Assorted family letters of the Edmonstons, writing with family news (including family deaths) from Dubois County, Ind., and Vandalia, Ill. Also includes Civil War letters of Benjamin and Basil B. Edmonston, sons of Ninian Edmonston, who had remained in North Carolina and joined the Confederate forces. The two soldiers participated in the defending of Petersburg in July 1864; Benjamin was wounded and died in August 1864.