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Unpublished: The Pension Files: Unveiling the Humanity of the Civil War Soldier
ECW welcomes back guest author Douglas Ullman, Jr. As the North reeled from McClellan’s reverse in the Seven Days’ battles in July 1862, the United States Congress signed into a law an act that would have far reaching impacts for … Continue reading
Tracking Down the Sources for Matchless Organization
ECW is pleased to welcome Guy Hasegawa, author of Matchless Organization: The Confederate Army Medical Department, the latest in the Engaging the Civil War Series, published by Southern Illinois University Press in partnership with ECW. Part two of three. The … Continue reading
‘Citizen Archivists’ and Civil War Documents
When I began my research on an Ohio African American Civil War regiment, the 27th United States Colored Troops (USCT), the only option I had if I wanted to read the soldier’s compiled military service records and pension files was … Continue reading
Sheldon Appleby Among the Archives
I have known Sheldon Appleby, my great-great-great grandfather, only through his handwriting—and only that through a single letter handwritten from February 1863, and only that through a photocopy of a photocopy. The great aunt who’d given me a copy of … Continue reading
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Discovering Your Civil War Past: Part III
Today we return to our on-going, interactive blog series of researching your ancestor’s Civil War experience.