MSS Finding Aids
Publication Date
10-16-2018
Abstract
Finding aid and full-text typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3254. Letter, 4 January 1863, of George Messer to his wife Lottie, written while encamped with the 107th Illinois Infantry at Woodsonville, Hart County, Kentucky. He notes recent Confederate attacks that resulted in interrupted mail, a shortage of food rations, bridge burnings, and some of his regiment being captured. He reports a delay in receiving his pay due to an officer’s negligence, and fears that a box of provisions sent to him has fallen into enemy hands.
Disciplines
Military History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Messer, George, 1833-1863 (SC 3254)" (2018). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4583.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4583
George Messer to Charlotte Messer 4 January 1863
Comments
This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu