Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains a letter from Madison T. Lawson to his family, written in Lee County, Virginia, on March 28, 1864. Lawson writes of his current location and activities of his regiment, including a recent incursion into Kentucky to capture a mule train. He talks about the difficulties of the terrain, the loss of ground to the Union army, and the scarcity of water in parts of Virginia and Tennessee. He closes with an update on some mutual family and friends serving in the war and with...