The McPheeters family papers, 1861-1865.

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The McPheeters family papers, 1861-1865.

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Contains the following type of materials: letters. Contains information pertaining to the following wars and time periods: Civil War -- Trans-Mississippi, -- Western Theater, -- Northern Interior. Contains information pertaining to the following military units and organizations: Company E, 21st Illinois Infantry Regiment; 20th Company, 1st Battalion, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps; Company B, 11th Regiment, U.S. Veteran Reserve Corps. General description of the collection: The McPheeters family papers include letters from civilian, Mrs. Rankin McPheeters of Illinois from January 1863 until the war's end. Letters of her husband, Rankin P. (Pogue) McPheeters, of the 126th Illinois Volunteer Infantry and 11th Ohio Light Battery from September 1862 to May 1865 are found. Rankin's letters contain material about camp life, food, quarters, disease, mail, politics and Copperheads at Vicksburg and Little Rock. There are also letters from his family in Moultrie Country, Illinois and Tippecanoe County, Indiana. Addison W. McPheeters, Jr. letters describe camp life and activities while on march. Letters from the McPheeters' father from 1863 to 1865 are also found within the collection.

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