Muzzle loading, back action percussion lock, .36 caliber rifle. The rifle is approximately 40" long with an octagon barrel, full stock with brass covered joint just behind the lower ramrod pipe. The wood has an unusual finish (probably refinished)....
B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) McCutchen served as a Private in Company I , 6th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, C. S. A.. He was stricken with typhoid pneumonia during the war and ultimately paid for a replacement to finish his service. In the letter, he...
Correspondence; Children; Families; Mothers; Spouses; Civil Wars; War
Correspondence from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband, Samuel R. Latta. This four-page letter provides information about the homelife of Mary Guthrie Latta since her husband's departure. She states that the family "is getting along as well and...