The Civil War: Letters From the Front

Welcome. This is a collaborative undertaking to make available the many letters from Union soldiers that exist in the Widows' Certificates pension files at the US National Archives. For a complete description, please see the "Project Proposal" page. If you would like to contribute, please read the instruction page and contact the administrator for more information.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

WC 60511

Name: Patrick Ralph
Regiment: 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Co H
Letters: Death notice, widow
Death: Killed in action

WC 62829

Name: Robert McMillan
199th Pennsylvania Infantry, Co I
Letters: Mother
Death: Unknown










WC 62805

Name: Stephen O'Shea
Regiment: 31st New York Infantry, Co A
Letters: Wife; death notice
Death: Killed in action, Battle of Gaines Hill








WC 59808

Name: Erastus Pratt
Regiment: 50th New York Infantry, Co E
Letters: Death
 Death: Unknown


Transcription:
Oct 10, 1864
By Telegraph from Washington DC
To Mrs Mary Pratt
Cherry via Waverly
Your Husband is dead. Will send his remains on today.
Peter O. Donnell

WC 59958

Name: Stephen Decker
Regiment: 115 New York Infantry, Co G
Letters: Death notice
Death: Unknown; prisoner of war







Sunday, November 28, 2010

WC 60163

Name: George H. Robinson Jr.
Regiment: 9th New York Infantry, Co B
Letters: Mother, death
Death: Diptheria