Hardesty, Isaac Ellis, 1841-1917 (SC 3464)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

8-15-2019

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3464. Letters, 11 September 1862 and 4 April 1863, to his family from Isaac Hardesty, serving with the 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. From camp near Covington, Kentucky, he reports on his health and his efforts to have his clothing shipped home; he also describes his fortified camp, the sounds of battle nearby, the dangers posed to pickets, and his pleasure at glimpsing his home state from the nearby hills. From Louisville, Kentucky, he writes of his painful arm and his longing to be at home, but without help or influence finds himself unable to secure a medical discharge or a furlough. He also refers to an outbreak of smallpox at home and expresses relief that no military draft is yet in effect in Ohio.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Hardesty, Isaac Ellis, 1841-1917 (SC 3464)" (2019). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4737.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4737