Continuing this from my first post on the new members section.
My grandmother on my mother's side told me that I had a relative (great-great-great grandfather) that served during the Civil War and passed along copies of original letters and transcribed letters that he had written during his time of service. I found them to be extremely interesting and I was able to track down more information on him. His name was John Scudder and he was an assistant surgeon in the 65th Indiana Infantry. So he wasn't a combatant but his letters still spoke of their movements, successes and failures.
I have probably around 12-13 letters that he wrote to his wife between 1863 and 1864. Nine of the letters are copies of the original that look like they were copied with a copy machine. Four of the letters are typed up and transcribed from the originals. I have read over the originals and thought about typing them up but admit I can't make out some of the words.
Here is one that is typed up dated Nov 1st 1863 from Henderson Station, 4 miles east of Greenville, Tenn. I scanned it to PDF and uploaded it here:
http://pdfcast.org/pdf/ja-scudder-11-1-1863
I thought it was neat that he called Grant by his nickname "Unconditional Surrender Grant" also mentioning Rosecrans and Burnside and their offensive against Bragg.
The second letter is a copy of the original that is not transcribed. I can't make out everything on the first page but I thought the second page was very interesting. The link is here:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...k2OWYtZDM2NzFhZmMwNjdh&hl=en&authkey=CLC1t44B
Forgive my ignorance but is the paper he typing on some sort of paper used to document the amount of troops, officers etc? I noticed at the bottom he wrote "for paper and you will" so I'm guessing he is explaining why he used that paper, maybe only paper he had available? Anyway, this is one of the more unreadable letters I have, the majority are legible for the most part.
My grandmother on my mother's side told me that I had a relative (great-great-great grandfather) that served during the Civil War and passed along copies of original letters and transcribed letters that he had written during his time of service. I found them to be extremely interesting and I was able to track down more information on him. His name was John Scudder and he was an assistant surgeon in the 65th Indiana Infantry. So he wasn't a combatant but his letters still spoke of their movements, successes and failures.
I have probably around 12-13 letters that he wrote to his wife between 1863 and 1864. Nine of the letters are copies of the original that look like they were copied with a copy machine. Four of the letters are typed up and transcribed from the originals. I have read over the originals and thought about typing them up but admit I can't make out some of the words.
Here is one that is typed up dated Nov 1st 1863 from Henderson Station, 4 miles east of Greenville, Tenn. I scanned it to PDF and uploaded it here:
http://pdfcast.org/pdf/ja-scudder-11-1-1863
I thought it was neat that he called Grant by his nickname "Unconditional Surrender Grant" also mentioning Rosecrans and Burnside and their offensive against Bragg.
The second letter is a copy of the original that is not transcribed. I can't make out everything on the first page but I thought the second page was very interesting. The link is here:
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...k2OWYtZDM2NzFhZmMwNjdh&hl=en&authkey=CLC1t44B
Forgive my ignorance but is the paper he typing on some sort of paper used to document the amount of troops, officers etc? I noticed at the bottom he wrote "for paper and you will" so I'm guessing he is explaining why he used that paper, maybe only paper he had available? Anyway, this is one of the more unreadable letters I have, the majority are legible for the most part.