United States. Army
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Found in 3 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
Charles W. Gallentine Letters
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Gallentine
Abstract
Letters home, 1862-1863, by Charles W. Gallentine of the 7th Illinois Cavalry, from Camp Butler, Springfield, Ill., Jacinto and Corinth, Miss., Memphis and LaGrange, Tenn., and Lawrence Co., Ala., regarding camp life, skirmishes, men killed and wounded, Southern guerillas, northern Copperheads and the draft, Southern plantations and slave attitudes, Union and Confederate prisoners, etc.
Dates:
1861-1863
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
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- Brothers and sisters -- Correspondence 2
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 2
- Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 2
- Manuscripts, American 2
- Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 2
- Soldiers' writings, American 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 2
- Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 -- Personal narratives 1
- Brimfield (Ill.) -- Genealogy 1
- Brimfield (Ill.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources 1
- Camp Benton (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Camp Butler (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Copperhead movement 1
- Correspondence -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- Alabama -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- Illinois -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- Mississippi -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- Southern States -- 1851-1900 1
- Correspondence -- Tennessee -- 1851-1900 1
- Fulton County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 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
- Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- Operational rations (military supplies) -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Parent and adult child -- Correspondence 1
- Peoria County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
- Pictorial lettersheets 1
- Pictorial lettersheets -- 1851-1900 1
- Resaca, Battle of, Resaca Ga, 1864 -- Personal narratives 1
- Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 -- Personal narratives 1
- Slavery -- United States -- Public opinion 1
- Soldiers -- Alabama -- Correspondence 1
- Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence 1
- Soldiers -- Mississippi -- Correspondence 1
- Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence 1
- Soldiers -- Southern States 1
- Soldiers -- Tennessee -- Correspondence 1
- Southern States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories 1 + ∧ less
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