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A letter written by Leigh R. Webber from Kansas City, Missouri, addressed to Miss Brown, a daughter of John Stillman Brown, a Unitarian minister who lived west of Lawrence. Webber mainly discusses camp life in Kansas City and the unruly behavior of his fellow soldiers, particularly regarding thievery and drunkenness.
Creator: Webber, L. R.
Date: February 1, 1862
Item Number: 220235
Call Number: John Stillman Brown Coll. #300, Box 2, Correspondence Jan.-June, 1862
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220235
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Military
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Religion - Ministers
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John Stillman
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Environment - Weather
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Scott
Military - Wars - Civil War
Military - Wars - Civil War - Kansas Units
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Scott
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Independence
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
Places - Rivers - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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