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Charles T. Kruse letters
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kruse
Abstract
Union soldier, third sergeant in the Ohio Infantry Regiment, 50th, Company G, Kruse enlisted in August of 1862, and served in the field in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. He participated in the Union victory in Atlanta under General Sherman. 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,...
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
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- Mississippi -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
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- Resaca, Battle of, Resaca Ga, 1864 -- Personal narratives 1
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