Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Carty, Wesley C. Correspondence. July -September 1946. 12 items.
Call No.
Mss. C C
Content
Letters dated 2 and 27 July, 23 August, 9 and 13 September 1946 are letters between Carty and Stanley F. Horn concerning Horn's book The Army of Tennessee, and Carty's work on a prospective book called "Lesser Known Battles of the Civil War" and on a biography of John C. Breckinridge. Carty specifically requests information on the battle of Mill Springs (Fishing Creek) and the circumstances surrounding the death of Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, about which Horn offers his insights and knowledge. Horn was editor of the Southern Lumberman in Nashville, Tennessee.