Wartime Correspondence

The Thomas McKean Collection

Thomas McKean was the Band Leader of the 10th Pennsylvania Reserves’s Regimental Band. Seldom is heard from soldiers holding such a post. These letters were shared with us by Roland J. Gallo in 2011, and are being posted now for research and educational purposes.

Individual Wartime Correspondence

Letter from Eben N. Ford, Co. H, from Camp Tenally, dated September 18, 1861

Letter from Eben N. Ford, Co. H, from Camp Tenally, dated September 18, 1861

Sept. 18, 1861 Camp Tennally, D.C. – Editor Warren Mail: The various correspondents that represent the numerous daily papers are reporting the progress, position and condition of the army so m...