Dean, Jefferson, 1824-1864 (SC 941)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

4-8-2013

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and scans (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 941. Civil War letters (5), by Tennessee Confederate Jefferson Dean, to his wife, Sophia. His regiment was stationed in southeastern Kentucky, then Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He describes his company’s activities in preparation for the Battle of Mill Springs and with Felix Zollicoffer’s forces at Johnson’s Island, where he died. Other items include war records and photographs concerning Dean and Johnson’s Island cemetery.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Dean, Jefferson, 1824-1864 (SC 941)" (2013). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 2895.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/2895