| LETTERS OF... | LOCATION |
|---|---|
| Abbott Brothers | Harvard University |
| Andrews, George L. | USMHI |
| Barrus Brothers | University of New Hampshire. |
| Cary, Richard | Massachusetts Historical Society. |
| Cogswell, William | Essex Institute, Salem |
| Comey, Henry N. | American Antiquarian Society |
| Crowninshield, Francis W. | Peabody Museum |
| Goodwin, Richard | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Gordon, George H. | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Jewett, Richard Henry Lee | Boston Atheneum |
| Russell, Henry S. | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Mills, Charles J. | USMHI |
| Shaw, Robert G. | Harvard University |
| Storrow, Samuel | Massachusetts Historical Society |
| Williams, William B. | Massachusetts Historical Society |
I am always interested in reading and/or obtaining copies of the personal correspondence of the men who
served in the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry. If anyone holding such letters or memoirs would care to share them, please email me at lmkenned@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Coco, Gregory. THROUGH BLOOD AND FIRE: THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF MAJOR CHARLES J. MILLS, 1862-1865. Gettysburg: G.A. Coco, 1982.
Dwight, Wilder. LIFE AND LETTERS OF WILDER DWIGHT. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1891.
Morse, Charles F. LETTERS WRITTEN DURING THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865. Privately Printed, 1898.
Quint, Alonzo H. THE POTOMAC AND THE RAPIDAN: ARMY NOTES FROM THE FAILURE AT WINCHESTER TO THE REINFORCEMENT OF ROSECRANS, 1861-65. Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1864.
Shaw, Robert Gould. LETTERS RGS. NY: Collins & Brother, 1876.
LETTERS--PUBLISHED:
Bliss, Perry. THE LIFE & LETTERS OF HENRY LEE HIGGINSON. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1921.
Butterfield, Dexter. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE "ABBOTT GRAYS" CO. A, 2ND MASSCHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY FROM ITS MUSTERING IN AT CAMP ANDREW TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR. Lowell, MA, 1911?
Gordon, George H. FROM BROOK FARM TO CEDAR MOUNTAIN IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. Boston: James R. Osgood, 1883.
Gordon, George H. HISTORY OF THE CAMPAIGN OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA UNDER JOHN POPE, FROM CEDAR MOUNTAIN TO ALEXANDRIA, 1862. Boston: Aldred Mudge, 1875.
Gordon, George H. HISTORY OF THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, DELIVERED BY GEN. GEORGE H. GORDON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY ASSOCIATION ON MAY 11, 1875. Boston: Houghton, Osgood, 1880.
Gordon, George H. "THE TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF AUGUST, 1862." in Papers Read Before The Military Historical Society of Massachusetts. Boston: Various Publishers, 1895-1865.
Morse, Charles F. "FROM SECOND BULL RUN TO ANTIETAM." PAPER READ BEFORE THE MISSOURI COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. St. Louis: Becktold, 1892.
Morse, Charles F. HISTORY OF THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, GETTYSBURG: A PAPER READ AT THE OFFICERS' REUNION IN BOSTON, MAY 10, 1878. (1882)
Morse, George W. A FEW REMINISCENCES OF OLD BROOK FARM--CAMP ANDREW-2ND MASSACHUSETTS. 189?
Oakey, Daniel. HISTORY OF THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, BEVERLY FORD: A PAPER READ AT THE OFFICERS' REUNION IN BOSTON, MAY 12, 1884. (1884).
Oakey, Daniel. "MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS." Century Monthly Magazine, XXXIV (Oct, 1887); also in BATTLES & LEADERS OF THE CIVIL WAR, Vol. 4.
Pattison, Everett W. SOME PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF ARMY LIFE: A PAPER READ BEFORE THE MISSOURI COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES, MARCH 5TH, 1887. St. Louis, MO: Smith & Owens, 1887.
Quincy, Samuel M. "THE CHARACTER OF GENERAL HALLECK'S MILITARY ADMINISTRATION IN THE SUMMER OF 1862, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE REMOVAL BY HIS ORDERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC FROM THE PENINSULA, AND TO THE SHARE WHICH BELONGS TO HIM IN THE CAMPAIGN OF GENERAL POPE." in Papers Read Before the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts. Boston: Various Publishers, 1895-1913.
Quincy, Samuel M. HISTORY OF THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT OF INFANTRY: A PRISONER'S DIARY: A PAPER READ AT THE OFFICERS' REUNION IN BOSTON, MAY 11, 1877. (1882)
Quint, Alonzo H. RECORD OF THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY, 1861-65. Boston: James P. Walker, 1867.
Thayer, George A. THE DRAFT RIOTS OF 1863: AN HISTORICAL STUDY READ AT THE MEETING OF THE OHIO COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES, APRIL 5, 1916.
Thayer, George A. GETTYSBURG, AS WE MEN ON THE RIGHT SAW IT: A PAPER READ BEFORE THE OHIO COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. Vol. 2, pp. 24-43.
Thayer, George A. HISTORY OF THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT OF INFANTRY: CHANCELLORSVILLE: A PAPER READ AT THE OFFICERS' REUNION IN BOSTON, MAY 11, 1880. Boston: George H. Ellis, 1882.
Thayer, George A. "A RAILROAD FEAT OF WAR." MOLLUS-OHIO, Vol. 4, pp. 214-234.PERSONAL NARRATIVES:
Bates, John A. MEMOIRS. 1896.
Bent, Samuel Arthur. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOSTONIAN SOCIETY: EULOGY ON SAMUEL MILLER QUINCY. Boston: Old State House, 1887.
Burchard, Peter. ONE GALLANT RUSH: ROBERT GOULD SHAW AND HIS BRAVE BLACK REGIMENT.
Cogswell, William. ADDRESS OF GEN. WILLIAM COGSWELL, OF SALEM, AT THE GRAND NEW ENGLAND CELEBRATION OF THE EMANCIAPTION PROCLAMATION, THE CHARGE OF THE MASS. 54TH, AT FORT WAGNER, AND THE ADOPTION OF THE 15TH AMENDMENT. Salem Gazette, 1871.
Crowninshield, Benjamin W. HISTORY OF THE FIRST REGIMENT OF MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY.
Higginson, Thomas Wentworth. HARVARD MEMORIAL BIOGRAPHIES. Cambridge, Sever & Francis, 1867.
Milano, Anthony J. "A CALL OF LEADERSHIP: LT. COL. CHARLES REDINGTON MUDGE, U.S.V., AND THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY AT GETTYSBURG." Gettysburg Magazine, Jan. 1, 1992
_____. "LETTERS FROM THE HARVARD REGIMENTS: THE STORY OF THE 2D AND 20TH MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER REGIMENTS FROM 1861 THROUGH 1863 AS TOLD BY THE OFFICERS." (3 parts) Civil War Magazine.
THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING: SECOND MASSACHUSETTS INFANTRY ASS'N AT CHARLES RUSSELL LOWELL POST 7, G.A.R. HEADQUARTERS, BOSTON, MASS., September 18, 1905.
BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS-- SELECTED READINGS
Ball's Bluff
Farwell, Byron. BALL'S BLUFF: A SMALL BATTLE AND ITS LONG OUTCOME. EPM Pubs, 1990.
McDonald, Cornelia Peake. A WOMAN'S CIVIL WAR. Univ. of Wisconsin, 1992 [1935].
Shenandoah Valley Campaign
Colt, Margaretta Barton. DEFEND THE VALLEY: A SHENANDOAH FAMILY IN THE CIVIL WAR. Orion, 1994.
Time-Life. LEE TAKES COMMAND: FROM THE SEVEN DAYS TO SECOND BULL RUN. 1984.
Cedar Mountain
Krick, Robert K. STONEWALL JACKSON AT CEDAR MOUNTAIN. Univ. of North Carolina, 1990.
Murfin, James V. THE GLEAM OF BAYONETS: THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM AND THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN OF 1862. Yoseloff, 1965.
Priest, John. ANTIETAM: THE SOLDIER'S BATTLE. White Mane, 1989.
Priest, John. BEFORE ANTIETAM: THE BATTLE FOR SOUTH MOUNTAIN. White Mane, 1992.
Sears, Stephen W. LANDSCAPE TURNED RED: THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. Ticknor & Fields, 1983.
Wheeler, Richard. LEE'S TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD: ANTIETAM TO CHANCELLORSVILLE--AN EYEWITNESS HISTORY. HarperCollins, 1992.
Antietam
Frassanito, William A. ANTIETAM: THE PHOTOGRAPHIC LEGACY OF AMERICA'S BLOODIEST DAY. Scribner, 1978.
Chancellorsville
Furgurson, Ernest B. CHANCELLORSVILLE, 1863: THE SOULS OF THE BRAVE. Knopf, 1992.
Gallagher, Gary (ed.) CHANCELLORSVILLE: THE BATTLE AND ITS AFTERMATH. Univ. of North Carolina, 1996.
Goolrick, William K. REBELS REBELS: FREDERICKSBURG TO CHANCELLORSVILLE. Time-Life, 1985.
Luvaas, Jay & Harold W. Nelson. THE U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE GUIDE TO THE BATTLES OF CHANCELLORSVILLE AND FREDERICKSBURG. South Mountain, 1988.
Martin, David G. THE CHANCELLORSVILLE CAMPAIGN: MARCH-MAY 1863. Combined Books, 1991.
Sears, Stephen. CHANCELLORSVILLE. Houghton-Mifflin, 1996.
Stackpole, Edward. CHANCELLORSVILLE: LEE'S GREATEST BATTLE. Stackpole, 1958.
Time-Life. VOICES OF THE CIVIL WAR: CHANCELLORSVILLE. 1996.
Wheeler, Richard. LEE'S TERRIBLE SWIFT SWORD. HarperCollins, 1992.
Cleaves, Freeman. MEADE OF GETTYSBURG. Univ. of Oklahoma, 1960.
Coddington, Edwin B. THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN: A STUDY IN COMMAND. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968.
Gallagher, Gary (ed.) THE SECOND DAY AT GETTYSBURG: ESSAYS ON CONFEDERATE AND UNION LEADERSHIP. Kent State, 1993.
____. THE THIRD DAY AT GETTYSBURG AND BEYOND. Univ. of North Carolina, 1994.
Longacre, Edward G. THE CAVALRY AT GETTYSBURG. Univ. of Nebraska, 1986.
Luvaas, Jay & Harold W. Nelson (eds.) THE U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE GUIDE TO THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. Perennial, 1986.
Nofi, Albert A. THE GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN: JUNE-JULE, 1863. Rev. Ed. Combined Books, 1993.
Pfanz, Harry W. GETTYSBURG--CULP'S HILL AND CEMETERY HILL. Univ. of North Carolina, 1993.
____. GETTYSBURG: THE SECOND DAY. Univ. of North Carolina, 1987.
Stackpole, Edward J. THEY MET AT GETTYSBURG. Eagle, 1956.
Time-Life. VOICES OF THE CIVIL WAR: GETTYSBURG. 1995.
Tucker, Glenn. HIGH TIDE AT GETTYSBURG. Morningside, 1983.
Wheeler, Richard. WITNESS TO GETTYSBURG. Harper & Row, 1987.
Gettysburg
Catton, Bruce. GETTYSBURG--THE FINAL FURY. Doubleday, 1974.
Cozzens, Peter. THE SHIPWRECK OF THEIR HOPES: THE BATTLES FOR CHATTANOOGA. Univ. of Illinois, 1994.
McDonough, James L. CHATTANOOGA--A DEATH GRIP ON THE CONFEDERACY. Univ. of Tennessee, 1984.
Sword, Wiley. MOUNTAINS TOUCHED WITH FIRE: CHATTANOOGA BESIEGED, 1863. St. Martin's, 1995.
Woodworth, Steven E. SIX ARMIES IN TENNESSEE: THE CHICKMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGNS. Univ. of Nebraska, 1998.
Chattanooga
Bowers, John. CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA: THE BATTLES THAT DOOMED THE CONFEDERACY. HarperCollins, 1994.
Atlanta & the March to the Sea
Bailey, Ronald H. THE BATTLES FOR ATLANTA: SHERMAN MOVES EAST. Time-Life, 1985.
Carter, Samuel. THE SIEGE OF ATLANTA. St. Martin's, 1973.
Castle, Albert E. DECISION IN THE WEST: THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN OF 1864. Univ. of Kansas, 1992.
Cox, Jacob D. SHERMAN'S BATTLE FOR ATLANTA. Da Capo, 1994 [1882].
Kennett, Lee B. MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA. HarperPerennial, 1995.
Key, William. THE BATTLE FOR ATLANTA AND THE GEORGIA CAMPAIGN. Peachtree, 1981.
McDonough, James L. WAR SO TERRIBLE: SHERMAN AND ATLANTA. Norton, 1987.
McMurray, Richard M. THE ROAD PAST KENNESAW: THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN OF 1864. U. S. Gov. Printing Office, 1972.
Savas, Theodore P. & David A. Woodbury. THE CAMPAIGN FOR ATLANTA & SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA. Savas, 1992.
Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs. BENTONVILLE: THE FINAL BATTLE OF SHERMAN AND JOHNSTON. Univ. of North Carolina, 1996.
The Carolinas
Bradley, Mark L. LAST STAND IN THE CAROLINAS: THE BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE. Savas Woodbury, 1996.
GENERAL CIVIL WAR RESOURCES
Bowen, James L. MASSACHUSETTS IN THE WAR, 1861-1865.
Dyer, Frederick H. COMPENDIUM OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.
Fox, William F. REGIMENTAL LOSSES IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865.
Massachusetts. Adjutant General's Office. MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND MARINES IN THE GREAT CIVIL WAR.
WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.
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