Letter from Eli Cress to Sophronia McNitt, April 1, 1865
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Title | Letter from Eli Cress to Sophronia McNitt, April 1, 1865 |
Creator | Cress, Eli |
Date | 1865-04-01 |
Decade | 1860s |
Description | A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Eli Cress, a Union soldier in 117th Illinois Infantry. Cress updated Sophronia on the travels of his regiment to Louisiana and others in the regiment, including men killed. |
Extent | 2 sheets (8 pages) and 1 envelope |
Dimensions | 20.4 cm |
Language | eng |
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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 |
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Identifier | 0117_0005_11 |
Collection | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content) |
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