Title: Amos Guthrie Letter

Date/Date Range :   1864 July 14

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains a letter written by Guthrie from U.S General Hospital No. 2, Chattanooga Tennessee.

Call number: MS-2946

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

Aquisition Information:

The University of Tennessee Special Collections Library purchased this collection in June of 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], Amos Guthrie Letter, MS-2946. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This collection consists of one folder.

Amos Guthrie was born to Samuel and Catherine Guthrie in New Rumley Township, Ohio in about 1844. He had two known siblings: Sarah (born about 1848) and Mary (born about 1861). He enlisted in the United States Signal Corps on 22 December 1863 and served in the Southeastern United States during the Civil War. Guthrie died in Chattanooga, Tennessee on 4 August 1864.

This collection contains a letter written by Guthrie from U.S General Hospital No. 2, Chattanooga Tennessee. Guthrie informs his family as to his condition as well as the expected movements of his Corps. He also inveighs against Copperheads.

• Soldiers -- Ohio -- Correspondence.
• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Protest movements.
• Copperhead movement.