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Civil War, 1861-1865 - Military Life (Sc 1420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Civil War, 1861-1865 - Military Life (Sc 1420), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1420. Letter written by Union soldier John (no last name), Camp Paint Creek, Kentucky, to his wife (no place noted), graphically describing marching from Winchester, Kentucky, to present camp. He mentions that Kentucky has the dirtiest soldiers he has ever seen.
Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Ward, John, 1838-1896 (Sc 1442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1442. Typescripted excerpts from New Yorker Ward's diary that he kept when visiting Kentucky in 1854. Disembarking at Louisville, he proceeds to Mammoth Cave (which he vividly describes) and then on to Lexington and Frankfort.