Civil War Letters: Ohio

Ephraim Tuttle of the 45^th Ohio Infantry Writes from Kentucky & the Torments of Confederate General Kirby Smith

The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain – Henry C. Laybourn, Company A, 66^th Ohio Infantry Gives a Long Graphic Description – Confederate General Leonidas Polk is Killed – “WE HAD TO GO RIGHT OVER A HILL IN THE HOTTEST OF THE FIRE.” – “THE BULLETS JUST CUT ALL AROUND ME, BUT FORTUNATELY I DID NOT GET HIT” – “I USED MY OLD ENFIELD PRETTY BRISK.” – “THE REBS STUCK UP A FLAG IN THEIR WORKS IN PLAIN VIEW. I TOOK DEAD AIM AT IT SEVERAL TIMES & AM PRETTY CERTAIN THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE HOLE IN IT.”

110th O.V.I. – Sergt. R. V. McCollum Writes of the Fate of Fellow P.O.W. Asa L. Collins of the 106th N.Y. Infantry – Both were P.O.W.’s at Danville, Virginia – Matching U.S. Christian Commission Stationary & Cover with Chaplain’s Endorsement