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Tuttle, John William, 1838-1927 (Sc 1197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Tuttle, John William, 1838-1927 (Sc 1197), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1197. “History of the Third Kentucky Volunteers” written by John William Tuttle, Wayne County, Kentucky, from a diary that he kept of his Civil War experiences. Includes associated data.
Wiltse, Jason S., 1843-1874 (Sc 2760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Wiltse, Jason S., 1843-1874 (Sc 2760), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2760. Diary of Jason S. Wiltse, kept while serving as a corporal with the 23rd Michigan Infantry. He describes the countryside, weather and conditions during his tour of duty in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and notes the names of his correspondents. He also describes the battle of Campbell’s Station near Knoxville, Tennessee, and refers (p. 68) to having been in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Christmas Day 1862. Includes a photograph of Wiltse in uniform.
Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coombs Family Collection (Mss 349), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid for Manuscripts Collection 349. Correspondence, photographs, business records and miscellaneous papers of the Coombs, Robertson and related families of Warren and Simpson counties in Kentucky and of Alabama, Texas and Tennessee. Includes correspondence, personal papers and research of Elizabeth Robertson Coombs, librarian at the Kentucky Library, Western Kentucky University. Several documents from this collection have been scanned are available for viewing by clicking on the "Additional Files" below.
Morgan, John Hunt, 1826-1864 - Relating To, 1863 (Sc 1019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan, John Hunt, 1826-1864 - Relating To, 1863 (Sc 1019), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1019. Special Order Number 44, signed by Major General Wheeler, Confederate States of America Cavalry, 8th Regiment, near Shelbyville, Tennessee, detailing plans for Morgan to proceed to Kentucky with a force of 2,000 in an attempt to destroy the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and supplies. Impressment authorization is granted to Captain McCarthy and assistants
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Bowles, Orlando Charles, 1839-1896 (Mss 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bowles, Orlando Charles, 1839-1896 (Mss 455), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 455. Correspondence, accounts, land surveys, and miscellaneous business and legal papers of Orlando C. Bowles, a Civil War veteran, lawyer, farmer, and timber trader of Pike County, Kentucky. Includes some material relating to the Cecil family of Floyd and Pike counties.
Fox-Walthall Letters (Sc 1007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Fox-Walthall Letters (Sc 1007), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 1007. Family letters of the Fox and Walthall families, chiefly of Mildred P. (Walthall), Joseph, Rachel M. and William S. Fox of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The collection includes family correspondence, Civil War letters, 1861-1862 (34), and courtship letters.
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Sc 952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Morgan, John Hunt, 1825-1864 - Relating To (Sc 952), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 952. Photocopy of script (31 p.) used from radio program “Our America” broadcast on WLW Cincinnati about John Hunt Morgan. Also original letter regarding script.