Crockett, Edward Richardson,diary 1864-1865,undated

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Crockett, Edward Richardson,diary 1864-1865,undated

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Comprising a volume of Photostats,the Edward Richardson Crockett Diary, 1864-1865, undated, documents Crockett’sConfederate service in Company F of Hood’s Brigade during the Civil War. The journalprimarily describes the activities of Hood’s Brigade and the battles of Cold Harbor,Spotsylvania Court House, and the Wilderness. The diary also contains a muster rollfor Company F, poems by Crockett, an ordinance report for April 1864, and a missiveto his wife about letters he received. Furthermore, a brief, undated biography aboutCrockett by Fannie Crockett prefaces the diary.

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