From Abishai Stowell to "Dear Sister"

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Title: From Abishai Stowell to "Dear Sister"
Creator: Abishai Stowell
Description: On March 26, 1862, Abishai Stowell writes from Springfield, Missouri to his sister, Margaret. Stowell, a member of Co. A, 2nd Regt., Kansas Volunteers, says that he recently went home and reports that their family was mostly in good health. Stowell asks his sister to write to Jim "and try to persuade him to go home…if he will only stay at home till this war is ended."
Date: March 26, 1862
Local Subject: Battle for Missouri, 1861-1865 -- Military History of Missouri and Kansas
Kansas military units
Women
Surviving a Guerrilla War
People: Abishai Stowell
Object Type: Letter
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Abishai Stowell, 1862-1865
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