tag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:/itemsItems2022-07-27T03:07:17Ztag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/2219512018-10-15T22:34:01Z2022-07-27T03:08:07ZLetter from Patrick Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, January 2, 1864A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Patrick Moynihan, a private in the 9th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Moynihan wrote about army efforts to promote reenlistment, how he spent Christmas and traveled to Athens, and the weather. He also asked about people and relationships back home, and noted that he thinks the war will be over in 18 months or less.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/2212872018-10-15T22:32:03Z2022-07-27T03:07:14ZLetter from Patrick Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, April 2, 1864A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Patrick Moynihan, a private in the 9th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Moynihan wrote about the weather, veterans reenlisting, and Confederate deserters and the sad state of the Confederate Army. He also noted that he felt sorry for women whose husbands get drafted, and he told a story about a Southern woman who wanted to divorce her Confederate husband because she was a Unionist.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Librarytag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/2213172018-10-15T22:32:09Z2022-07-27T03:07:17ZLetter from Patrick Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, February 16, 1864A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Patrick Moynihan, a private in the 9th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Moynihan wrote about the weather in Pulaski, the deployment of the 117th, James Arthur's marriage, how Southern women want to find Yankee men, the high prices of everything at camp, and some veterans going home. He also mentioned a New Years gift in the margins.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library