Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Smith, Thomas E. Letters, 1863-1865. 9 items.
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Content
Letters written by Smith to his wife at Northport, Long Island, N.Y. while he was in command of the gunboat U.S.S. Peosta on the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers and the U.S.S. Dawn in the Atlantic Ocean. He writes mostly of personal concerns, pay clothing, needs, entertainment and advice for those at home. He does write of guerrilla activity on the Tennessee River and an imminent attack by Forrest.