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Finding Aid for the John P. Lathrop Letter, 1865 January 5


MS-2968

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Collection processed by: Todd R.Yarbrough, December 6, 2006
Finding Aid written by: Todd R. Yarbrough, December 11, 2006
Encoded by: Todd R. Yarbrough, December 11, 2006

Summary Information
Title: John P. Lathrop Letter

Date/Date Range :   1865 January 5

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:
In this letter to Master Sergeant Curtis Judd (postmarked in Clarksville, Tennessee) Lathrop discusses how much he dislikes war. He talks about how he would rather be a Chief Operator than out in the field fighting.

Call number: MS-2968

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

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
The University of Tennessee Special Collections Library purchased this collection in 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], John P. Lathrop Letter, MS-2968. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

This collection consists of one letter.


Biography / History

John P. Lathrop was born in June of 1839 in New York. When the Civil War broke out, he enlisted first as a commissary sergeant and then as a soldier in Company S of the 129th Illinois Infantry. After his discharge, he moved to Kentucky with his wife, Alice. Lathrop died in or about 1901.

Curtis J. Judd was born to Judson and Corinthia A. Dorman Judd in about 1839 in Massachusetts. He entered Company B of the 129th Illinois Volunteer Infantry as a Sergeant Major in 1862 and mustered out in Washington, DC, in 1865. After the war, he returned to Illinois but later moved to Massachusetts with his wife, Estelle. He died on June 6, 1927.


Collection Scope and Content Note

In this letter to Master Sergeant Curtis Judd, Sergeant John P. Lathrop discusses how much he dislikes war. He talks about how he would rather be a Chief Operator than out in the field fighting. He tells Judd that the "smell of Gun Powder is Offensive to me ... Never did like the whistle of a bullet of the scream of a shell, yet I endure it."

Subject Terms

  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
  • Soldiers -- Illinois -- Correspondence.
Contents List
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John P. Lathrop Letter, 1865 January 5