The Thomas L. Evans correspondence consists of letters to various family members including his parents and siblings in Ohio during the latter part of the Civil War. Evans describes the living conditions, morale, and activities of his unit, as well as his observations of southern towns and plantations in a time of war. In the letters, Evans also comments on his belief in the fight to bring Southern states back into the United States and to abolish slavery.
Biographical Information
Thomas L. Evans joined the 96th Ohio Volunteer Infantry (OVI) as a Lieutenant when the unit was founded in August 1863. The 96th OVI was originally sent to Cincinnati to protect against Confederate forces threatening Ohio. The 96th OVI continued south to aid in the trans-Mississippi theater, including the Siege of Vicksburg.
In April 1864, Evans and other soldiers from the 96th OVI were captured by Confederate forces in western Louisiana. They were sent to Camp Ford near Tyler, Texas, where Evans was a prisoner for months before being exchanged and mustered back into the 96th OVI in December 1864.
Evans was promoted to Captain after rejoining the Union forces, participating in the Battle of Mobile Bay. After the Union victory at Mobile Bay and the eventual surrender of Robert E. Lee and other Confederate generals, Evans is shipped to Texas, where the letters end.
For more information about Thomas L. Evans, read Joel Martin's thesis The Education of Thomas L. Evans
Submissions from 1862
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from Camp Delaware, August 30, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Mother from Covington Kentucky, September 2, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from Covington Kentucky, September 3, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Sister from Covington Kentucky, September 6, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Sister from Kentucky, September 9, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Brother from Camp near Covington, Kentucky, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Sister from Kentucky, September 21, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from undisclosed, September 27, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Sister from Kentucky, September 28, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Parents from Kentucky, September 29, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Sister from Kentucky, September 30, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Sister from Camp Bates, October 02, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Mother from Camp Bates, Kentucky, October 04, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Parents from Camp Bates, Kentucky, October 07, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Parents from Camp near Falmouth, Kentucky, October 12, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Sister from Camp near Falmouth, Kentucky, October 14, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Brother from Camp near Falmouth, Kentucky, October 17, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans fragment, October 21, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Camp at Cynthiana, Kentucky, October 20-21, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from Paris, Kentucky, October 25, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from Camp near Nicholasville, Kentucky, October 26, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Camp at Nicholasville, Kentucky, November 06, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from Camp at Nicholasville, Kentucky, November 06, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from Camp at Nicholasville, Kentucky, November 06, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from Camp Price, Kentucky, November 09, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from a camp at Louisville, Kentucky, November 16, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Mother from a camp at Louisville, Kentucky, November 19, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from a camp at Frankfort, Kentucky, November 12, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Brother from Camp Elmwood, December 9, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Brother from Camp Elmwood, December 11, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Camp Elmwood, December 20, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from on board the Hiawatha, December 21, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his family from on board the Hiawatha, December 28, 1862, Thomas L. Evans
Submissions from 1863
Thomas L. Evans letter to his family from on board the Hiawatha, January 3, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from on board the Hiawatha, January 8, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents, brother, and sister from on board the Hiawatha, January 12, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from on board steamboat Louisiana, January 13, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from on board the Hiawatha a few miles above Vicksburg, January 4, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from on board steamboat Louisiana near the Yazoo River, January 22, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from Youngs Point, January 25, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from Youngs Point, January 26, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Youngs Point, February 3, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from Youngs Point, February 8, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Mother from Youngs Point, February 15, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Parents from Youngs Point, February 21, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to brother Penrose from Youngs Point, February 22, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from Youngs Point, February 22, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from Youngs Point, March 1, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from Youngs Point, March 3, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from Milliken's Bend, March 14, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from Milliken's Bend, March 17, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from Milliken's Bend, March 20, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Milliken's Bend, March 20, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his mother from Milliken's Bend, March 25, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from Milliken's Bend, March 29, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Milliken's Bend, April 5, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from Milliken's Bend, April 13, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from Milliken's Bend, April 16, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Homes Plantation, April 19, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his mother from Homes Plantation, April 22, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from Perkens Plantation, April 27, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his mother from Perkens Plantation, May 3, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Perkens Plantation, May 4, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Perkens Plantation, May 7, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from Perkens Plantation, May 16, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from Perkens Plantation, May 20, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from camp near Vicksburg, June 3, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from a field near Vicksburg, June 7, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from camp near Vicksburg, June 11, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from battlefield near Vicksburg, June 12, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his mother from battlefield near Vicksburg, June 16, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from battlefield near Vicksburg, June 21, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from battlefield Vicksburg, June 23, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from battlefield Vicksburg, June 25, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from battlefield Vicksburg, July 1, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his mother from battlefield Vicksburg, July 8, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from battlefield in front of Jackson, Mississippi, July 14, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from battlefield Vicksburg, July 19, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Vicksburg, July 28, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from Vicksburg, August 2, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to Joseph and Marge Evans, August 2, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Vicksburg, August 05, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from Vicksburg, August 9, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from Camp near Vicksburg, August 16, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from Vicksburg, August 18, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from Vicksburg, August 23, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Camp near Carleton Louisiana, August 31, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from Carrollton, Louisiana, September 13, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Carrollton LA , September 19, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his brother from Carrollton LA , September 28, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father from Camp 96 O.V.I. , October 4, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Sister from Vermillionville, Louisiana , October 11, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his Mother from Camp 96 O.V.I., Louisiana, October 17, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his parents from Camp 96, Ohio Volunteer Infantry , October 31, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his family from Vermillionville, Louisiana, November 6, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister Lib from New Iberia, Louisiana , November 18, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to this mother from New Iberia, Louisiana, December 3, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his father dated December 5, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter to his sister from Berwick, Louisiana, December 11, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
Thomas L. Evans letter his sister Lib from Algiers, Louisiana, December 18, 1863, Thomas L. Evans
