Letter from Patrick Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, June 24, 1864
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| Title | Letter from Patrick Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, June 24, 1864 |
| Creator | Moynihan, Patrick |
| Date | 1864-06-24 |
| Decade | 1860s |
| Description | A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Patrick Moynihan, a private in the 9th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Moynihan wrote about the weather, moving from Acworth, Georgia, to Big Shanty, and recent fighting and troop movements. He speculated that there would be a battle over Kinesaw Mountain and compared it to Lookout Mountain at Chattanooga. |
| Extent | 1 sheet (4 pages) and 1 envelope |
| Dimensions | 24.9 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_13 |
| Collection | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content) |
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