Edward O. Guerrant papers, 1861-1867.

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Edward O. Guerrant papers, 1861-1867.

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The collection contains correspondence regarding the Civil War in eastern Kentucky, particularly as related to Humphrey Marshall's role in the 1862 Confederate invasion of Kentucky. Of particular interest is Marshall's November 1862 letter Jefferson Davis. Also included is a September 1864 field report from Col. Henry Giltner, reporting the status of his command stationed near Greenville, Tennessee. Miscellaneous items include a poem entitled "Carriers Address to the Patrons of the Jonesborough Union," which discusses the first year of the war, and a short composition written in July 1861 by one of Guerrant's students discussing the coming of the war.

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Marshall, Humphrey, 1812-1872

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Giltner, Henry Lyter, 1829-1892.

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