The letters were written in July and August 1864 from the Ladies Relief Hospitalin Lynchburg, Virginia. A.K. Hanna was wounded in the Battle of Lynchburg and wastreated at the hospital until his death 13 August 1864. The first two letters were dictatedto his West Virginia comrade, J.M.B. Walkup. The third letter and postscript were writtenby Mrs. Lucy Wilhelmina Otey, who directed the work of the hospital, informing Mrs.Elizabeth A. Hanna of the death of her husband.
Collection of letters written by Abraham K. Hanna (1826-1864) to his wife Elizabeth A. Hanna following the Battle of Lynchburg in June 1864.
Hanna was wounded and his foot amputated; he subsequently died of his injuries on 13 August 1864 and was buried in the City Cemetery in Lynchburg.
Included in this collection are:
1) the manuscript finding aid for the collection
2) typed transcriptions of the three letters
3) images of a handwritten transcription of the 18 August 1864 letter
4) images of three handwritten letters
