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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories | 34 | 34 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: January 22, 1861., [Electronic resource] | 15 | 15 | Browse | Search |
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) | 9 | 9 | Browse | Search |
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 | 7 | 7 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: January 25, 1862., [Electronic resource] | 7 | 7 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) | 6 | 6 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: January 27, 1865., [Electronic resource] | 6 | 6 | Browse | Search |
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary | 5 | 5 | Browse | Search |
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) | 5 | 5 | Browse | Search |
The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1863., [Electronic resource] | 5 | 5 | Browse | Search |
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Reading matter for soldiers.
--A letter from Manassas, dated at the camp of the 16th Mississippi regiment, Jan. 21, written by an officer of that regiment, states that the men are now building winter quarters and some of the companies have finished their cabins.
The writer says that on these long winter evenings the soldiers feel the want of something to read, and express a desire for the possession of a library of good books.
The regiment being without a chaplain, no oral instruction of a moral nature can be imparted.
As under such a state of circumstances men must have something to occupy their minds, and good books supply the need, it has been suggested to us that Wm. P. Munford, Esq., of the Army Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association, will take charge of, and cause to be sent to the regiment, any number of books that may be supplied by the considerate kindness of our citizens.
This will no doubt be done with alacrity.
It is as little as those who stay at hom