MSS Finding Aids
Publication Date
11-12-2018
Abstract
Finding aid only 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). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4532.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4532
Comments
This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu