1861-1864
Morris Family
Header Record
Title: Letters from members of the Morris family in Co. A, 63 Penn. Vols. [decimalized: .001-.104]
This collection consists of the compelling correspondence between four brothers serving in the Union Army and their family at home in Pennsylvania from early 1861 to late 1864. The bulk of the collection is Wilmor Morris' correspondence with his parents and brothers in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, but he also received several letters from other members of Company A. There are three letters from his good friend James Miller who was killed in the Battle of the Wilderness on 6 May 1864. There is a letter from Captain William Smith who was wounded at Fair Oaks, Virginia on 31 May…
GLC06451
