{"id":3573,"date":"2011-01-19T11:57:48","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T16:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2011-01-19T15:19:31","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T20:19:31","slug":"civil-war-soldier-correspondence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/2011\/01\/19\/civil-war-soldier-correspondence\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil War Soldier Correspondence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php?action=view_letter&amp;Letter=1234\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3574\" title=\"letter\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/01\/letter-227x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/01\/letter-227x300.png 227w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/blogdivided\/files\/2011\/01\/letter.png 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Soldier Studies<\/a> is a free online database that contains over 1200 Union and Confederate soldiers\u2019 letters between 1860 and 1865. Each soldier has a profile with key biographical information and links to all of their letters in the collection. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php?action=soldier_profile&amp;Soldier=384\" target=\"_blank\">Some profiles<\/a> also include photographs and short essays about the soldier. For example, Soldier Studies has four letters by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php?action=soldier_profile&amp;Soldier=377\" target=\"_blank\">Henry H. Hitchcock<\/a>, who served in Company A of the 12th New York. In June 1861 Hitchcock\u2019s regiment was in Washington DC. After he saw the \u201cpost office, treasury building, White House, Smithsionian Institute, [and] the Washington Monument,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php?action=view_letter&amp;Letter=1234\" target=\"_blank\">Hitchcock explained<\/a> that he \u201cnever saw too much before in so short a time\u201d and \u201chad no idea of the splendor of the public buildings here.\u201d You can also browse this collection by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php?action=subject_search\" target=\"_blank\">subject<\/a>, search by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php?action=search_soldiers\" target=\"_blank\">keyword<\/a>, or see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php?action=browse_soldiers\" target=\"_blank\">full list<\/a> of soldiers\u2019 who have profiles. Check <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php?action=latest_letters\" target=\"_blank\">this page<\/a> for the latest updates to the site. In addition, Soldier Studies has several resources available for teachers, such as the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php?action=webquest_1\" target=\"_blank\">American Civil War Soldier WebQuest<\/a>.\u201d The site also has a collection of articles on a number of different topics, including \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php?action=read_article&amp;aid=9\" target=\"_blank\">Caring for the Men: The History of Civil War Medicine<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soldierstudies.org\/index.php?action=read_article&amp;aid=8\" target=\"_blank\">Civil War Pensions<\/a>.\u201d Soldier Studies was created by Chris Wehner, a high school history teacher in Colorado, and Devin Watson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soldier Studies is a free online database that contains over 1200 Union and Confederate soldiers\u2019 letters between 1860 and 1865. Each soldier has a profile with key biographical information and links to all of their letters in the collection. Some profiles also include photographs and short essays about the soldier. 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