East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University Undergraduate Honors Theses Student Works 5-2011 The ohnJ H. Crawford Papers: Letters from the Civil War. Holly Young East Tennessee State University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/honors Part of the Military History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Young, Holly, "The oJ hn H. Crawford Papers: Letters from the Civil War." (2011). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 15. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/15 This Honors Thesis - Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Undergraduate Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The John H. Crawford Papers: Letters from the Civil War Holly Alisha Young East Tennessee State University Undergraduate Honors Thesis Advisor: Dr. Andrew Slap Reader: Dr. Michelle Crumley Reader Dr. Melvin Page 1 Table of Contents I. Acknowledgements 3 II. The Sixtieth Tennessee and Their Involvement in the War 4 III. Why Did the Sixtieth Tennessee Support the Confederacy? 14 IV. Forward to the Letters 25 V. The John H. Crawford Letters 26 VI. Appendix A 49 VII. Appendix B 54 VIII. Bibliography 55 2 Acknowledgements I would first and foremost like to thank God for giving me patience and helping me through to completing this project. I would also like to thank my family, especially my parents, and my friends for encouraging me and supporting me throughout my research, writing, and presentations.