John E. Warren Letters
Title
John E. Warren Letters
Description
Letters from Civil War soldier John E. Warren to his parents and to his sister Emma discussing the course of his life as a soldier and reacting to news at home. Warren, a bugler in a cavalry regiment, lived on South Franklin St. in East Randolph, now Holbrook. Also included are some letters to John from his family; John wrote some letters on the back of other letters from home that he had received. The collection also contains one poem cut out from an 1864 newspaper about soldiers receiving mail. Topics Warren discusses include the daily life of a soldier, descriptions of specific battles and of the Civil War South, descriptions of Warren's time in a military hospitals, many descriptions of the available food, and requests for supplies or money from his family.
Letters can be found on the Internet Archive, separated by year:
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
Undated
Envelopes
Letters can be found on the Internet Archive, separated by year:
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
Undated
Envelopes
Creator
John E. Warren
Publisher
Digital images: Randolph Historical Commission
Date
1861-1865
Identifier
9999.105
Collection Items
John E. Warren Letters: Envelopes
Envelopes in which Civil War soldier John E. Warren sent home letters to his parents and his sister Emma discussing his daily life in the Union Army, his experiences in a military hospital, and the progress of the war. View envelopes here.
John E. Warren Letters: Undated
An undated letter from Civil War soldier John E. Warren to his younger sister Emma, complimenting her on a letter she had sent to him and urging her to write back. View letter here.
John E. Warren Letters: 1865
A transcription of a letter from Civil War soldier John E. Warren to his parents and to his sister Emma discussing the course of his life as a soldier and reacting to news at home. In this letter, Warren discusses the previous month and a half of…
John E. Warren Letters: 1864
Transcriptions of letters from Civil War soldier John E. Warren to his parents and to his sister Emma discussing the course of his life as a soldier and reacting to news at home. In these letters from 1864, Warren discusses the progress of the army,…
John E. Warren Letters: 1863
Letters from Civil War soldier John E. Warren to his parents and to his sister Emma discussing the course of his life as a soldier and reacting to news at home. In this set of letters from 1863, Warren shares news and gripes about army life along…
John E. Warren Letters: 1862
Letters from Civil War soldier John E. Warren to his parents and to his sister Emma discussing the course of his life as a soldier and reacting to news at home. In this set of letters from 1862, John discusses a march from Washington, D. C. into…
John E. Warren Letters: 1861
Letters from Civil War soldier John E. Warren to his parents and to his sister Emma discussing the course of his life as a soldier and reacting to news at home. This item contains letters and transcriptions of letters from 1861, early in Warren's…