Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Letter signed Ferd. Kennett to his mother. Has joined the 1st Mo. Regiment. You have no idea of the respect shown our Missouri boys. Everyone is glad to see one of them. There is no truth in what the Yankees say about our soldiers not having any clothes or anything to eat. They never were better clothed or fed or armed or in a better condition to fight the Yankees than at the present time.”, 1863 Dec 7
Item — Box: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection comprises papers of the Kennett and Frost families, including notes and receipts of the Kennett, White and Company, circa 1840; letters of D.M. Frost to his wife from Texas in 1852 regarding Indian wars and letters dated 1856 regarding the Sioux War; diary of Edwin Harrison, 1858, which concerns the social life of St. Louis; and Civil War letters of Ferdinand Kennett, Jr. (Confederate) to his parents, 1864. (The Kennett family left Selma Hall and moved to St. Louis during...
Dates:
1863 Dec 7