The Siege of Petersburg continues. Today in the siege the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road comes to an inconclusive end. In this three day battle, Union forces sought to seize the Weldon Railroad, a Confederate supply route. Gaining temporary control of the railroad, they were driven back by Confederate forces. Nonetheless, the Federals have managed…
Today Thomas C. Cheney, soldier in the First New Hampshire Voluntary Light Battery and a member of the First Free Baptist Church Manchester, New Hampshire, writes a letter to his sister, Melissa. As is often the case with soldier letters to home, the subject matter ranges all over. Interspersed with personal queries and notes regarding…
The military inactivity of winter months provides soldiers with ample opportunities to play cards, read, forage and, for many, write letters to family and friends on the home front. Thomas C. Cheney, a Union soldier in the First New Hampshire Voluntary Light Battery and a member of the First Free Baptist Church Manchester, New Hampshire,…