Morgan, William Montrose, 1842-1926 (SC 3104)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

3-28-2017

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding Aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3104. Letter, 12 January 1862, of Wisconsin volunteer Montrose Morgan to his sister and brother-in-law, Thomas and Orissa Harney. From Camp Wood in Kentucky, he writes of military forces in the area and the possibility of battle, the completion of a bridge across the Green River, and a recent meeting with Confederates under a flag of truce. He also refers to having Confederate major general Simon Bolivar Buckner “hop” (or “pop”) after an expected massing of Union forces.

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Morgan, William Montrose, 1842-1926 (SC 3104)" (2017). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 4284.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4284