Letters and Diaries from and about the 53rd Massachusetts

Letters from Tom Hayes' Letters of the Civil War site (apparently inactive) via local links:
Report from the Bayou Teche, Boston Herald, April 23, 1863 Fort Bisland evacuated, Boston Herald, April 28, 1863 With the Army of General Banks, Boston Traveller, May 5, 1863 38th Massachusetts Action from the Cambridge Chronicle, May 30, 1863 The death of Charles E. Tenney, Worcester Aegis and Transcript, June 6, 1863 The first assult on Port Hudson, Worcester Aegis and Transcript, June 13, 1863 The 53rd Arrives Home, Worcester Aegis and Transcript, August 29, 1863

Other Letters and Diaries
Diary of Marvin Adams Diary of Thomas Gardner Lesure Letters from Silas W. Browning To his Wife and Daughter Sarah, June 21 & 22, 1863 To his Wife, June 28-30, 1863 To his Wife, July 7-9, 1863 To his Wife and Daughter Clara, July 10, 1863 Letter to Levi Parker from his mother Captain Joel Stratton's memoirs (It's back, local link).

Compiled by Walter G. Blenderman;

Prepared 1/23/1999; updated 4/16/2003, 4/21/2007, 5/5/2007

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