Box 1
Container
Contains 54 Results:
Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (Union loss at Hartsville, burial detail, 60 men killed, "They burnt many of our tents") Castalian Springs, TN, Dec. 8, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates:
Dec. 8, 1863
Letter, Bennett, Robert to father (Union soldiers captured, marched to battlefield but arrived too late, burial detail, discharges, sickness, Battle of Hartsville, keeping rebels out of Kentucky) Castalian Springs, TN, Dec. 12, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates:
Dec. 12, 1863
Letter, Bennett, Robert to mother (health, "You don't write as much as I do") Castalian Springs, TN, Dec. 12, 1863
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...
Dates:
Dec. 12, 1863
Second copy of transcripts
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content of the Collection
From the Collection:
Robert Bennett’s correspondence from Aug. 15, 1861 through Dec. 12, 1863, written to his father, mother and sisters, as well as two letters addressed to Bennett from his cousins Nicholas and William, along with one letter written to Bennett’s father from another soldier in Company D. Correspondence consists of two identical sets of typed transcriptions (no originals).The bulk of the letters are addressed to Bennett’s father, which contain descriptions of camp life, Bennett’s...