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Creator/Title
Hickman, Montgomery, 1833-1882. Letters, 1862. 4 items.
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Mss. C H
Content
Montgomery Hickman, 97th Illinois Infantry regiment, writes two letters to his wife of two months in October and November 1862 while stationed in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky. He describes a march in the snow in October from Cynthiana to Lexington, his home town ("a perfect paradise"). Several men have become sick and a few have died. A month later he mentions a hard march of 90 miles from Nicholasville to Louisville which he describes as a large handsome city.