Thompson, B. F. (SC 3296)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

11-12-2018

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid, scan and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3296. Letter, 27 July 1863, to his wife from B. F. Thompson, in camp with the Union Army near Danville, Kentucky. He details preparations for a march, including the issue of new guns and equipment and packing up old guns for return. He reports a rumor of Confederates crossing the Cumberland River but is uncertain of his regiment’s next movements.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Thompson, B. F. (SC 3296)" (2018). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 4532.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4532