Title: Thomas Griffin Letter

Date/Date Range :   1862 April 23

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of a letter from Private Thomas Griffin, then serving with Company I of the 8th Indiana Cavalry, written from Camp Shiloh to his wife on April 23, 1862.

Call number: MS-2963

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

Aquisition Information:

Purchased by Special Collections, August 30, 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], Thomas Griffin Letter, MS-2963. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This collection consists of one folder.

Thomas Griffin mustered into Company I of the 8th Indiana Cavalry on November 22, 1861. He was killed at Stones River, Tennessee, on December 31, 1862.

This collection consists of a letter from Private Thomas Griffin, then serving with Company I of the 8th Indiana Cavalry, written from Camp Shiloh to his wife on April 23, 1862. In it, Griffin writes that his "captain has a bet that we will be home in three. I almost hope he will win that bet." He also writes that he is shipping home three Union Army overcoats and two "Secesh" Bowie knives captured from the Shiloh battlefield, one of which has the name J. J. Fowler marked into the handle.

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States. Army. Indiana Cavalry Regiment, 8th (1863-1865).
• Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
• Soldiers -- Indiana -- Correspondence.