Kirby, Isaac Minor, 1835-1917 (SC 2815)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

3-17-2014

Comments

This collection is archived in the Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-5083, mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2815. Letter of Isaac M. Kirby, a captain in the 15th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, written on 10 March [1862] to his aunt from Camp Andy Johnson near Nashville, Tennessee. He reports on his activities over the past month, including a march north toward Fort Donelson, a mock skirmish with some local bird life, a march to Bowling Green, Kentucky and two-day encampment there, and current conditions at Camp Andy Johnson. He also comments on the greater number of Union sympathizers in Kentucky than Tennessee, and on attacks on pickets by Confederate rangers in the area.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Kirby, Isaac Minor, 1835-1917 (SC 2815)" (2014). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 3531.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3531