In this letter to his parents, dated May 18, 1865, J. Milton Crawford describes the conditions near Appomattox, where General Lee had just surrendered his army the month before. He also writes about the poor conditions endured by Union soldiers.

Jubal A. Early writes to Edmund Jennings Lee II on September 26, 1872 about the burning of Montgomery Blair’s house during Confederate incursions into Maryland and Pennsylvania. Early acknowledges responsibility for burning places like Chambersburg, PA, but denies that he had anything to do with the burning of Blair’s house.

In this letter to his wife dated July 5, 1865, David Hafer discusses family matters and the possibility of returning home to Chambersburg soon. Within a week, Hafer had been mustered out.

Harriet McElheney lived in Fannett Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In this letter dated May 10, 1865, Francis Pleasants describes to Harriet McElheney her husband Sylvester’s last days.

The Stouffers were a devoutly religious family who lived in Guilford Township in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. In this letter postwar letter (1865) to his family, Benjamin Stouffer discusses Lincoln’s assassination and the subsequent reaction from the public in Poughkeepsie, New York.