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R         Murray, Thomas.

522                  Correspondence, 1862-1867.

                                    Two folders.

 

These are letters addressed to Thomas Murray of Davenport, Iowa, by relatives serving in the Union army during the Civil War.  Included are letters from a brother, William Murray, and a cousin, Thomas Murray, both of whom served in Company C of the 20th Iowa Infantry in Mis­souri and Arkansas.  There are also postwar letters regarding the grave of William Murray, who was killed at Prairie Grove, Arkansas.

 

Folder 1:  Original letters (see filing order, below).

Folder 2:  Typescripts (in the same order as the originals).

 

James Murray letter

                Regiment unspecified

        1862        18 Jan             James Murray, Fulton [Ill.], to cousin (with cover).

 

William Murray letters

                Co. C, 20th Iowa Volunteer Infantry

        1862        24 Aug           William Murray, Camp Kirkwood, Clinton County, Iowa, to Thomas

                                                 Murray, Davenport, Iowa (with cover)

        1862        08 Sep            William Murray, Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., to father, Charles

                                                 Murray, Davenport, Iowa (with cover)

        1862        10 Sep            William Murray, Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., to brother Thomas

                                                 Murray, Davenport, Iowa

        1862        19 Sep            William Murray, Gasconade River [Laclede County, Mo.], to father

                                                 and mother

        1862        25 Sep            William Murray, Springfield, Mo., to brother Thomas Murray,

                                                 Davenport, Iowa (with cover)

        1862        08 Oct             William Murray, Newtonia, Mo., to father Charles Murray

        1862        03 Nov           William Murray, Pea Ridge, Ark. to brother Thomas Murray,

                                                 continued 6 November from Marysville, Mo. (with cover)

        1862        29 Nov           William Murray, Camp at Mccoluck [McCullah Spring, Stone

                                                 County?], Mo., to brother

        1867        14 Feb            L. D. Jernigan[?], Fayetteville, Ark., to “Dear Eld”

        1867        05 Mar            Thomas Murray, Davenport, Iowa, to the Adjutant General of

                                                 Wisconsin, Madison (with cover)

        1867        07 Mar            Adjutant General of Wisconsin, Madison, to Thomas Murray,

                                                 Davenport, Iowa (with cover)

 

Thomas Murray letters

                Co. C, 20th Iowa Volunteer Infantry

        1863        08 Mar            Thomas Murray, Camp Culver [Hazelwood, Wright County, Mo.], to

                                                 cousin

        1863        08 Apr            Thomas Murray, Camp Totten [Phelps County, Mo.], to cousin (with

                                                 cover)

        1863        16 Jun             Thomas Murray, Rear of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to cousin

 

 

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