This collection contains three letters from Private William Taylor of the 43rd Ohio Infantry to his sister Susan in Morrow County, Ohio during the Civil War. In them, Taylor describes experiences in Gayoso Hospital in Memphis and another military hospital in LaGrange during 1863.

He also discusses the preparations being made for the arrival of wounded soldiers from Vicksburg. Taylor expresses his desire for a quick end to the war, but notes that he is willing to keep fighting in order to restore the union.

Taylor discusses his illnesses and requests more letters from home. He notes that his regiment has left for Vicksburg, saying I dont [sic] know whether I will ever get with the company a gain or not I can do more good here then [sic] I can there and the place where I can do the most good is the place for me. He also discusses his hope for a quick end to the war. He says the time want [sic] be long till the union is restored as it wance [sic] was but wheather [sic] that will be or not I am able to say.

Taylor says that he was sent out to fight, but that he was quickly reassigned to the hospital as a nurse. He notes that the hospitals are all fixed up to receive the sick and wounded from Vicksburg wich [sic] they are looking for every day now. He also describes a visit to the camp site of his regiment.

In addition to discussing news from home, Taylor describes a recent trip to the theater.