Letter from James Kirkpatrick Shaw to his sister, December 1861
- Containers:
- Box 156
- Scope and content:
1 item. Manuscript letter (with typed copy) by James Kirkpatrick Shaw, C.S.A. (1861) to his sister, Mrs. Jesse Shaw Smith, Quincy, Florida. Footnotes are: "This letter was written by James K. Shaw 17 days before his 17th birthday. He was later shot through one eye but survived the war to return to Quincy in 1865, marry and raise a family, three sons and one daughter, all of Quincy. Roderick Kirkpatrick Shaw, James Sweet Shaw, Charles Richard Shaw, and Mary Shaw (Mrs. M.A. Love)." The letter was dated Winchester, December 1861, where he was then fighting with the Confederate Army.
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