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"From the Front" Letters, Reports, and Accounts by Participants
31st Ohio Infantry -- Letter of Chaplain Lemuel Drake 31st Ohio Infantry -- Letter of Capt. John W. Free, Co. A 31st Ohio Infantry -- Letter of Lt. Oliver Eckels, Co. D 15th Mississippi Infantry -- Letters of Captain Francis Aldriddge, Company H 15th Mississippi Infantry -- Letters of Charles and James Frierson, Company F 1st Ohio Light Artillery -- Letter of Private James Baker, Battery B 1st Ohio Light Artillery -- Letter of Private Thomas Potter, Battery B 9th Ohio Battery -- Letters of Private Joseph G. Durfee and "J.C.C." Rutledge's Tennessee Battery -- Letter from a battle participant 4th Battalion Tennessee Cavalry -- Battle Accounts of Robert and Inslee Deaderick 1st Kentucky Cavalry -- Narrative of Chaplain William H. Honnell 20th Tennessee Infantry -- Period diary of Lt.Col. Moscow Carter 20th Tennessee Infantry -- Letter from Tod Carter, Jan. 9, 1862 20th Tennessee Infantry -- Post-war Narrative of George C. Porter 20th Tennessee Infantry -- Newspaper Report on the Battle, Company A 1st Tennessee Infantry -- Letter of 1st Sgt. J. N. Haggard, Company K 19th Tennessee Infantry -- Letter from W. W. Etter, Dec. 29, 1861 28th Tennessee Infantry -- Post-war Reminiscences of Lt. Spencer Talley 29th Tennessee Infantry -- Letter from George P. Faw, Jan. 5, 1862 2nd Minnesota Infantry -- Letters of David Griffin, Company F 2nd Minnesota Infantry -- Narrative of Drummer William Bircher, Company K 2nd Minnesota Infantry -- Letter from Pvt. George Hart, Company I 16th Alabama Infantry -- a link to a site containing some letters covering the campaign and battle 16th Alabama Infantry -- Letters of Lt. Andrew M. Aston, Company K 16th Alabama Infantry -- Letter of Pvt. John W. Moore, Company D 10th Indiana Infantry -- Letters and newspaper reports fromm various soldiers (from Mark Jaeger's 10th Indiana Infantry homepage) 10th Indiana Infantry -- Letter from Sgt. Samuel McIlvaine (from Clayton Cramer's web page; annotated by Clayton Cramer) 10th Indiana Infantry -- Letter from Lt. John Simpson, Company H, concerning an old citizen who volunteered and fought at Mill Springs Confederate Staff -- Report by Capt. Victor Von Sheliha, of Crittenden's Staff 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics -- Letter from Pvt. Morgan Parker, Co. F 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics -- Letter from Sgt. O. J. King, Co. F 1st Michigan Engineers & Mechanics -- Report from Beech Grove
Miscellaneous Writings "The Battle of Mill Springs" -- a poem about a fallen Union soldier "The Battle of Mill Springs" -- a similar poem, from the Southern side "Death of General Zollicoffer" -- a compilation of period writings aand post-war narratives on this controversial subject Newspaper article on the battle experiences of Col. Speed S. Fry, 4th Kentucky Infantry Newspaper article on the battle from the Memphis Daily Avalanche, 28 January 1862 Newspaper article on the capture of the 15th Mississippi Infantry "Grenada Rifles" flag by the 10th Indiana Infantry, and its return to Mississippi in 1899
Watch for more letters and participant reports to be added.
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