Fragment of letter of [James P. Groot]. "Please direct your letter to Capt. Galland when you do write but you need not write untill you receive a paper as I hardly know where we will be next week as we may receive marching orders at any day at 1 hour notice notice to march into Missouri against the cecessionists [secessionists]. Several companies out of our Regt. left here today & had a collision with several [word unclear] cecessionists at a small town called Athens in Missouri.", [1861]

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 8

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists primarily of Groot family correspondence. Most of the letters were written by James P. Groot. Notable content includes three letters signed Rachel Mull to her sister Maria—dated September 2, 1855, April 5, 1856, and February 25, no year—that describe the abusive relationship with her husband, Barney Mull. The collection also includes 12 Civil War–era letters signed James P. Groot describing affairs in St. Louis and his military service in the 6th Iowa Infantry.