Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains five letters relating to Abram Clendening, a soldier in the 5th Independent Company, Ohio Sharpshooters during the American Civil War, and other members of his family. Included is a single letter written by Clendening at Port Clinton, [Ohio], on December 16, 1863, in which he provides his reasons for enlisting and notes that he will be home for Christmas on a 20-day furlough. Most of the remaining letters relate to events surrounding Clendening's death, the...