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Creator/Title
Tryon Family Papers, 1861-1864. 1 box.
Call No.
Mss. A T875 1-11
Content
Papers of the Tryon family of Louisville, Ky., consisting of letters from Lieutenant Frank Tryon, Co. E, 2nd Regt., First Kentucky Brigade, C.S.A., to his wife, Julia (Morselle) Tryon, which cover his encampment at Fort doone, Montgomery County, Tenn.; his capture at Fort Donelson, imprisonment at Camp Chase and near Sandusky, Ohio, exchange at Vicksburg, Miss., and battle of Murfreesboro where he was mortally wounded. They mention Louisville boys in the Confederate army, death of Morris Montgomery, capture of Curran Pope, marriage of Gen. John Hunt Morgan, George D. Prentice and his son, James Guthrie, members of the Clay family, Miss Wolf, William A. Meriwether, the jail in Louisville for rebel women, etc. Accompanied by letters to Mrs. Tryon from Ellen M. Floyd, Charles B. Avis, B. W. Wells, H. C. McDowell; and a letter from D. S. Miller to Miss Mary Dunham, dated at Nashville, Tenn., April 9, 1863, about Lieut. Tryon's burial place; Mrs. Julia Tryon's certificate of membership in the First Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Ky., March 17, 1864.