Scope and Contents

This collection contains copies of letters from 3 Union Soldiers to Norman Moore, during the Civil War. The letters discuss the war, lives of the soldiers, lives of people in Tennessee and Mississippi, crime in Nashville, and the death of President Lincoln. Several letters are fragmented pieces, and 2 letters are severely faded.

Correspondence - from Newton Chaffe

• June 10, 1862 - original faded
• December 5, 1863
• January 17, 1864
• March 6, 1864 - ½ of letter
• April 6, 1864
• August 29, 1864
• January 5, 1865
• January 28, 1865
• March 27, 1865
• April 11, 1865 - ½ of letter
• April 23, 1865 - regarding the death of President Lincoln

Correspondence - from Jerry Rogers

• March 14, 1865
• April 18, 1865
• n.d. - ½ of letter (2)

Correspondence - from cousin

• n.d. - ½ of letter

Correspondence - from brother

• December 1, 1863 - original badly faded