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Creator/Title

Mathews, Lem Letter. 10 October 1861. 7pp.

Call No.

Mss. C M

Content

Mathews describes the departure of the 112th Ill. Infantry Regt., travel- ing by rail through Ill. and Ind. to Camp Smith'near Covington. KY.; Camp Smith, its' layout and soldiers; the effects of' the wiar on Covington; his love of his wife and his contempt for men who do, not serve. Illustrated patriotic envelope included.

Subject Heading

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865