- GLC#
- GLC02179.01.015-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 1861
- Author/Creator
- McKinney, Erastus R., fl. 1851-1904
- Title
- to Cynthia McKinney
- Place Written
- Bird's Point, Missouri
- Pagination
- 4 p. ; Height: 19.5 cm, Width: 24 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
One letter from Erastus R. McKinney to his wife, Cynthia McKinney, dated October of 1861. Details news that he has not been called to battle as was expected, as well as the possibility of being home for Christmas. Did not include an envelope.
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