Tryon Family Papers, 1861-1864

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Tryon Family 

Title:  Papers, 1861-1864 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

Size of Collection:  0.33 cubic feet 

Location Number:  Mss. A T875 

Scope and Content Note 

Collection consists of letters from Lieutenant Frank Tryon, Company E, 2nd Regiment, First Kentucky Brigade, C.S.A., to his wife, Julia Morselle Tryon, which cover his encampment at Fort Boone, Montgomery County, Tenn., his capture at Fort Donelson, imprisonment at Camp Chase and near Sandusky, Ohio, exchange at Vicksburg, Miss., and the Battle of Murfreesboro, where he was mortally wounded. His letters mention Louisville boys in the Confederate Army, death of Morris Montgomery, capture of Curran Pope, marriage of John Hunt Morgan, George D. Prentice and his son, James Guthrie, members of the Clay family, a Miss Wolf, William A. Meriwether, the jail in Louisville for rebel women, etc. Also included are letters to Mrs. Tryon from Ellen M. Floyd, Charles B. Avis, B. W. Wells, and Henry C. McDowell; a letter from D. S. Miller to Miss Mary Dunham, dated at Nashville, Tenn., 1863 Apr. 9, about Lieutenant Tryon’s burial place; and Julia Tryon’s certificate of membership in the First Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Ky., 1864 Mar. 17. 

Folder List 

Box 1 

1 Frank Tryon letters from Camp Boone, 1861 July-Sept.

2 Correspondence to Julia Tryon telling her that her husband was taken prisoner at Fort Donelson, 1862 Feb. 21. 

3 Correspondence of Frank Tryon from St. Louis and Camp Chase, 1862 Feb. 23-Apr. 8.

4 Correspondence of Frank Tryon from Depot Prisoners of War near Sandusky City, Ohio, 1862 Apr.

5 Correspondence of Frank Tryon from Depot Prisoners of War near Sandusky City, Ohio, 1862 May-June.

6 Correspondence of Frank Tryon from Depot Prisoners of War near Sandusky City, Ohio, 1862 July.

7 Correspondence of Frank Tryon from Depot Prisoners of War near Sandusky City, Ohio, 1862 Aug. 

8 Letter from Frank Tryon to his daughter Emily, 1862.

9 Correspondence of Frank Tryon from Indianapolis and Murfreesboro and other letters to Mrs. Tryon, 1862 Sept.-Dec.

10 Letter from D. S. Miller to Miss Mary Dunham about the burial place of Frank Tryon, 1863 Apr. 9.Julia Tryon’s certificate of membership in the First Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Ky., 1864 Mar. 17. 

11 Letter from Nelson Thomasson to “Charlie and Emily,” 1921 May 9. Note on the location of Goose Creek Salt Works.