Samuel House letters, 1861-1862.

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Samuel House letters, 1861-1862.

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Collection consists of four transcribed letters written by Samuel House to family members at Knoxville, Tennessee from New Madrid, Missouri and Columbus, Kentucky from August of 1861 to February of 1862. The letters contain information on military activities at Columbus, such as engagements with Union gunboats and nearby skirmishes. Included with the House correspondence is a transcribed letter by Frank B. Smith of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery describing his actions during battle at Fort Donelson.

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Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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Murray State University, Waterfield Library

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House, Samuel Woods, 1830-1911

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Samuel House was a soldier in the "Southern Guards Artillery" during the first year of the American Civil War. He enlisted in the Confederate Army at Memphis, Tennessee on April 15, 1861. His unit would later become known as "Johnston's Heavy Artillery Company" in early 1862. House would see combat at Vicksburg and Mobile Bay. He was captured at Vicksburg and later surrendered at Fort Morgan. He was imprisoned at Governor's Island and Elmira, New York. After the war, House became a successful ba...

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