Simon Hadley writes to his sister, Etta, of the joy of receiving a letter after not hearing from home in six weeks, during which time he has been in battle five times. He describes being on a march and coming under fire from an ambush.
Battlefields; Military officers; Military life; Military service; Prisoner exchanges; Prisoners; Prisoners of war; War;
Captain Thomas DeKay Kimball, Jr. enlisted as a private in 1862 in Company I, 88th Indiana Infantry. He took part in the battles of Perrysville and Stone River. He was captured at the Battle of Chickamauga. He was imprisoned at Libby Prison,...
