Payne, Selden H., 1841-1926 (SC 2890)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

2-24-2015

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and scan of typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2890. Letter of Selden H. Payne, 18 January 1863, written from Camp Nelson, Kentucky to his sister Mary Hills in Eagleville, Ohio. He describes the troops, Confederate prisoners and wounded of the camp and recounts his travels, including nights spent at the Louisville depot, a “Negro prison” in Lexington, and the court house in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He also describes the injury and death of a comrade at the Louisville depot after he fell under the troop rail car, originally used to transport hogs.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Payne, Selden H., 1841-1926 (SC 2890)" (2015). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 3738.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3738