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This is a collection of letters written by Guy A. (Alfred) Coover to Mrs. M. (Margaret) T. Coover, his mother, during the Philippine-American War, and related newsclippings. Coover was a member of Company D, 20th Regiment, Kansas Infantry and the letters date from 1898 to 1899. Margaret Coover lived in Walnut, Kansas. Guy Coover was mustered in on June 14, 1898 as a private, promoted to corporal on July 27, 1899, and mustered out with his regiment. Letters from Guy Coover to his wife Gertrude Dutton of Springfield, Missouri are also included. Two other items in the Coover Collection are available on Kansas Memory as separate items: a broadside titled To My Countrymen The Americans (scan forthcoming); and a Roster of the 20th Regiment, Kansas Infantry (item 442386).
Creator: Coover, Guy Alfred
Date: 1898 - 1907
Item Number: 442356
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442356
Collections - Manuscript
Date - 1890s - 1898
Date - 1890s - 1899
Date - 1900s - 1900
Date - 1900s - 1901
Date - 1900s - 1902
Date - 1900s - 1903
Home and Family - Courtship and marriage - Courtship
Military - Service - Army - Infantry - 20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry
Military - Wars - Philippine Insurrection
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/442356