"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.
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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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