Elijah S. Watts papers 1861-1907.

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Elijah S. Watts papers 1861-1907.

Collection includes military correspondence of Watts, who rose from the rank of captain to lieutenant colonel in the 2nd Ky. Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.). It also includes speeches delivered by Watts to veterans groups and Memorial Day assemblies in Oak Park, Ill., as well as memoirs concerning conflicting Union and Confederate sympathies in Nelson County, Ky., in 1861, the early history of the 2nd Ky. Cavalry Regt., the Battle of Chickamauga and aspects of daily military life. There is also a large collection of official orders issued by the War Dept. and numerous Union army headquarters and several military maps of the Chickamauga campaign.

.66 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7492406

The Filson Historical Society

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