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Extensive archive of 17 letters by Union Soldier William H. Peck, who served as a corporal in the 9th Indiana Volunteers. The regiment, which lost over 120 soldiers in battle, fought at Shiloh, Stone's River, Chickamauga, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, and various other Georgia engagements. The majority of the letters are addressed to Peck's brother, Orrin Peck, with the earliest letter dated 19 October 1861, just one month after he was mustered in. The last letter is dated 19 March 1864; Peck died in action two months later at the Battle of Resaca. In the earliest letter, written at ''Cheat Mountain Summit,'' dated 19 October 1861, where the 9th participated in building the Union fortification at the summit of Cheat Mountain during the winter of 1861, Peck describes his first experience in killing a man: ''…We had a considerable of a skirmish killing four or five & how many more I do not know. The boys say I killed one. I took a rest & shot about two hundred pases & they sayed they saw a man lay where I shot soon after. I would rather not have it so, for it seems harde to destroy life yiet it must be done on an occasion like this. The skirmish lastid some time. The bullets flew fast, throwing the dirt sometimes as high as my head, at other times, whizzing through the air above our heads like hail stone. This is the seckond time I have been to help drive in the pickets before we captured one & this time we could have captured the whole if the major had followed the guide. There is a going to be a great battle here soon. Soon we are a preparing. Now there is about twenty thousand of them acording to reports…'' A 10 November 1861 letter, also from Cheat Mountain, interestingly details Peck's experience as a spy, ''…I had just returned from a two days trip around their camp when I recieved your letter which I recieved last night about eight o'clock…In the morning before day brake, I started out to reexamine their encampment, situation of their guns, entrenchments & a place to put ours, to have a clearing upon their camp & entrenchments, & I found a very favorable position with in about a quarter of a mile of their entrenchments…I went so near the camp that I could hear them talk, sing, & whistle, play the violin, count their cattle, horses, wagons, regiments, see their camp fires, hear them chop their wood…'' An 8 March 1862 letter from Nashville, Tennessee, details the execution of a soldier: ''…I witnessed a seen which is not often enacted, the execution of Michael O Chonwel, Private 24 Ohio Regt, shot for attempting to kill a corporal as he was trying to desert. He shot 4 times as the corporal, but missed him. He pleaded guilty & was sentenced to be shot. They marched him around in front of the brigade twice as it was drawn up in close order, so all could see at the same time, playing the death march with his coffin in front of him. He was a brave fellow. He eaven kept time with ther music when he was shot. He stood by the side of his coffin when he fell partially lengthways & then rolled off on the ground. The blood can be seen there, yiet it seemed rather cool, but I have seen so manny shot, I did not think much about it. You may calculate there is a quite a large squash of men here…'' In a 20 February 1863 letter, after the Battle of Stones River, Peck describes being taken prisoner, ''…On the 23rd of Jan., the division to which I belong made an advance movement upon a town called Woodbary, 15 miles east of Murfreesboro. I was detailed as provost guard at head quarters. Our Regt & the 6th Kentucky were in advance & engaged the enemy, driving them out of town, killing one of their best Colonels, one Lt., & a number of men during the day. As luck would have it, I was taken prisoner by the enemy under the command of John Morgan. I suppose you have heard of the Guillerrs Morgan & the mule, have you not? If you could see me now you would think that I have had a harde time of it. They were in for shooting me, but I felt as if I did not care. I cursed him & his men to their faces for every thing that I could think of, eaven down to their mulattoes. They thought me a hard customer. I guess they thought that I was not affraide of them. They kept me a prisoner, nearly three weaks. I came near freezing to death as they took my coat, hat, & gave me no blankets. I had to sleep on the floor of my prison in the dirt & lice with the windows broken out. The Rebbels would come along nights & throw brick & stone at us. Two bricks myself were taken at the same time…I am in hopse that the hardships of a soldiers life is nearly over with me as I have had a good share of them & have run a number of narrow risks…'' Most of the letters measure 5'' x 8'', though some measure 8'' x 10'', and all have expected folds from mailing. Also includes two incomplete letters by Peck, a single letter from his family, two manuscripts titled ''School'' and ''Hard Times,'' and a small unrelated leather notebook believed to be part of the original group of letters. Very good condition overall. Accompanied by full transcriptions of all 17 letters.
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