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Creator/Title
McKinney, David, 1829-1903. Letters, 1862-1863. 13 items.
Call No.
Mss. C M
Content
This collection consists of the Civil War letters of Lt. David McKinney, who served as quartermaster of the 77th Illinois Infantry in Kentucky and the Mississippi River Valley. A resident of Peoria, Ill., he describes camp life as well as the people, towns and regions of the South where he was stationed. Many of his letters discuss the early stages of the operations against the Confederate citadel of Vicksburg, Miss. in 1862-1863. He also shares his political views in which he resents being labeled a Republican. He describes himself as an "Andrew Jackson Democrat" and condemns both President Lincoln and the Copperheads of Illinois.