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Theodore Watson Letters
Collection
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