark J. Dewitt, Company D
Letters: Bryan Union Press- 6/16/1864, 7/21/1864