Downing, H. H. (SC 1573)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

2-29-2008

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 1573. Letter dated 21 January 1862, written by H. H. Downing, serving with the Union army near Somerset, Kentucky, to his brother and sisters. He relates events concerning the fighting around Somerset and the death of Confederate General Felix Zollicoffer, and sends a piece of Zollicoffer's coat as a souvenir.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Downing, H. H. (SC 1573)" (2008). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 851.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/851