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R         Gilmore, Lizzie C.

346                  Correspondence, 1861‑1865

                                    One folder.

 

 

 

These are letters by Lizzie C. Gilmore, a Union soldier’s wife, at Lebanon and Rolla, Mis­souri, and by her relatives in Keosauqua, Iowa, and Crittenden County, Kentucky.  The letters note political differences among family members, events preceding the Battle of Memphis in Scot­land County, Missouri, guerrilla activity in Kentucky, and depredations by bushwhackers in Laclede County, Missouri.

 

 

14 August 1861          “Chloe,” Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa to “Eva.”

 

23 August 1863          “Cousin Alice,” Lebanon, Missouri, to “Dear Aunt & Cousins.”

 

15 June 1864                Elizabeth Loyd, Crittenden County, Kentucky, to “Cousins” William

                                       and Marthy Green

 

9 August 1864            Lizzie C. Gilmore, Lebanon, Missouri, to “Cousins” Mr. & Mrs.

                                       N. W. and M. C. Green

 

6 December 1864        Lizzie C. Gilmore, J[ames] E. Gilmore and A. B. Gilmore,

                                       Rolla, Missouri, to N. W. and M. C. Green

 

25 June 1865                Lizzie C. Gilmore, Rolla, Missouri, to “Cousins” W. N. [sic ] and

                                       M. C. Green

 

 

 

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