Messer, George, 1833-1863 (SC 3129)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

7-7-2017

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and transcription (click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3129. Letter, 26 March 1863, of George Messer to his wife Lottie in DeWitt County, Illinois. From Camp Joe Kelly (the name changed, as he notes, to Camp Hobson) near Glasgow, Kentucky, he describes camp life, including the clearing of timber and his duty in the cold and rainy weather. He also praises the hospital facilities and describes a joke played on an officer who returned to camp without a pass. Expecting the war to end soon, he also writes of matters relating to home.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Messer, George, 1833-1863 (SC 3129)" (2017). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 4327.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4327