Gray, John H. (SC 3445)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

6-12-2019

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 3445. Letter, 17 October [1862], to his sister Jennie from John H. Gray, serving with the 101st Indiana Infantry. Recovering in hospital at Perryville, Kentucky after an arduous march, he describes conditions in the aftermath of the Battle of Perryville: property damage, unburied dead, Confederate prisoners of war, the suffering of the wounded, and shortages of food and water. He regrets being unable to recuperate without benefit of a furlough and, as he prepares to rejoin his regiment, refers sarcastically to the “lovely war.”

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Gray, John H. (SC 3445)" (2019). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 4709.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4709