Harris, Edward, 1840?-1862 (SC 1570)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

1-28-2008

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1570. Letter, 1 January 1862, to his father from Harris, serving with the 19th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers near Muddy Branch, Maryland. He makes comments about the war, the Southern states, and his commander, Colonel Hincks. Written on letterhead with portrait of General George B. McClellan and the words “We have beat our last retreat!” in red and blue ink.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Harris, Edward, 1840?-1862 (SC 1570)" (2008). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 918.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/918