Webster, Mrs. William - Letter to (SC 3221)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

5-18-2018

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3221. Letter, October 1864, written by “Ann” to her sister, Mrs. William Webster in Lorain County, Ohio, apparently after leaving home to join her husband Ed, stationed at a garrison in Columbus, Kentucky. Ann writes of her recent illness and the frequency of sickness in women coming from the North; of Ed’s military duties; of a “boy” back home; and of her lack of fear when alarms are raised at the garrison. In an apparent reference to Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, she doubts that he will “gobble” them up. Ed adds a postscript asking for a shipment of butter.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Webster, Mrs. William - Letter to (SC 3221)" (2018). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4444.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4444