Civil War Diaries & Letters

As a philosopher, archivist, and historian, Mr. Henry's Edward Leroy Tabler, A Remarkable Private in the Civil War and His "Old Pard" Edward Burns (1861-1863) Their Diaries and Letters, offers a compilation of the History of the 51st Illinois Infantry Voluntary Regiment, Company K through Tabler's daily entries and a companion diary of Tabler's "Old Pard" Edward Burns. Tabler's family history is also Mr. Henry's history several generations removed. Observations of the author give a fuller p...