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    A Letter From Camp Dennison
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Jan 17
    • 4 min

    A Letter From Camp Dennison

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    A Letter From Cynthiana
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Nov 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    A Letter From Cynthiana

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    "With every sentiment of profound disgust" - A Soldier Responds to His Copperhead Friend
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 5 min

    "With every sentiment of profound disgust" - A Soldier Responds to His Copperhead Friend

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    "A damned Yankee trick!" - The Ninety-Third Ohio at Brown's Ferry
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Oct 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    "A damned Yankee trick!" - The Ninety-Third Ohio at Brown's Ferry

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    Darryl R. Smith
    • Sep 27, 2021
    • 29 min

    The “Battle” of Brooksville, Kentucky, September 28th, 1862

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    The Battle of Bowling Green
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Aug 4, 2021
    • 8 min

    The Battle of Bowling Green

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    "...think me not indifferent." - A One Hundred Days Man at Johnson's Island
    Darryl R. Smith
    • May 10, 2021
    • 6 min

    "...think me not indifferent." - A One Hundred Days Man at Johnson's Island

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    1865 Nativism
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Apr 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    1865 Nativism

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    The Fourth (West) Virginia
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Feb 7, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Fourth (West) Virginia

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    A Hoosier Boy's Unique War
    Derrick Lindow
    • Feb 3, 2021
    • 17 min

    A Hoosier Boy's Unique War

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    "the grandest and most efficient means" - A Voice From the Fifteenth U. S. C. I.
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Jan 27, 2021
    • 7 min

    "the grandest and most efficient means" - A Voice From the Fifteenth U. S. C. I.

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    "Here the fight commenced in good earnest" - Thomas G. Scott, Second Minnesota
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Jan 20, 2021
    • 5 min

    "Here the fight commenced in good earnest" - Thomas G. Scott, Second Minnesota

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    "a right smart of sickness" - A Last Letter From Mill Springs
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Jan 18, 2021
    • 3 min

    "a right smart of sickness" - A Last Letter From Mill Springs

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    A Stones River Letter
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Jan 5, 2021
    • 5 min

    A Stones River Letter

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    "Two kettles, two spiders and two dripping pans..." - A Christmas Letter from Camp Nelson
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Dec 25, 2020
    • 4 min

    "Two kettles, two spiders and two dripping pans..." - A Christmas Letter from Camp Nelson

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    A Last Letter From Nashville
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Dec 15, 2020
    • 5 min

    A Last Letter From Nashville

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    "I am well and sober" - A Letter From the 118th Ohio
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Dec 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    "I am well and sober" - A Letter From the 118th Ohio

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    The Unlucky 13th at Shiloh
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Nov 13, 2020
    • 11 min

    The Unlucky 13th at Shiloh

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    What He Fought For
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Nov 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    What He Fought For

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    A Sharpshooters Letter - A Wedding at Stones River
    Darryl R. Smith
    • Sep 29, 2020
    • 5 min

    A Sharpshooters Letter - A Wedding at Stones River

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