tag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:/items/1b2eb180-b087-0136-5269-0050569601ca-2Letter from Eli Cress to Sophronia McNitt, September 21, 18642022-07-27T03:07:50Ztag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/2217452018-10-15T22:33:29Z2022-07-27T03:07:50ZLetter from Eli Cress to Sophronia McNitt, September 21, 1864A 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.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library