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Letters Home

• Elisa A. Register Letters - Three letters to his wife and One from his brother to their mother.
• Thomas S. Taylor, 6^th Alabama, September 15, 1861, Fairfax Virginia to Miss Matilda Taylor, Milton Autauga County Alabama.
• William H. Taylor, 6^th Alabama, February 14, 1862, Manassas Junction Virginia to Miss Matilda Taylor, Milton Autauga County Alabama
• Thomas S. Taylor, 6^th Alabama, July 9, 1862, 18 miles from Richmond Virginia to William H. Taylor, Milton, Autauga County, Alabama.
• Thomas S. Taylor, 6^th Alabama, September 1862, after the battle of Sharpsburg to Thomas Creed Taylor in Milton, Autauga County, Alabama.
• Thomas S. Taylor, 6^th Alabama, May 27, 1863 at Guiners Station Virginia to Thomas Creed Taylor in Milton, Autauga Alabama.
• Thomas S. Taylor, 6^th Alabama, June 16, 1863 at Martinsburg West Virginia to Miss Matilda Taylor in Milton Autauga County Alabama.
• Thomas S. Taylor, 6^th Alabama, August 26, 1863 at Orange Courthouse, Virginia to Miss Matilda Taylor in Milton, Autauga County, Alabama.
• Thomas S. Taylor, 6^th Alabama, November 16, 1863 at Morton's Ford Virginia to Miss Matilda Taylor in Milton, Autauga County, Alabama.
• Thomas S. Taylor, 6^th Alabama, December 14, 1863 at Morton's Ford Virginia to Thomas Creed Taylor in Milton, Autauga County Alabama.
• Thomas S. Taylor, 6^th Alabama, April 7, 1864 at Virginia to Miss Matilda Taylor in Milton, Autauga County Alabama.
• James Murray Rudulph, 6^th Alabama,  April 1862 thru January 1863
• Robert T. Bone, 6th Alabama - September 1861 thru December 1861 - Letters written by Sgt. Robert T. Bone to his sister, Thirza Ann Bone Talley, in Jackson County Alabama.
• Confederate Captain Charles Bruce, January 7, 1862 to August 1, 1862 to his father.
• Seven Pines/ Fair Oaks Letters from the 20th Massachusetts
• Confederate Soldier Michael F. Rinker to his parents about the Battle at Spotsylvania Courthouse.
• Colonel John C. Mounger of the 9th Georgia. A letter to his wife Lucie on the death of their Son Captain Terrel Mounger of the 14th Georgia which mentions the kindness shown by Dr. McQueen of the 6th Alabama. Colonel was Killed at Gettysburg leading the 9th Georgia into the Wheatfield.
• Confederate soldier D.E.W. Myers Letter, dated 11 May 1863 to his brother and sister. The letter was written from "Camp Near Hamilton's Crossing" after the Battle of Chancellorsville; topics include death of Gen. Stonewall Jackson. Myers served as a Sergeant, Company C, 33rd Virginia Infantry Regiment.
• "The Letters" 1861 thru 1865, Collections of letters from Micheal and Edward (Ned) Holmes to their families in Henry County Alabama. 
• Ross, G. W. Company L, 6th Alabama Infantry Regiment Letters.

Battle Reports

• Seven Pines By General D. H. Hill
• Seven Pines by General Rodes
• Seven Pines by Colonel John B. Gordon
• Chancellorsville Battle Report of Lieutenant Colonel James N. Lightfoot, Sixth Alabama Infantry
• Seven Days by General Rodes
• Seven Days by Colonel Gordon
• Seven Days by Colonel Gordon (2)

Orders Of Battle

• Seven Pines Virginia, May 31, 1862, Army of Northern Virginia
• Fair Oaks, Virginia, May 31, 1862, Army of the Potomac
• Sharpsburg Maryland, September 14, 1862, Army of Northern Virginia
• Antietam Maryland, September 14, 1862, Army of the Potomac
• Fredericksburg Virginia, December 11, 1862, Army of Northern Virginia
• Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 11, 1862, Army of the Potomac
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1863, Army of Northern Virginia
• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1863, Army of the Potomac
• Wilderness Virginia, May 5, 1864, Army of Northern Virginia
• Wilderness, Virginia, May 5, 1864, Army of the Potomac

Misc. Documents

• Origin Of Memorial Day
• Bloody Lane Eye Witness Accounts - Confederate
• Bloody Lane Eye Witness Accounts - Union
• Lee's Lost Dispatch - Special Order 191
• Lee's Proclamation to the People Of Maryland, September 8, 1862
• THE STORY OF TAPS - The origin of the funeral Dirge played at all military funerals.
• Example of Items in a Confederate Soldiers Service Record.
• Loyalty Oaths 
• Letter to Tom Clemens, Save Historic Antietam Foundation
• Confederate Service Records - How To...........

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