Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains four letters written by William Henry Ruse, a private in Company E, 97th Ohio Infantry and Company I, 11th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps. Written between 1863 and 1865, the letters are all addressed to "Maggie" (Margaret "Maggie" Stewart). The first three letters were written from a hospital in Nashville, Tennessee. On March 16, 1863, Ruse relates the contents of a recent dream of the war's end, then conveys news of mutual acquaintances and discusses the recent...