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Scope and Content From the Collection: The James Kirkpatrick Letters contains two letters from Captain James Kirkpatrick of Company C, Third Missouri Cavalry. The first, dated, 14 December 1863, is written from Company Headquarters in Jacksonport, Arkansas to his wife, Elizabeth, who is home in Clayton, Adams County, Illinois. The second letter, dated 21 June 1864, is written from a camp near Little Rock, Arkansas, to his eldest son, William, age approx. 15 years-old, who is serving with the 137th Regiment, Illinois Infantry near...