Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In an October 27, 1863 letter to his brother Clark, Pembroke Scott, a private with the 118th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, describes food rations and skirmishes near Loudon, Tennessee during the Civil War.Scott talks of the bread the soldiers eat, saying "our bread tries its best to make us sick & unfortunately succeeds frequently." Additionally, Scott mentions that they had begun building winter quarters near Loudon, but they were stopped due to the threat...