Newcomb, Horatio Dalton, 1809-1874 (SC 3437)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

6-11-2019

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 3437. Letter, 9 March 1863, from H. D. Newcomb, Louisville, Kentucky, to Sumner(?) Wells, Chicopee, Massachusetts, asking for help in locating a suitable house for his sister in nearby Springfield. Newcomb also offers his thoughts on the Civil War: his proximity to its “desolating influences” in contrast to New England; the disunion perpetrated by the “imbecile abolitionists” of the Lincoln Administration; the corruption of the government; the financial perils of the war; and the necessity for a negotiated peace with the Confederacy.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Newcomb, Horatio Dalton, 1809-1874 (SC 3437)" (2019). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4702.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4702