Myron M. Comstock Letter
This letter to Verness Williams documents recent activities of Myron Comstock's unit (11th Michigan Infantry Regiment) and speaks of his recent illness and homesickness.
Myron's camp is located 1.5 miles northeast of Bardstown. Myron writes about the victory at Fort Donaldson [Donelson], which he describes as being 6 miles long with 80 to 40,000 men in it. He complains that he has written 24 letters since the first of February and only received 12.
Dates
- 1862 February 21
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This letter to Verness Williams documents recent activities of Myron Comstock's unit (11th Michigan Infantry Regiment) and speaks of his recent illness and homesickness.
Biographical/Historical Note
Myron M. Comstock was born in January 1840 in Michigan. He joined Company F of the 11th Regiment of the Michigan Infantry (1st organization) as a private and was eventually promoted to corporal. After leaving military service, Comstock returned to Michigan and settled in Wheatland (Hillsdale County). In June 1875, he was granted a pension of $2.00 per month as a result of a gunshot wound to his left thigh. He continued to live in Michigan with his daughter Laura (born in July 1866) and worked as a day laborer until his death in 1909.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville, Special Collections.
- Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
- Soldiers -- Michigan -- Correspondence.
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
- United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 11th (1861-1864)
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository