This collection consists of two letters from Union soldier Jacob Rowland of the 2nd Regiment Ohio Artillery to his sister, Olive. The first letter, dated January 26, 1865, is sent from Knoxville, Tenn. The letter, in part, reads, "...quiet times here in Knoxville just now occasionally review as inspection we moved our camp last Tuesday. We were on the south side of the river about 1 1/2 miles from the city. Now we are quartered inside of the breast works right in the suburbs..." The second letter, also dated 1865, is addressed from Camp Nelson -- a Union Army Suppy Depot -- located in Jessamine County, Kentucky. It reads, "Sister Olive...I am well with the exception of a bad cold...one of our sergeants said to me today you are as fat as a cuss. I do not know how fat that is..."