Bill Hayes - History Harvest Minute
Title
Bill Hayes - History Harvest Minute
Format
audio
Language
english
Transcription
Hello, and welcome to today's History Harvest Minute.
In this History Harvest Minute, we explore stories from around the nation, collected by students and community history harvesters.
Today we travel to Nebraska City, Nebraska, where Bill Hayes shares a letter written by Samuel L. Roberts, of the 15th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Robert's letter to his father gives special insight into soldier life during the Civil War. Written in July of 1864, near the site of the battle of [--] Mountain, the letter begins with an apology for not having written home in a while, because he did not have paper or stamps. But his letter is mostly filled with elaborate details of recent battles.
In four pages, Robert tells of each movement made by his regiment, the reactions of the Confederate soldiers and the wounds sustained by his comrades.
[battle sounds]
Narrator 1: "He describes the fighting, quite a bit what's going on, and describes who's wounded and everything. And he mentions people he knows and friends"
Narrator 2: "He does describe the fight. And he describes it in some horrifying detail. 'Our brave boys fell like grass before the [--]'"
Roberts ends the letter with a request to his father to write back soon.
That is all for today's History Harvest Minute. For more information on this item and others like it, please visit www.historyharvest.unl.edu.
In this History Harvest Minute, we explore stories from around the nation, collected by students and community history harvesters.
Today we travel to Nebraska City, Nebraska, where Bill Hayes shares a letter written by Samuel L. Roberts, of the 15th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Robert's letter to his father gives special insight into soldier life during the Civil War. Written in July of 1864, near the site of the battle of [--] Mountain, the letter begins with an apology for not having written home in a while, because he did not have paper or stamps. But his letter is mostly filled with elaborate details of recent battles.
In four pages, Robert tells of each movement made by his regiment, the reactions of the Confederate soldiers and the wounds sustained by his comrades.
[battle sounds]
Narrator 1: "He describes the fighting, quite a bit what's going on, and describes who's wounded and everything. And he mentions people he knows and friends"
Narrator 2: "He does describe the fight. And he describes it in some horrifying detail. 'Our brave boys fell like grass before the [--]'"
Roberts ends the letter with a request to his father to write back soon.
That is all for today's History Harvest Minute. For more information on this item and others like it, please visit www.historyharvest.unl.edu.
Duration
1:27
Files
Citation
“Bill Hayes - History Harvest Minute,” History Harvest, accessed April 27, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/2159.