Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Wartburg (Tenn.) Collection, 1864-1925 (bulk 1864-1896), contains numerous letters to residents of Wartburg, Tenn. (Morgan County). All of these documents except for the single letter from 1925 are written in German. The majority of the letters are from writers in Nashville. Some of the topics covered include Civil War-era Chattanooga (letter dated March 29, 1864), the Southern Express Company of Knoxville (November 6, 1868), and alcohol production and prices (many of the letters from...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Wartburg (Tenn.) Collection, 1864-1925 (bulk 1864-1896), contains numerous letters to residents of Wartburg, Tenn. (Morgan County). All of these documents except for the single letter from 1925 are written in German. The majority of the letters are from writers in Nashville. Some of the topics covered include Civil War-era Chattanooga (letter dated March 29, 1864), the Southern Express Company of Knoxville (November 6, 1868), and alcohol production and prices (many of the letters from...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Wartburg (Tenn.) Collection, 1864-1925 (bulk 1864-1896), contains numerous letters to residents of Wartburg, Tenn. (Morgan County). All of these documents except for the single letter from 1925 are written in German. The majority of the letters are from writers in Nashville. Some of the topics covered include Civil War-era Chattanooga (letter dated March 29, 1864), the Southern Express Company of Knoxville (November 6, 1868), and alcohol production and prices (many of the letters from...