Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Holyoke family. Papers, 1861-1865. 45 items
Call No.
Mss. C H
Content
Collection of letters from a Holyoke family members and friends describing the unsettling events of the Civil War in Kentucky. The letters pertain to topics such as secessionism, abolitionism, Kentucky's neutrality, and Civil War military activities in Kentucky. Specific topics include Louisville's role in supplying the war effort and prominent Louisvilians with differing "Northern" and 'Southern" sympathies. Eleven of the most significant letters have been transcribed.