https://historyharvest.unl.edu/files/original/f5030906be8fd99d27a35b7078fa876e.mp3 5f32f330d06b1ae7388b35a9fb0bcf1b Sound A resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:27 Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound. Hello, and welcome to today's History Harvest Minute.<br />In this History Harvest Minute, we explore stories from around the nation, collected by students and community history harvesters.<br />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. <br />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. <br />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. <br />[battle sounds]<br />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"<br />Narrator 2: "He does describe the fight. And he describes it in some horrifying detail. 'Our brave boys fell like grass before the [--]'" <br />Roberts ends the letter with a request to his father to write back soon. <br />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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <span class="">Bill Hayes - History Harvest Minute</span> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio Language A language of the resource english