Manuscript Database

Creator/Title

Prime, Frederick Edward, 1829-1900. Memorandum, 21 Nov. 1861. ALS 2 2/3 pp.

Call No.

Mss. C P

Content

Prime writes from Headquarters, Dept. of the Ohio to describe road conditions from "Louisville leading to Green and Big Barren Rivers". He describes in detail the conditions of the various roads including which are "metalled" and where and how they crossed streams and rivers. He writes that some streams can not be forded if the streams are swollen and that the Green River Bridge was burned.

Subject Heading

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865