Letter from Patrick Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, April 2, 1864
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Title | Letter from Patrick Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, April 2, 1864 |
Creator | Moynihan, Patrick |
Date | 1864-04-02 |
Decade | 1860s |
Description | A 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. |
Extent | 1 sheet (4 pages) and 1 envelope |
Dimensions | 20.3 cm |
Language | eng |
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Genre Subject | Correspondence |
Collection/Series, subseries/box/folder | MS 117: Correspondence: Soldiers; Box 1, Folder 10: Patrick Moynihan |
Collection Title | McNitt Family Papers |
Rights | No Copyright - United States |
Acquisition information | Donated by Jeanne Tingley and Donald F. Tingley in 1999 |
Repository | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections |
Type | |
Identifier | 0117_0010_11 |
Collection | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content) |
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