Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (SC 1422)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

5-1-2005

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 1422. Letter, 6 November, to his mother from “Alvis”(?), probably serving with the 9th Illinois Infantry. From Camp Paine, Paducah, Kentucky, he writes of living conditions, a skirmish with Confederate forces, his hopes to experience a full battle, and his belief that the Confederates have better officers, but inferior soldiers.

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Civil War, 1861-1865 - Paducah, Kentucky (SC 1422)" (2005). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 97.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/97