Stuver, Aaron S., 1842-1894 (SC 3505)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

2-7-2020

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and typescript of letter (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3505. Letter, 26 July 1863, of Aaron S. Stuver, written to his sister Emma from Cincinnati, Ohio while serving with the 115th Ohio Volunteers. He describes the defense of Cincinnati from Confederate guerrilla John Hunt Morgan during his raid through Ohio and Indiana, and the funeral of Major Daniel McCook, whose six sons also served in the Army and who was killed at the Battle of Buffington Island. Stuver remarks on the likely effects of conscription on the length of the war, and on the popularity among the men of Ohio gubernatorial candidate John Brough.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Stuver, Aaron S., 1842-1894 (SC 3505)" (2020). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 4792.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4792