Item 1: Jan Worley to My Dear Child, 1860 December 14, 2 pages. Letter expressing deep worry about her daughter’s health. She promises to send her daughter food and help, since she cannot come herself because of the cold weather.

Item 2: Matt to My Dearest Cousin, 1861 July 1, 3 pages. Letter about the individual family members who are joining the Confederate forces and where they are stationed. Matt is worried about dying in the war.

Item 3: Roswell Kingsley to Nannie, 1862 January 24, 1 page. Letter about his army marches in Tennessee and feeling very sick. He requests that Nannie write him back.

Item 4: R. Kingsley to Dearest Fannie, 1863 June 14, 3 pages. Letter discussing his deep hatred toward General Bragg and his unit and the many fears about new military pickets.

Item 5: R. Kingsley to My Darling Wife, 1863 July 19, 1 page. Letter about his dreaming of coming home and making plans to meet his wife at Dalton, Tennessee.

Item 6: Father Jo Worley to Rose & Nannie, 1864 August 11, 1 page. Letter discussing his worries about his daughter and grandchildren during the Civil War. He inquires about their health.

Item 7: Your Darling Wife Fannie Kingsley to My Dear Darling Husband, 1865 February 24, 2 pages. A letter portraying the post-Civil War Occupation of her Greene County neighbors who are being harassed by Union military troops. Mrs. Kingsley’s family fairs well throughout the ordeal.

Item 8: J & J Worley to Rose & Nannie, 1865 May 21, 2 pages. Letter describes what social changes are occurring to individual ex-Confederates and their families who are living in Greene County, Tennessee.

Item 9: Cap. KiLoone to Capt. R. E. Kingsley, 1865 July 24, 1 page. A note from Capt. Caooley sold a pass to Capt. Kingsley to go to Chattanooga, TN.

Item 10: R. E. Kingsley to Poppa & Mother, 1867 July 13, 2 pages. Letter describes the hopeful crop harvest for the current year and Fannie’s delivery in October of the same year.

Item 11: R. E. Kingsley to My Darling Fannie, 1868 October 9, 2 pages. Letter depicts his Dallas business enterprises. He is thinking about changing houses to lower his rent to save money to send home.

Item 12: R. E. Kingsley to My Darling Fannie, 1868 September 29, 1 page. Kingsley notes he and his friends in Dallas are doing well. He is making a great deal of money with his partners and his wife should not worry about him being so far away from home.