Shuster, John W., 1846-1916 (SC 3512)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

3-3-2020

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and full text transcripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3512. Letters, 26 June and 19 July 1864, to Ensign Chubb, Canfield, Ohio, from John W. Shuster, serving with Company H of the 139th Indiana Volunteers. From Fort Jones, Lebanon Junction, Kentucky, he writes of illness in camp, July Fourth celebrations, the predations of “bushwackers,” and the popularity of Democratic presidential candidate George B. McClellan (“little Mac”) among the troops.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Shuster, John W., 1846-1916 (SC 3512)" (2020). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 4800.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/4800