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Identifier: MS-2169

Abstract

In this letter, Mathews tells his wife of his homesickness and of how the war changes a soldier's thoughts and behaviors.

Dates: 1863 November 7

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

Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. X
Subject: Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. X
Subject: Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. X
Subject: United States. Army. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 17th(1861-1864) X

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