Most of the online work that I have been doing lately has been associated with my civil war blog, adding entries that will be posted at some point in the future. The following is cross-posted from that blog.
Introduction to some of the letter, journal and diary writers from 1860 and 1861 who will appear on the pages of Daily Observations from The Civil War.
A major part of my approach to the war is to present observations made in letters, journals, and diaries by people living the war and its impacts. My hope is that this will often result in our being able to “see” the progress of events from a variety of perspectives.
In most instances, I will be including all of what was included in the published versions of their writings, no matter how mundane. Some will have entries for almost every day while, with others, there will be long lapses without writing.
I have a large number of posts already scheduled for future publication in “Daily Observations from The Civil War,” including material from the following writers: