Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains eleven letters by George W. Benson, a Pennsylvania soldier stationed and hospitalized around Washington, D.C., Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania between 1863 and 1865 during the American Civil War. The letters, written to his sister (whom he identifies as Sarah at one point), describe camp and hospital life but focus largely on personal matters. The first six of Benson's letters were written from hospitals (Columbian College Hospital in January, 1863, and...