Valley of the Shadow
The War Years
Spring 1861–Spring 1865

Letters & Diaries

letters

James E. Green (1863)

James Green wrote two diary entries as he marched with the Confederate Army into Pennsylvania on their way to Gettysburg. On June 24, 1863, Green wrote about marching through Chambersburg and the fear he saw in the local residents. On June 25, 1863, Green described the landscape of Pennsylvania and expressed uncertainty about where the army would march next.