Knapp, Obadiah Mead, 1841-1921 (SC 3707)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

1-9-2024

Comments

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

Abstract

Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 3707. Letters of Connecticut native Obadiah M. Knapp, written during his U.S. Army Civil War service. A steward at the Army’s General Hospital in Bowling Green, Kentucky, he writes of conflict between the hospital surgeon, with whom Knapp wishes to advance his medical studies, and a commanding officer. He also describes the welcome arrival of a chaplain, local prejudices against Northerners and abolitionists, the threat of guerrillas, and the development of hospital facilities in Bowling Green to treat both whites and African Americans. The original letters are held by the University of Texas at Austin.

Disciplines

United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Knapp, Obadiah Mead, 1841-1921 (SC 3707)" (2024). Manuscript Collection Finding Aids. Paper 5108.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/5108