United States. Army
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles T. Kruse letters
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kruse
Scope and Contents
Typescripts of letters, dated Aug. 24, 1862-April 18, 1865, from Kruse to his parents and brother and sister, describing his experiences in the Union Army. Beginning with his enlistment and first assignment to Camp Dennison, in Hamilton County, Ohio, Kruse's letters detail the daily hardships of military life in the camps, troop movements of the Union forces through Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia, and his impressions during various battles. His letter of Sept. 14, 1864 contains a map...
Dates:
1862-1865
L. S. Willard letters
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Willard
Abstract
First Lieutenant in the 11th Illinois Cavalry, Company G, who later served as major and aide-de-camp to General James Birdseye McPherson. Includes letters home to family from Brimfield, Peoria County, Illinois, from Camp Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Tennessee, and Louisiana, 1862-1864.
Dates:
1862-1864
Filtered By
- Subject: Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 -- Personal narratives 1
- Brimfield (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
- Brimfield (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources 1
- Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 1
- Camp Benton (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- Southern States -- 1851-1900 1
- Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of, Ga., 1864 -- Personal narratives 1
- Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- Manuscripts, American 1
- Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
- Peoria County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Pictorial lettersheets 1
- Resaca, Battle of, Resaca Ga, 1864 -- Personal narratives 1
- Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 -- Personal narratives 1
- Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence 1
- Soldiers -- Southern States 1
- Soldiers' writings, American 1
- Southern States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories 1 + ∧ less
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