History Detective host Eduardo Pagán consults a Clara Barton biographer, a civil war prison historian ... Examining Old Documents Such as Letters and Diaries to assist them in their efforts.

The Civil War broke out during his freshman year in college, and he enlisted in Company C of the 12th Iowa Infantry Regiment. Woods started writing a diary in the early fall of 1861 and continued ...

Letters and Diaries of Lt. Ezra S. Griffin.” Petula wrote the book after “serendipitously” coming into possession of Griffin’s letters and journals written during the Civil War ...