tag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:/items/1e06dad0-b087-0136-5269-0050569601ca-5Letter from Eli Cress to Sophronia McNitt, June 28, 18632022-07-27T03:08:12Ztag:digital.library.illinois.edu,2005:Item/2220212018-10-15T22:34:12Z2022-07-27T03:08:12ZLetter from Eli Cress to Sophronia McNitt, June 28, 1863A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Eli Cress, a Union soldier in the 117th Illinois Infantry. Cress wrote about his hopes to return home, church, and his stay in the hospital at Fort Pickering, Tennessee.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library