• A.W. Kersh to George P Kersh, September 23, 1861

  Kersh provides news of the battle of Cheat Mountain.

• A.W. Kersh to George P Kersh, October 20th, 1861

  Kersh provides news of fighting around the Greenbriar River.

• A.W. Kersh to George P Kersh, December 16, 1861

  Kersh describes the recent engagement around Camp Tip Top.

• A.W. Kersh to George P Kersh, December 25, 1861

  Kersh provides details of camp life around Christmas.

• A.W. Kersh to George P. Kersh, January 4th, 1862

  Kersh thanks his brother for the box of provisions from home. He also mentions several close encounters with Yankees near his camp.

• George Kersh to Adam W. Kersh, January 25, 1862

  George Kersh talks about work and sickness at home.

• A.W. Kersh to George P Kersh, January 29, 1862

  Kersh gives the news about provisions and supplies in camp and also mentions desertions.

• A.W. Kersh to George P. Kersh, February 4th, 1862

  Kersh reacts to the news from home about the death of his mother.

• A.W. Kersh to George P. Kersh, March 1st, 1862

  Kersh tells about a southerner who has turned to guiding Federal troops through his native Virginia.

• A.W. Kersh to George P. Kersh, April 10, 1862

  Kersh provides news of mountaintop fortifications, bad weather, furloughs, and his anxiousness to fight the enemy.

• A.W. Kersh to George P. Kersh, October 14, 1862

  Kersh talks about replacing himself with a substitute soldier and reports on new enlistments coming into camp.

• A.W. Kersh to George P Kersh, November 22, 1862

  Kersh provides news of movements around Manassas and Front Royal.

• A.W. Kersh to George P. Kersh, January 1st, 1863

  Kersh writes about subjects ranging from substitutes and enlistments to battlefield losses.

• A.W. Kersh to George P. Kersh, January 27, 1863

  Kersh tells his brother that he has little hope of obtaining a substitute.

• A.W. Kersh to George P Kersh, March 8th, 1863

  Kersh talks about camp life and exchanges with Yankee pickets.

• A.W. Kersh to Susannah Kersh, [date unknown]

  In a letter to his mother, Kersh describes the good spirits of his fellow soldiers and tells about recent troop movements.

• A.W. Kersh to George P Kersh, May 8, 1863

  Kersh comments on the news of Stonewall Jackson's wounding.

• A.W. Kersh to George P Kersh, May 15, 1863

  Kersh provides a description of the battle of Fredericksburg and talks about the death of Stonewall Jackson.

• A.W. Kersh to George P Kersh, May 24, 1863

  Kersh continues his account of the battle of Fredericksburg.

• A.W. Kersh to Josephine, September 29, 1863

  Kersh writes to his niece about recent battles and discusses life at home.

• Silas Jones to George P. Kersh, December 19, 1863

  Silas Jones shares his inner thoughts about Christmas, 1863, to his friend George Kersh and suggests that he and Adam Kersh may receive a furlough later in the winter.

• A.W. Kersh to George P. Kersh, March 12, 1864

  Adam Kersh tells his brother about life in camp and the burdens of military duty after his recent furlough.

• A.W. Kersh to George P. Kersh, April 3, 1864

  Adam Kersh writes to his brother about a soldier recently shot for deserting the army.

• A.W. Kersh to George P. Kersh, May 12, 1864

  Kersh writes in detail about the casualties and destruction resulting from the battle of the Wilderness.

• R. F. Misner to George P. Kersh, September 4, 1864

  Misner writes to his friend George Kersh about camp life in Virginia and the battle of Petersburg.

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