Reminiscences [microform], undated.

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Reminiscences [microform], undated.

Recollections of a Confederate lieutenant colonel of artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia, describing a number of Confederate leaders, including President Jefferson Davis and Generals Joseph E. Johnson, Gustavus W. Smith, Horace Randal, Robert E. Lee, Richard Ewell, D. H. Hill, and Stonewall Jackson; and Haskell's experiences at the battles of Fair Oaks, Gaines Mill, New Berne, Gettyburg, and Petersburg, and at Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House.

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Haskell, John Cheves, 1841-1906.

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Hill, D. H. (Daniel Harvey), 1821-1889

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Smith, Gustavus Woodson, 1822-1896

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Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Mary Ann Lamar Cobb (1818-1889), wife of Gen. Howell Cobb (1815-1868). From the description of Letter to Mary Ann Lamar Cobb, 1888 Oct. 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476494 Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was born in Kentucky. He attended Transylvania University for a short time before enrolling at West Point in 1824, at the age of 16. He graduated in 1828 and immediately joined the First Infantry. His regiment was engaged in the Blackhawk War of 1831. In 1833, he became a...

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Randal, Horace, 1831-1864.

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