Box 1
Container
Contains 45 Results:
To Albert Slack from his sister Sallie Slack, 1865 July 16
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 41
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The David L. Jones Letters, 1865, consists primarily of letters between Private Jones (19th Pennsylvania Cavalry) and his wife Anna. He details his hardships, adventures, and views of the war, while Anna responds with letters about the homefront, explaining the hardtimes of having to take care of the couple's five children on her own during a time of poverty. The majority of Private Jones's letters were written from Nashville, Tenn.; Anna's were written from Alleghany City, Pa....
Dates:
1865 July 16
From John McPooler, 1865 September 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 42
Identifier: III
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
The David L. Jones Letters, 1865, consists primarily of letters between Private Jones (19th Pennsylvania Cavalry) and his wife Anna. He details his hardships, adventures, and views of the war, while Anna responds with letters about the homefront, explaining the hardtimes of having to take care of the couple's five children on her own during a time of poverty. The majority of Private Jones's letters were written from Nashville, Tenn.; Anna's were written from Alleghany City, Pa....
Dates:
1865 September 20
Two Silk Bridge Diagrams, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection consists of nine letters and two printed bridge diagrams on silk regarding the rebuilding of the burned bridge crossing the Tennessee River at Loudon, Tennessee during the United States Civil War. These letters consists of orders for rebuilding the bridge, transfer of troops from Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky to Loudon, and technical information. In a letter dated February 9, 1864, Col. D. C. McCallum, General Manager of the R. R. Division of the Mississippi,...
Dates:
undated
Loudon Bridge Correspondence, 1864-1865
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection consists of nine letters and two printed bridge diagrams on silk regarding the rebuilding of the burned bridge crossing the Tennessee River at Loudon, Tennessee during the United States Civil War. These letters consists of orders for rebuilding the bridge, transfer of troops from Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky to Loudon, and technical information. In a letter dated February 9, 1864, Col. D. C. McCallum, General Manager of the R. R. Division of the Mississippi,...
Dates:
1864-1865
Other Civil War Correspondence, 1862-1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
This collection consists of nine letters and two printed bridge diagrams on silk regarding the rebuilding of the burned bridge crossing the Tennessee River at Loudon, Tennessee during the United States Civil War. These letters consists of orders for rebuilding the bridge, transfer of troops from Cincinnati, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky to Loudon, and technical information. In a letter dated February 9, 1864, Col. D. C. McCallum, General Manager of the R. R. Division of the Mississippi,...
Dates:
1862-1863