Letter from Eli Cress to Sophronia McNitt, December 3, 1864
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| Title | Letter from Eli Cress to Sophronia McNitt, December 3, 1864 |
| Creator | Cress, Eli |
| Date | 1864-12-03 |
| Decade | 1860s |
| Description | A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Eli Cress, a Union soldier in the 117th Illinois Infantry. Cress described the 117th setting up camp in Nashville and the impending conflict with John Bell Hood's army at Nashville, Tennessee. |
| Extent | 1 sheet (4 pages) and 1 envelope |
| Dimensions | 20.3 cm |
| Language | eng |
| Geographic Subject | |
| Topical subject | Military life |
| Genre Subject | Correspondence |
| Collection/Series, subseries/box/folder | MS 117: Correspondence: Soldiers; Box 1, Folder 5: Eli Cress |
| 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_0005_06 |
| Collection | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content) |
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