Letter from Eli Cress to Francis "Frank" McNitt, November 21, 1862
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| Title | Letter from Eli Cress to Francis "Frank" McNitt, November 21, 1862 |
| Creator | Cress, Eli |
| Date | 1862-11-21 |
| Decade | 1860s |
| Description | A letter to Francis "Frank" McNitt from Eli Cress, a friend and Union soldier in the 117th Illinois Infantry. Cress described the unit's camp in Memphis, including the climate, the girls, and the threat from nearby Confederate troops. |
| Extent | 1 sheet (4 pages) and 1 envelope |
| Dimensions | 20 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_01 |
| Collection | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content) |
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