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Creator/Title
Tichenor, Isaac P., 1826-1900. Letters, 1861-1862. 5 items.
Call No.
Mss. C T
Content
Collection consists of three letters written during the Civil War by Isaac P. Tichenor, a 1st Lieut. in Company F of the 3rd Minnesota Infantry. Tichenor writes to his brother Vernon and friends at home in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Tichenor's regiment was stationed south of Louisville, Kentucky where they guarded the Louisville & Nashville Railroad until they were ordered to Nashville, Tennessee in March 1862. On 13 December 1861 Tichenor writes about staying at Camp Dana near Belmont furnace, which he describes as a great iron region; how their pickets are exchanging shots with "secesh" every night; his lack of sleep because of guard duty; command of the company falling on him because of the illness of his superior; and his belief that they will soon be in a battle that will eclipse Bull Run. On 20 March 1862 Tichenor writes about embarking on the steamer Denmark at Louisville; the theft of a bowie knife he had acquired at Logan's Creek battlefield; and speculates on new secret orders they have received since embarking. On 23 March 1862 Tichenor writes about arriving in Nashville and unloading the fleet of 7 steamers; comments on the city's buildings and its desertedness; and describes passing Fort Donelson on the steamboat and seeing gravesites.