Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection consists of a single letter attributed to Charles Baker Davidson and written to "Dear Brother" (probably James Dorman Davidson of Lexington, Virginia). Writing from Evansville [Indiana] on December 24, 1861, Davidson comments on the difficulties of communicating via mail with Virginia during the war and shares news of his situation: "We have left this place [and] are staying at present at New Albany. ... The troubles of these times have jossled [sic] me out of my conf. [and]...