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Joseph Harrington Trego was a physician and pioneer from Mound City. He came to Kansas in 1857 and became a "jayhawker." In this correspondence he talks of border warfare, formation of military units, politics, elections, crops, weather, military service in the Third Kansas Brigade Company D, 5th Kansas Cavalry, and life in Linn County, Kansas.
Creator: Trego, Joseph H. (Joseph Harrington), 1823-1905
Date: 1862-1863
Item Number: 225938
Call Number: Joseoph H. Trego Coll. #523, Box 1 Folders 3-4
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225938
Collections - Manuscript - Trego, Joseph Harrington
Date - 1861-1869 - 1862
Date - 1861-1869 - 1863
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Home and Family - Daily life
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - Civil War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Trego, Joseph Harrington
Places - Cities and towns - Mound City
Places - Counties - Linn
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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