Wartime Correspondence

Letter from Thomas Henry, from Camp Curtin, Dated July 24, 1861

July 24, 1861, Camp Curtin, Harrisburg – We arrived here at 11 o’clock last night, and immediately went into Camp Curtin. Our trip from Pittsburgh was very pleasant indeed. I was on the platform of ...

Letter from Galbraith Mahaffey, from Camp Pierpont, Dated November 6, 1861

Galbraith Mahaffey one of eight children of James Mahaffey and Margaret Galbraith, was born in Ireland in 1843. The Mahaffey family would emigrate to the U.S. in 1850, originally settling on a farm in...