Elias Brady papers
Published: 1862
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Correspondence; Prisoners and prisons; Confiscations and contributions; Military life; United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 86th (1862-1865); Soldiers; United States. Army; United States; History
Description: Letters written home by Elias Brady and Harris Gass. The majority of the letters are from Elias Brady to his wife, Martha Gass Brady, sister of Harris Gass and daughter of John Gass. The letters, written from Kentucky, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Chattanooga, Tenn., discuss picket duty, camp life, troop movements, prisoner exchange, foraging, confiscating food, and news of casualties. Also included are letters from Harris Gass to John Gass at Rainsville, Ind., and copies of the Indiana state records of the military service of the two men.
Notes: In the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (#3694-z).

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Purchase 1964.

Elias Brady of Warren County, Ind., enlisted as a musician in Company D, 86th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Army of the Cumberland, in August 1862. He served until he died of smallpox in December 1863. His brother-in-law, Lieutenant Harris Gass, also served with the 86th.