Kitchcart, Mary L., 1837-1925 (SC 3113)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

5-4-2017

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3113. Correspondence of Mary L. Kithcart, Mount Pleasant, Ohio. A letter to her from Ella Hurst and Thornton Moore, 23 October 1862, reports on encounters between Confederates, including John Hunt Morgan, and Union troops near Lexington, Kentucky, Ella’s family’s aid to home guards, and the theft of horses and wagons. A concerned Mary forwards the letter to a cousin with details of one of the stolen horses.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Kitchcart, Mary L., 1837-1925 (SC 3113)" (2017). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4303.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4303