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Love, James Edwin (1830-1905). Papers (1859-1865.)
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Love, James Edwin (1830-1905). Papers (1859-1865.)

Description:
James Edwin Love was born September 27, 1830, in County Antrim, Ireland. He emigrated to the United States in 1849, settling first in Cincinnati and then in St. Louis. He traveled to Australia in 1854 and remained there for four years before returning to St. Louis. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted as a sergeant in Company D, 5th United States Reserve Corps (3 months). After his regiment was mustered out in August 1861, he spent several months on unattached service in Missouri and western Kansas, before being mustered into the 8th Kansas Infantry at Fort Leavenworth in February 1862. He rose to the rank of captain. He was wounded and taken prisoner in the Battle of Chickamauga, and was confined in Libby Prison and other Confederate prisons before his escape in February 1865. On May 2, 1865, he married Miss Eliza (Molly) Wilson in St. Louis, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died December 27, 1905. The papers consist primarily of the correspondence of James E. Love to his future wife while serving in the 5th U.S.R.C. (3 months) along the Missouri River in central and western Missouri from June to August 1861, and with the 8th Kansas Infantry in Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, and while confined in Confederate prisons. Letters describe the affairs of these regiments and include accounts of military operations in the vicinity of Nashville, Tennessee, from November 1862 to June 1863, and accounts of the Battle of Perryville and the Tullahoma and Chickamauga Campaigns. The letters also provide information on marches, camp life, diet, guerrilla warfare, and prison life, and include several poems. The collection also contains Love's diary, dated December 1862 to July 1863, written mostly while stationed at Nashville and during the Tullahoma Campaign; his undated typescript autobiography, which includes accounts of his military service and his escape from a Confederate prison; two family letters addressed to Robert Love; and reproductions of Love family photographs. Collection is indexed in the archives card catalog. Finding aid available.

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Dates: 1859 to 1865

Type(s): archive, collection

Maker/Creator: Love, James Edwin (1830-1905).

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Identifier: ARC:A0940

Permalink: http://collections.mohistory.org/archive/ARC:A0940
James Edwin Love was born September 27, 1830, in County Antrim, Ireland. He emigrated to the United States in 1849, settling first in Cincinnati and then in St. Louis. He traveled to Australia in 1854 and remained there for four years before returning to St. Louis. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted as a sergeant in Company D, 5th United States Reserve Corps (3 months). After his regiment was mustered out in August 1861, he spent several months on unattached service in Missouri and western Kansas, before being mustered into the 8th Kansas Infantry at Fort Leavenworth in February 1862. He rose to the rank of captain. He was wounded and taken prisoner in the Battle of Chickamauga, and was confined in Libby Prison and other Confederate prisons before his escape in February 1865. On May 2, 1865, he married Miss Eliza (Molly) Wilson in St. Louis, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died December 27, 1905. The papers consist primarily of the correspondence of James E. Love to his future wife while serving in the 5th U.S.R.C. (3 months) along the Missouri River in central and western Missouri from June to August 1861, and with the 8th Kansas Infantry in Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, and while confined in Confederate prisons. Letters describe the affairs of these regiments and include accounts of military operations in the vicinity of Nashville, Tennessee, from November 1862 to June 1863, and accounts of the Battle of Perryville and the Tullahoma and Chickamauga Campaigns. The letters also provide information on marches, camp life, diet, guerrilla warfare, and prison life, and include several poems. The collection also contains Love\

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