Monroe, Quincy Adams, 1841-1928 (SC 3070)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

11-9-2016

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3070. Letter, 30 December 1861, to “Orissa,” from Quincy A. Monroe, serving with the 1st Ohio Light Artillery. Writing on “Cotter’s Battery” letterhead while at Camp Wood on the Green River in Kentucky, he describes troop strength in the area, the topography, Confederate fortifications at Bowling Green, and his expectations of battle.

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Monroe, Quincy Adams, 1841-1928 (SC 3070)" (2016). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4244.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4244