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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865)

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Theodore Watson Letters

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Identifier: Midwest-MS-Watson
Abstract

Letters from Theodore Watson to his brother John in Hillsboro, Illinois, during the early months of the Civil War. Correspondence describes his life as a three-month enlistee in the Illinois 3rd Company (later the Illinois 9th Regiment) stationed at Camp Defiance to defend Cairo, Illinois.

Dates: 1861 April 27-July 7