Smith, Jesse (SC 554)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

11-30-2012

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and transcription (Click on Additional File) for Manuscripts Small Collection 554. Letter, 25-27 February 1862, to an unidentified recipient from Union soldier Jesse Smith upon his arrival in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Smith describes the abandoned Confederate fortifications in some detail and comments on the surrounding countryside, the damage to the railroad and bridges, and the large numbers of troops converging on the area. He also relates news of the occupation of Nashville, Tennessee by Union forces.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Smith, Jesse (SC 554)" (2012). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 2441.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/2441