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Letter from George M. Harkey to Sophronia McNitt, April 21, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1865 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from George M. Harkey, a Union soldier in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Harkey wrote about the end of the war and his reaction to the assassionation of Abraham Lincoln. He also spoke about his religious faith and hopes to return home.
Letter from George M. Harkey to Sophronia McNitt, March 31, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1865 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from George M. Harkey, a Union soldier in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Harkey wrote about the conditions of their camp, particularly the heavy rainfall, and about Sophronia's romantic life.
Letter from George M. Harkey to Sophronia McNitt, January 20, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1865 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from George M. Harkey, a Union soldier in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Harkey wrote about Sophronia's romantic life and news from camp, including a recent injury and news of friends.
Letter from Thomas Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, June 6, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1865 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Thomas Moynihan, a private in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Moynihan remarked on the movements of his regiment as they prepared to muster out and shared news of men in the unit and mutual friends. He also commented on encounters with Confederate soldiers passing through the area.
Ward Library Service, Base Hospital, Camp Pike, Arkansas
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing an unidentified woman standing next to an ALA book cart while two convalescent soldiers read books in a military hospital
Private Arkansaw Bill
Multi-Page Item | 2 pages | 1918 | James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
Letter from William M. Brown to Sophronia McNitt, September 17, 1864
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1864 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from her cousin, William M. Brown, a Union soldier in the 126th Illinois Infantry. He wrote on topics such as the conditions of the 126th in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, news from family and friends, and his reflections on other events related to the war.
Camp Library at Camp Pike, Arkansas (Exterior)
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsCaption reads: Camp Library, American Library Association.??? Camp Fremont, California.
Letter from Thomas Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, March 31, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1865 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Thomas Moynihan, a private in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Moynihan wrote about life aboard the steamer Nebraska in the White River in Arkansas and encountering the 117th Illinois Infantry. He also discussed his hopes to return home and shared other news of men in his unit.
Letter from Thomas Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, May 8, 1864
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1864 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Thomas Moynihan, a private in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Moynihan wrote on battles occuring during the Camden Exposition near Little Rock, Arkansas, and remarked on news from Illinois.
Letter from Albert B. Lee to Sophronia McNitt, February 27, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1865 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Albert B. Lee, a private in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Lee wrote to request a reply from Sophronia so that they could begin a correspondence and friendship.
Letter from H. F. Potter to Sophronia McNitt, August 8, 1864
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1864 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from H. F. Potter, a Union soldier. Potter described life at camp near Helena, Arkansas, and his desires to return home.
Letter from Thomas B. Reames to Sophronia McNitt, May 15, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1865 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Thomas B. Reames, a private in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Reames wrote about the end of the war, including the capture of Jefferson Davis and unsurrendered troops in the South. He also expressed concern over events in Mexico and his anticipation of war.
Library Service of the American Library Association at the Base Hospital, Camp Pike, Arkansas
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsMen using the library. Additional caption reads: Reading in the Red Cross House. The A.L.A. has placed libraries in 208 hospitals.The men in hospitals and camps here and overseas need your magazines. As soon as you have read them, place a stamp on the notice on the cover, and mail.
Letter from George M. Harkey to Sophronia McNitt, May 15, 1864
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1864 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from George M. Harkey, a Union soldier in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Harkey wrote about his company's camp in Arkansas, including the death of a fellow soldier, and about his feelings toward the war and Confederate sympathizers.
Letter from Thomas Moynihan to Sophronia McNitt, February 20, 1864
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1864 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Thomas Moynihan, a private in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Moynihan wrote about the men in his unit from Montgomery County and parties he had attended.
Letter from George M. Harkey to Sophronia McNitt, July 3, 1864
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1864 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from George M. Harkey, a Union soldier in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Harkey wrote about conditions in their camp and a conflict with Confederates involving the capture of a Union gunboat.
Letter from Thomas B. Reames to Sophronia McNitt, April 25, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1865 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from Thomas B. Reames, a private in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Reames asked Sophronia to share her feelings on the war and its end.
Letter from George M. Harkey to Sophronia McNitt, August 1, [1864?]
Multi-Page Item | 6 pages | 1864 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from George M. Harkey, a Union soldier in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Harkey wrote about activities at the regiment's camp and his own health.
Letter from William M. Brown to Sophronia McNitt, February 17, 1865
Multi-Page Item | 8 pages | 1865 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from her cousin, William M. Brown, a Union soldier in the 126th Illinois Infantry. Brown wrote about his unit's movement from Pine Bluff to the mouth of White River, Arkansas, and talk of peace being made.
Letter from George M. Harkey to Sophronia McNitt, September 18, 1864
Multi-Page Item | 4 pages | 1864 | McNitt Family Papers (Digitized Content)A letter to Sophronia McNitt from George M. Harkey, a Union soldier in the 126th Illinois Infantry Harkey wrote about friends from Montgomery County, including Sophronia's brother Francis "Frank" McNitt and his wife, Mary, and also wrote about the 1864 presidential election and talks of peace.

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