A letter from Col. Vildes, hoping he can find a way to get transferred to Milroy's command. Vildes is unhappy in his present location because he is under the command of several foreign officers, who "know nothing of our people, of our institutions,...
A list of men arrested near the railroad "disaster." Notes of the men's loyalties has been penciled in next to each name. No year is listed on teh letter. Due to the context, presume the year to be 1864 or 1865.
A letter to Milroy, showing that Major Rutledge of the Confederate Army, transferred his property to his wife's name early on in the war in order to "dodge the penalty of his treason."
A letter from the citizens of Jackson County, Alabama, who are union sympathizers. They are giving a report of the state of the area to the commanding officer in nearby Tullahoma, Tennessee.
Correspondence; Military training; Commando troops; Girls; Military rations; Military leaves and furloughs; McCoy, Clyde, 1903-1990; Concerts; Memphis (Tenn.)--Climate
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
