Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains seven letters written by Jellison to his wife and his mother during the American Civil War. In addition, the collection includes Jellison's his discharge papers. Despite the short duration of his service, Jellison's letters were written from a variety of locations in Virginia, Washington, DC, and aboard the gun boat St. Louis. All the letters are dated, but not all include the year, so the sequence is unclear. For the most part, Jellison writes of his...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains seven letters written by Jellison to his wife and his mother during the American Civil War. In addition, the collection includes Jellison's his discharge papers. Despite the short duration of his service, Jellison's letters were written from a variety of locations in Virginia, Washington, DC, and aboard the gun boat St. Louis. All the letters are dated, but not all include the year, so the sequence is unclear. For the most part, Jellison writes of his...