The Letters Home project is built around the John L. Nau III Civil War History Collection, which contains tens of thousands of letters, diaries, photographs, and artifacts from the Civil War era. John L. Nau III, a champion of historical preservation, donated the collection to the University of Virginia in 2019. Together, this material captures the stories of the "ordinary" people--Union and Confederate, soldiers and civilians, men and women--who experienced America's deadliest conflict.
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geography
Click here to explore interactive maps of the collection.
letters
Click here to search the documents.
people
Click here to learn more about the soldiers and their families.
