Guide to the William S. Mortimer letter MSS.1653
Mortimer, William S.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
JUne 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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William S. Mortimer letter
- Unit ID:
MSS.1653
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 letter and envelope0
- Dates:
1862 February 11
- Abstract:
A letter from William Mortimer to William Smith, Camp Wood, Munfordville, KY, 11 February 1862.
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of one letter from Mortimer, a member of the Union forces in central Kentucky, under the command of General Don Carlos Buell, to William Smith of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the letter Mortimer describes Union designs on Bowling Green, the weather, the state of his regiment's health, and other matters.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Donnelly Lancaster/John Beeler, 2005
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
William S. Mortimer letter, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2004
Biographical/Historical note
Union soldier stationed at Camp Wood, Munfordville, Kentucky, 11 February 1862.
Letter Box 6476 Folder 10
Letter from William S. Mortimer, Camp Wood, Munfordville, Kentucky, to William Smith, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1862 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/20767