Title: William Klice Letter

Date/Date Range :    1862 September 7

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

A letter written by William Klice to his father and mother on September 7,1862. Klice was a Union soldier in the 7th Missouri Volunteers, Company A. In the letter he describes skirmishes on the Mississippi Central Railroad and at Medon Station, Tenn.

Call number: MS-2854

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

Collection was purchased by Special Collections on July 13, 2006

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], William Klice Letter, MS-2854. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

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A letter written by William Klice to hisfather and mother on September 7,1862. Klice was a Union soldier in the 7th Missouri Volunteers, Company A. In the letter he describes skirmishes on the Mississippi Central Railroad and at Medon Station, Tennessee. He tells of one skirmish in which they had come under attack from a group of rebels: "They charged up a steep hill and charged into the woods after the rebels. The rebels retreated even though they had some five thousand strong, while the union soldiers only numbered around four hundred. In the skirmish the rebels lost 50, and had many more wounded, while the union only had one wounded."

• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.