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Impromptu Speech of Governor Richard Oglesby
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Richard J. (Richard Jacob) Mohr letters to Martha Collier Mohr
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Letters that Richard Mohr wrote to his then fiancee Martha (Mattie) Collier. The letters are dated Oct. 3, 1861 (Point Girardeau, Mo); Feb. 13, 1862 (Bird's Point, Mo); Mar. 3, 1862 (Bird's Point, Mo); Mar. 18, 1862 (New Madrid, Mo); May 9, 1862 (Corinth, Miss); Aug. 12, 1862 (Clear Creek, Miss); Sept. 13, 1862; Dec. 3, 1862 (Tallahatchie River, Miss); and Dec. 17, 1864 (Savannah, Ga.). The long, detailed letters describe the war in Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee; the last letter describe Mohr's experience in the Savannah campaign.
mssHM 30506 (1-9)
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Richard J. (Richard Jacob) Mohr correspondence to Martha Collier Mohr
Manuscripts
There are 16, some incomplete, letters from Richard J. (Richard Jacob) Mohr to his fiancée Martha (Mattie) Collier, a school teacher. In these letters, Mohr describes his life in the United States Army, pines for home, and dreams about the future with Collier. He writes about camp life in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama, including trips to neighboring towns and encounters with the locals. He also touches on the business of running a field hospital, conversations with his patients, Confederate deserters, and discusses his commanding officers, including Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Frances Preston Blair, Jr., Peter Joseph Osterhaus, and James B. McPherson. Other topics include military news and political headlines.
mssHM 83600 (1-16)