Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Kate Thornberg Letter on Nashville's Occupation, 1864 December 10
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents Note
From the Collection:
In this letter to her sister Veronica in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Kate Thornberg writes of the terrible lack of supplies caused by the Union's occupation of Nashville and the halting of the L&N train line. She mentions exorbitant prices for basic food items, seeing refugees wandering half clothed through the streets of Nashville, and her hopes of going home to Lancaster for Christmas.
Dates:
1864 December 10