Dennis, John, 1832?-1914 - Letter to (SC 3300)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

11-26-2018

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 3300. Letter, 2 January 1862, to John Dennis and his parents, Richland County, Ohio from John’s brother. In camp near Bardstown, Kentucky with the 64th Regiment, Company B, Ohio Volunteers, he praises Kentucky’s farms, crops and springs, and refers to two men of his acquaintance: William Clark, who is serving with the Confederate Army, and Charles Clark, who he met in Louisville, Kentucky and who boasted of his regiment’s superior skills and African American servants. The envelope bears a pro-Union image.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Dennis, John, 1832?-1914 - Letter to (SC 3300)" (2018). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 4540.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4540