"September 1, 1861-March 22, 1862. Nashville. The Pearl family, who had migrated to Nashville from the North in the mid-1850s, was split by sectional antagonisms. In 1861 Mr. Pearl took the daughters to Detroit. John, the son, joined the 1st…
“November 22, 1863 - April 2, 1866. Memphis and La Grange, Tennessee. Nine letters from a native Virginian, who had moved to Joliet, Illinois, before being sent to Western Tennessee as an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, to his family,…