Guide to the Benjamin Hurd Letters MSS.1939
Hurd, Benjamin
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
2007
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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English
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Benjamin Hurd Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.1939
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (2 letters, 2 pages)
- Dates:
1863
- Abstract:
Two letters written by Benjamin Hurd while stationed in Tennessee with the 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery G, to his brother stating that "Richmond has fallen into our hands" and that the Rebels "fight like the Devil."
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of two letters from "Benjamin Hurd" of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery G. In these letters to his brother he says, “Richmond has fallen into our hands” and adds that he does not think the war will be over soon. He also makes a reference to the Confederate Army, saying the Rebels “fight like the Devil.” In the February 10 letter, he makes extremely disparaging remarks about the local population near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Faith White and Donnelly Lancaster Walton, 2007
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation
Benjamin Hurd Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
gift of Wade Hall, 2005
Biographical/Historical note
Benjamin Hurd was a member of the 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Battery G. Battery G, which was organized in 1861 and took part in the battles of Stone River, Perryville, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. They were also engaged in many of the battles in Sherman’s Atlanta campaign.
Letters Box SC0001 Folder 1939.1
Letter from Benjamin Hurd, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to his brother, February 10, 1863 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/22210
Letter from Benjamin Hurd, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to his brother, May 16, 1863 http://purl.lib.ua.edu/22211