The Letters of Corporal Alexander Adams, Co. A, 100th Regt. Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, "The Roundheads"
Contributed by Mr. Roger Pierson, Great Grandson of Corporal Alexander Adams to whom a great deal of gratitude should be bestowed, The letters were transcribed by typewriter and then transcribed electronically for the website.
Ms. Sarah Flood of Company A, 100th PA Living History Organization has kindly volunteered to electronically transcribe the collection starting with October 22, 1862 letter. Please visit their web page at http://100paroundheads.webs.com/index.htm
Thank You Sarah!
Roger Pierson Collection, All Rights Reserved.
Carte de Visite of then Pvt. Alexander Adams. taken at Falmouth, VA in January 1863. |
Websmith's Note: The following 62 letters were typed and submitted to the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittburgh, PA by John Alexander Adams, grandson of Alexander Adams. The letters were submitted in the early 1960s and are primary source material on the 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, "The Roundheads". There are numerous letters and commentary related to the letters in the regimental history, "Campaigning with the Roundheads", by William G. Gavin, 1989, Morningside Publishers. The only corrections to the typed letters are spelling errors that were caught later and handwritten into the typed copies. All other text is as transcribed in the 1960s by Adams' grandson John.
The following letters were written by Alexander Adams to his mother, mostly during his service in the Union Army in the Civil War. He was 16 1/2 years old when he wrote the first letter and not yet 20 when he wrote the last.
The above picture was taken at Falmouth, VA., in January 1863, shortly after the Battle of Fredericksburg.
JOHN ALEXANDER ADAMS,
His Grandson
January 30, 1862 Beaufort SC (transcribed by websmith)
March 9, 1862 Beaufort SC (transcribed by websmith)
March 27, 1862 Beaufort SC (transcribed by websmith)
April 9, 1862 Beaufort SC (transcribed by websmith)
May 7, 1862 Beaufort SC (transcribed by websmith)
May 31, 1862 Beaufort SC (transcribed by websmith)
Beaufort, S.C. (no date-top of letter torn off) (transcribed by websmith)
August 9, 1862 Fredericksburg, Va (transcribed by websmith)
August 11, 1862 Fredericksburg, Va (transcribed by websmith)
September 25, 1862 Camp near Sharpsburg (transcribed by websmith)
October 20, 1862 Camp near Harpers Ferry, VA (transcribed by Ms. Sarah Flood)
November 10, 1862 Rappahanock County, VA (transcribed by Ms. Sarah Flood)
November 26, 1862, in front of Fredericksburg, VA (transcribed by Ms. Sarah Flood)
November 29, 1862, in front of Fredericksburg, VA (transcribed by Ms. Sarah Flood)
January 20, 1863, in front of Fredericksburg, VA (transcribed by Ms. Sarah Flood)
February 1, 1863, in front of Fredericksburg, VA (transcribed by Ms. Sarah Flood)
February 18, 1863, at Newport News, VA (transcribed by Ms. Sarah Flood)
February 27, 1863, at Newport News, VA (transcribed by Ms. Sarah Flood)
March 12, 1863, at Newport News, VA (transcribed by Ms. Sarah Flood)
April 12, 1863, at Camp Dick Robinson, KY (transcribed by Ms. Sarah Flood)
April 17, 1863, at Camp Dick Robinson, KY (transcribed by Ms. Sarah Flood)
May 1, 1863
May 15, 1863
May 20, 1863
June 3, 1863
June 15, 1863
July 1, 1863
July 25, 1863
July 30, 1863
August 18, 1863
August 24, 1863
September 9, 1863
September 26, 1863
October 18, 1863
November 11, 1863
December 30, 1863
March 17, 1864
April 22, 1864
May 15, 1864
May 23, 1864
May 27, 1864
June 2, 1864
June 11, 1864
July 6, 1864
June 19, 1864
July 25, 1864
August 2, 1864
September 5, 1864
October 7, 1864
October 25, 1864
October 29, 1864
November 12, 1864
November 21, 1864 Letter No. 1
November 22, 1864 Letter No. 2
December 3, 1864
January 6, 1865
January 11, 1865
January 24, 1865
April 29, 1865
May 20, 1865
June 10, 1865