Gibble, Harrison H., 1822-1898 (SC 3443)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

6-14-2019

Comments

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

Abstract

Letter, 5 January 1862, of Harrison Gibble, 79th Pennsylvania Infantry, to his friend Henry Gingrich in Manheim, Pennsylvania. From Camp Wood, Munfordville, Kentucky, Gibble writes of the cold weather, the repair of a bridge across the Green River that had been destroyed by Confederates, the construction of floating bridges, and his company’s anticipated move to Cave City, Kentucky. He also relays reports of Confederate withdrawal toward Nashville and of 5,000 sick in hospital at Bowling Green. He mentions the names of other Manheim soldiers in his regiment, asks Gingrich to draw funds for his wife out of his next pay, and to send him some tobacco. The letterhead bears a patriotic image and the phrase “I am for the Union.”

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Gibble, Harrison H., 1822-1898 (SC 3443)" (2019). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 4715.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4715