Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: These letters, composed in April 1864 in Knoxville, Tennessee, are written by Amos Guthrie (then serving with the U.S. Signal Corps) to his father and sister in Ohio. They discuss life in Knoxville as well as troop movements in the area. Guthrie describes life in the camp as being quiet at that time. He characterizes the spring water in Knoxville as being the best he has had and finds the weather equally suitable. Union pomp and circumstance brought Carter Nelson and Andy Johnston to speak...