Correspondence written by William Ennis received by his mother, Eliza Whitehorne Ennis. This correspondence series primarily consists of letters discussing life in the army. William describes the different locations and events that occurred in Washington, Cincinnati, Paris (Kentucky), Lexington, Louisville and Atlanta. He writes that traveling is less than pleasant because "at any moment you might have the train fired into, and have the music of bullets about your ears." In a letter written in July 1864 William writes that people living in the North know little of what those living in the border states have suffered as they never know when they are safe. Three letters within this series address the campaign in Nashville. Amongst the military information William frequently urges his family to write to him.