Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection consists of a letter from Zadock B. Sprinter to Martha Caroll in 1864. This letter provides insight to life inside a prison camp during the Civil War, hardships a prisoner may have faced, and items they would have desired or not had access to. Sent from Danville, Virginia, Zadock B. Springer details relations and conditions of family members, as well as his own health and condition as a prisoner of war in a Confederate prison camp. In addition, he asks Mrs. Caroll to send...