Yes, Alan, I plan to donate notarized copies, certifying that they are copies of orignal letters, to the ADAH. I am checking the transcription and researching the events Frank discusses in his letters.

In one dated January 7, 1863, written from Vicksburg he says, "Thare was a grate accident happened on the rale road on last Wednesday about 14 miles from hear the cars run off the track and killed nine men and wounded forty one more they nearly all belonged to the 35 miss regimint the same regiment that tom belongs to but I hear that hee was not on that traine I learn from one of the regimint that hee is in the brest works"

He tells his wife to send a reply to "Vicksburg miss in the care of Capt T C Mechel 42 regiment ala volunteers Cornal Portice"

Can you shed any light on this train wreck?