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Creator/Title
Watts, Elijah S., 1836-1909. Papers, 1861-1907. .66 cu. ft.
Call No.
Mss. A W349 5, 7, 11,12
Content
General Orders issued by the Headquarters, Dept of the Ohio, Louisville, Ky., in 1861 (5) and the Headquarters, Kentucky Volunteers, Frankfort Ky., 1863 (7). Specific orders are listed in the Finding Aid. Four versions of a speech entitled "The Kentucky Unionist" by Watts, an officer in the 2nd Ky. CavalIy Regt. (U.S.A.), describe the conflicting Union and Confederate sympathies in Nelson County, Ky, in 1861 (11). Memoirs written by Watts describe the formation and early history of his regiment in 1861 and its participation in the Chickamauga Campaign (12)