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Watson B. Smith Letters

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Identifier: MS-3020

Abstract

This collection houses two letters that Union soldier Watson B. Smith wrote to his mother, Mary Amanda (Birchard) Smith, on September 23, 1863 and October 1, 1863. In them, Smith discusses Union operations in the Knoxville Campaign, life in headquarters, and news from the Battle of Chattanooga.

Dates: 1863 September 23, 1863 October 1

Found in: Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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Subject: Tennessee -- History. X
Subject: Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. X
Subject: Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History -- Siege, 1863. X
Subject: United States. Army. Corps, 23rd (1863-1865). X
Subject: Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863. X

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