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[Letter from David S. Kennard to Sarah Kennard, June 11, 1862]

Description: Letter from David S. Kennard to his mother, Sarah Kennard from Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas discussing his marching from Dangerfield and their continued marching into Little Rock to meet up with his regiment. Mentions meeting soldiers who were discharged because of their age. He met several soldiers in Washington who were in his company and left behind because of sickness and Mart White, who had died. He also discusses the high prices of corn and paper.
Date: June 11, 1862
Creator: Kennard, David S. & Kennard, Sarah
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from David S. Kennard to his father A. D. Kennard,Jr, June 21, 1862]

Description: Letter from David S. Kennard to his father, A.D. Kennard, Jr., detailing news about his time in the camps by the White River in Arkansas and the news includes: the present location of David's regiment who has set up camps on the White River near De Valls, Arkansas; a dialogue about his company who attempted to travel to "Charles town" (Charleston, AR) by boat,fifty miles away, on the night of June the 16th only to discover the "feds" had captured the town that day; a discussion about marching t… more
Date: June 21, 1862
Creator: Kennard, David S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from David S. Kennard to his father A.D. Kennard, Jr., August 24, 1862]

Description: Letter from David S. Kennard to his father, A.D. Kennard, Jr. detailing news from Arkansas and it includes: details about receiving letters from A.D., from Jennie, and from "Ma"; a discussion about John Westbrook who was going on to Parson's regiment; a dialogue about not being "posted in prices of anything" except tobacco; and an update on his health. He ends his letter stating that he will answer Ma's and Jennie's letters another time and for his father, A.D., to excuse his short letter.
Date: August 24, 1862
Creator: Kennard, David S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from David S. Kennard to his mother Sarah Kennard, September 10, 1862]

Description: Letter written by David S. Kennard to his mother Sarah Kennard discussing his reception of two of her letters. He details that he has had a "long spell of sickness" which has delayed his response to her correspondence. He discusses updates of acquaintances and mentions to his mother that he has had a photograph taken of himself. He lets her know he will mail it to Jennie on the day he wrote this letter.He closes the letter detailing to his mother that he has nothing more to write and that he wo… more
Date: September 10, 1862
Creator: Kennard, David S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from David S. Kennard to Sarah Kennard, October 12, 1862]

Description: Letter from David S. Kennard to his mother from Camp Hope, Arkansas, saying he was getting well and had stayed with the sick in camp while the rest of the men marched to the White River. Two men from other regiments died on the prairie and the men from his company had marched in a cold rain, marching in water and mud from the top of their shoes, up to knee height. Uncle George was riding a horse back home, Uncle John is in good health, Bill Harris is getting well, Bill Hadley is well, and Cap… more
Date: October 12, 1862
Creator: Kennard, David S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

New Hampshire and Vermont.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century New Hampshire and Vermont counties, railroads, cities and towns. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:1,014,000].
Date: 1862
Creator: Gamble, W. H. (William H.)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Johnson's Illinois.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Illinois township grid, cities, roads, railroads, and counties. Inset: "Court-house Chicago." Scale not given.
Date: [1862..1866]
Creator: Johnson and Ward
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

United States of North America (Western States).

Description: Map shows unusual boundary lines for Washington, Oregon, Nebraska, Minnesota, New Mexico, Utah, and Kansas as territories of the United States west of the Mississippi River; cities and towns, military posts, railways, major roads, water resources, and mining activity. Scale [1:4,748,000].
Date: 1862
Creator: Johnston, Alexander Keith, 1804-1871
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Johnson's Mexico.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Mexico provinces, cities, and towns. Includes notes on vegetation and topography for some areas of the map. Inset: "Territory and Isthmus of Tehuantepec." Relief indicated by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:8,110,000] and Scale [ca. 1:2,410,000].
Date: [1862..1866]
Creator: Johnson and Ward
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Johnson's Delaware and Maryland.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century railroads, canals, major roads, cities, towns, and military installations. Includes legend, text and illustrations. Text defines Mason & Dixon's Line. Inset: "General Post Office," "Treasury Buildings," "Patent Office," "District of Columbia," and key to buildings. Scale [ca. 1:975,000] and [ca. 1:184,000].
Date: [1862..1866]
Creator: Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Johnson's new map of the state of Texas.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Texas counties, towns, cities, roads, and U. S. mail routes. Insets: "Plan of Sabine Lake," "Plan of the Northern Part of Texas" and "Plan of Galveston Bay." Relief shown by hachures, depths by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:2,134,000].
Date: 1862?
Creator: Johnson and Ward
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of public surveys in Nevada Territory: To accompany report of Surveyor Genl. 1862.

Description: Map shows township grid and "Lake Bigler" in western-most portion of Nevada Territory; roads, settlements, springs, buildings, ranches, mining activity, and mineral resources along western and southwestern border areas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:253,440].
Date: 1862
Creator: Beale, Edward Fitzgerald, 1822-1893
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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