Narratives

Veterans Badge of the 31st Mass. Regimental Association (Image Courtesy of William M. Russo Collection)

Here is a complete, alphabetical list of the Narratives in Box 04 of the 31st Massachusetts Infantry Collection at the Lyman & Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History. Boldface items are included on this website and are linked.

Soldier — City/Town

Emory P. Andrews — Rowe

Adelbert Bailey — Conway, Wlliamsburg

Dr. Edwin C. Bidwell — Middlefield
*   Case of the Kidnapped Northrop [Northup]
*   Our Chaplain
*   Remarkable Case of Capt. N. F. Bond
*   The Story of Jeff
*   Battle of Sabine Cross Roads & the Red River Campaign

Nelson F. Bond — “Affair at Des Sair Station”

Dr. Elisha P. Clarke — Milford

Sgt. Marshall Clothier, Co. F — Cheshire

Danforth L. Converse, Co. F — Granby

Sarah Darling (wife of Capt. G. Darling) — Belchertown

Luther M. Fairbank, Co. D — “War Recollections”

Lewis O. Frary, Co. B — Southampton

Elbert H. Fordham — Pittsfield

John W. Gibbs, Co. D — Ware

George Goodwin, Co. F — Belchertown
*   Part 1, Pittsfield, Camp Seward
*   Part 2, Capture of New Orleans
*   Part 3, St. James Hospital, New Orleans
*   Part 4, Fort Pike
*   Part 5, Red River Campaign, 1864
*   Part 6, Red River Campaign, Cavalry Horses
*   Part 7, Red River Campaign, Yellow Bayou
*   Part 8, Billy Button
*   Part 9, Plaquemine & Indian Village
*   Part 10, Reducing the Surplus

Joseph L. Hallett, Co. F — Springfield
*   Part 1, St. James Hospital
*   Part 2, U.S. Signal Corps
*   Part 3, Feint on Port Hudson
*   Part 4, Incidents of Prison Life
*   Reminiscences of the Civil War — Part I, 1861 — June 1862
*   Reminiscences of the Civil War — Part II, June 1862 — June 1863

Harrison Z. Horr, Co. F — Pelham

Gordon H. Johnson — Conway
*  With Bluff Ben Butler In New Orleans

Patrick McCarthy, Co. K — Boston

David T. Remington, Co. B — Savoy

Lieut. L. Frederick Rice — “Red River Campaign of 1864”

Richard F. Underwood, Co. F — Belchertown
*   Underwood Part 2, “Life of R. F. Underwood, 1863”

George U. Young, Co. K — Cambridgeport
*   George U. Young, Co. K — Part 1
*   George U. Young, Co. K — Part 2

This page has the following sub pages.

• Sarah Darling (wife of Capt. George Darling)
• Lewis O. Frary — Company B
• Luther M. Fairbank
• Emory P. Andrews — “Jennie Brandt”
• Oliver P. Semmes — Confederate officer
• Adelbert Bailey
• Dr. Edwin C. Bidwell — Case of the Kidnapped Northrop [Northup]
• Affair at Des Sair [Desert] Station — Lieut. Nelson F. Bond Letter
• Affair at Des Sair [Desert] Station — John E. McCarthy
• Affair at Des Sair [Desert] Station — Lorenzo Sturtevant
• Affair at Des Sair [Desert] Station — Jeremiah McGraith
• Dr. Edwin C. Bidwell — Battle of Sabine Cross Roads & the Red River Expedition
• George Goodwin — Part 5, Red River Campaign, 1864
• George Goodwin — Part 6, Red River Campaign, Cavalry Horses
• George Goodwin — Part 2, Capture of New Orleans
• George Goodwin — Part 7, Red River Campaign, Yellow Bayou
• George Goodwin — Part 1, Pittsfield, Camp Seward
• George Goodwin — Part 3, St. James Hospital, New Orleans
• George Goodwin — Part 4, Fort Pike
• George Goodwin — Part 9, Plaquemine & Indian Village
• George Goodwin — Part 8, Billy Button
• George Goodwin — Part 10, Reducing the Surplus
• Dr. Edwin C. Bidwell — Our Chaplain
• Dr. Edwin C. Bidwell — The Story of Jeff
• Dr. Edwin C. Bidwell — Remarkable Case of Capt. N. F. Bond
• Richard F. Underwood — Part 2, 1863
• Richard F. Underwood — Part 1, 1861-1862
• David T. Remington — Incidents of Soldier Life
• Narratives & Diaries by Company
• Danforth L. Converse — Experience as Prisoners of War
• Dr. Elisha P. Clarke — My Capture
• Marshall M. Clothier — Incident in the Action near Bynum’s Mill
• Joseph L. Hallett — St. James Hospital
• George U. Young, Co. K — Part 1
• Asa P. Wheeler — Diary
• Joseph L. Hallett — U.S. Signal Corps
• Joseph L. Hallett — Feint on Port Hudson
• Joseph L. Hallett — Incidents of Prison Life
• Elbert H. Fordham — The Red River Campaign
• John W. Gibbs — “My Visit to Camp Ford, Tyler, Texas”
• Abram J. Nichols — Ship Island to New Orleans
• William Shaftoe — Boston to New Orleans
• George U. Young, Co. K — Part 2
• Joseph L. Hallett — “Reminiscences of the Civil War” — Part I, 1861 — June 1862
• Joseph L. Hallett — “Reminiscences of the Civil War” — Part II, June 1862 thru July 1863
• Joseph L. Hallett — “Reminiscences of the Civil War” — Part III, July 1863 thru 1864
• Gordon H. Johnson: “With Bluff Ben Butler In New Orleans”