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Sixty-First U.S. Colored Infantry (Sc 1515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Sixty-First U.S. Colored Infantry (Sc 1515), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1515. Partial account book (pp. 13-20, 170-184, 187-262) containing General Orders and Special Orders for the 61st U.S. Colored Infantry and the 2nd West Tennessee Infantry of African Descent. Also includes a letter written by Nellie Evans (Nov. 1865) to her cousin Jeff.
Edmunds, John Ray, 1896-1978 (Sc 1505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Edmunds, John Ray, 1896-1978 (Sc 1505), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional File" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1505. Letter, 6 October 1918, written by John Ray Edmunds from Great Lakes, Illinois to his wife Josie in Barren County, Kentucky. He discusses his bout with influenza and his stay in a military hospital.
Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Beasley, Robert, B. 1926 (Mss 162), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Mansucripts Collection 162. Letters written by Robert Beasley, Sr. to his wife, Louise (Buckles) Beasley while he is serving in the 84th U.S. Infantry Division during World War II. Beasley served chiefly in Germany, but also saw action in Belgium and France. He discusses Army life and relates war news to his wife in Caneyville, Kentucky.