The Amos G. Mount Civil War Letters are now on History Center Website

The Amos G. Mount Civil War letters are now online at the Oldham County History Center website. This $25,000 collection was donated by Lucretia Davenport whose late husband, John McRoberts Mount, Jr. was an descendant of Amos.  Amos was an Oldham County native and Union soldier in Company B of the 6th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry U.S. during the Civil War.

These letters were written from several different camps and battlefields including Camp Andrew Jackson, Camp Wickliffe , Camp Sigel , a camp near Murfreesboro, TN., Camp Nichols' Ford, Camp Morton, a camp near Corinth, Miss., and others.

The 6th Kentucky saw action at Stones River, Shiloh, Woodbury, Browns Ferry, Orchard Knob, Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga and Perryville among others. Mount was seriously wounded at Woodbury, but recovered. He returned home to LaGrange , Ky for a short time before moving permanently to Missouri after discharge from the army on November 2, 1864.

Mount's descriptions of the dead and wounded at Shiloh as well as the weather and conditions endured by the army are moving. There is a special section provided by author Joseph R. Reinhart taken from his book, A History of the 6 th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry U.S. that describes the events and people involved in the 6 th Regiment. This collection was transcribed, scanned and digitized by volunteers Anne Murner, Jimmy Dan Theiss and Kent Keyes at the Oldham County History Center. To view the letters go to the website: http://oldhamcountyhistoricalsociety.org and click on collections.