Morse, Alexander Porter, 1842-1921 (SC 2967)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

1-7-2016

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and full-text transcription (Click on "Additional Files" below) of Manuscripts Small Collection 2967. Letter, 9 December 1861, of A. P. Morse, serving with the First Louisiana Cavalry. Writing to his father from camp near Bowling Green, Kentucky, he describes troop numbers, movements and fortifications in the area. He also refers to an outbreak of measles and to dining with an officer involved in the Battle of Belmont near Columbus, Kentucky.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Morse, Alexander Porter, 1842-1921 (SC 2967)" (2016). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4105.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4105