Letters between Benjamin F. Workman, who served as a private and assistant surgeon, Company K, Second Regiment of Mississippi Infantry, Mexican War, and his father and mother, Joseph and Lydia Workman, Hayesville, Ohio; his sister, Sedelia Workman, and his brother, J. S. Workman. Letters written to Benjamin F. Workman were addressed to Cincinnati and Westford, Ohio; Canton, Georgetown, Manchester, and Monticello, Mississippi; Stockton, California; Emitsburg, Maryland; and various places in Mexico.