NH Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War: William Combs Letters

I'm excited to have found another collection of digitized letters from a member of the same NH 14th Regiment as W. Henry Jenks. This collection, that of William Combs of Winchester, New Hampshire is held by the University of Notre Dame. I can see that there could be some interesting comparisons made between the two sets of letters, perhaps related to their ranks or roles in the unit, or other possible variables. I'm going to see if there are any other digitized collections available for me to access and continue along this line of inquiry.

A tool that I've used for research in the past is ArchiveGrid, which offers the opportunity to search for primary source materials in a broad range of archives. Libraries and other cultural and historical institutions submit their materials through OCLC, Although not all of the archives searched have their materials available in digital format, it's a great way to see what you can find in your area of interest. I did a search for Civil War letters from New Hampshire's 14th Regiment in the Civil War and found a wide range of material I would not have likely found otherwise. The website is connected to WorldCat, which is an international database of library materials from which many libraries create and/or access records of items in their collections for their catalogs. Although the material I found on ArchiveGrid were not accessible online, it gave me the idea of looking in WorldCat, a database that I am much more experiences in searching, and I was able to find a few photos connected to the 14th Regiment.

This one is a Civil War envelope with the 14th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment emblem, found on the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division website: