MSS Finding Aids
Publication Date
7-10-2018
Abstract
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3230. Letter, 26 January 1862, of Amos Watson Kibbee to his cousin, Hattie Tuttle, of Painesville, Ohio. From Camp Barker in Cairo, Illinois, he writes about camp life and rumors of possible cavalry soldiers being discharged and his experiences of late-night scouting duties. He also describes being in an advance guard with other soldiers, taking the town of Blandville, Kentucky, and arresting suspicious civilians. He writes about guarding a prisoner of war, and his change of religious views. Includes an Illinois Union envelope.
Disciplines
Military History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Kibbee, Amos Watson, 1828-1915 (SC 3230)" (2018). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4436.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4436
Amos W. Kibbee to Hattie Tuttle, 26 January 1862
Comments
This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu