Letter from Eli Cress to Sophronia McNitt, September 21, 1864
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| Title | Letter from Eli Cress to Sophronia McNitt, September 21, 1864 |
| Creator | Cress, Eli |
| Date | 1864-09-21 |
| Decade | 1860s |
| Description | A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Eli Cress, a Union soldier in the 117th Illinois Infantry. Cress wrote about visitors from home coming to see the 117th while they were stationed at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, and shared other news of mutual friends. |
| 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 Description | This item is in the public domain. |
| Acquisition information | Donated by Jeanne Tingley and Donald F. Tingley in 1999 |
| Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Illinois History and Lincoln Collections |
| Identifier | 0117_0005_04 |
| Collection | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content) |
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