Pennsylvania Civil War Soldiers' Personal Histories

Diaries & Histories Written by Pennsylvania soldiers

PA Civil War Diaries

• Captain James Wren Diary
  Extracts from the Civil War Diary of Captain James Wren of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, PA. In his diary, he talks about the men of Pottsville under his command. Humorous and insightful!



• Henry Keiser diary
  Diary describes Private Henry Keiser 's part in battle of Gettysburg



• Charles P. Potts diary
  Diary describes Lt. Charles P. Potts ' part in battle of Gettysburg

PA Civil War Regimental Histories

• History of the First Pennsylvania Reserve
  Written by Henry Minnigh of Co. K, 1st Pa Reserves, Gettysburg, Adams County



• History of the Fifty-Second Regiment
  Written at Morris Island, S.C., Sept. 1, 1864
  By Noah Adams, Co. G, 52nd Regiment, P. V.

PA Civil War Letters Home

• Joseph A. Winters letter
  Letter written by Joseph A. Winters CO. B, 7th Regiment requesting a Philadelphia hospital volunteer look in on his friend.



• Francis Reed letters
  Letters written by Sgt. Francis Reed of Port Carbon describing his life as a POW.



• Samuel Russel letter
  Letters written by Captain Samuel Russel of Pottsville describing the battle of Gettysburg.



• Lieut Francis Flanagan
  Removal Request Letters Written by his Company, 133rd Regiment, Company F


• Letter 1 to the Lieutenant


• Letter 2to the Colonel


• Letter 3 to the Governor



• Draft Riots
  Letter by PA Governor describes Civil War Draft Riots



• Enrollment Arrest
  Letter by Provost Marshal describing enrollment disturbance

PA Civil War Speeches

• 2nd Invasion of Pennsylvania
  Memorial of the Patriotism of Schuylkill County in the American Slaveholder's Rebellion, by Benjamin Bannan , Pottsville, PA, 1865, Pg. 371-2.