Miller family correspondence, 1854-1906 (bulk 1861-1864).

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Miller family. Miller family correspondence, 1854-1906 (bulk 1861-1864).

Miller family correspondence, 1854-1906 (bulk 1861-1864).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228769768

The Civil War correspondence between Francis C. Miller and Agnes F. Voris, 1861, Oct. 20 - October 1865; the letters from James Voris to his family (1854-1862), also some post-war family correspondence, including letters by the Millers to their daughter Kittie (1888-1900). The letters of Francis C. Miller and Agnes F. Voris documents a budding romance between the two. His letters provide weekly updates on the war news and rumors, give very detailed accounts of the camp life and war experiences, personal feelings, religious reflections, and news about the fate of James C. Voris, and personal feelings and religious reflections. The letters contain accounts of the battle of Fredericksburg and the Gettysburg Campaign. In her letters to "Frank,' Agnes describes her Presbyterian congregation, rather intense politicking in the community, discusses war news, including Lee's invasion. The Civil War letters of James C. Voris were written between the late June of 1861and November of 1862. The letters describe the minutia of camp life, his stay at the Mansion House Hospital in Alexandria, Va. in a hospital, (due to a break out of 2sores and Boiles3), and accounts of the military operations, especially the battles of the South Mountain and Antietam.

88 pieces, also, tax receipts and envelopes.2 boxes.

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