Diary, 1863-1865.

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Diary, 1863-1865.

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The diary, 1863-1865, is preceded by a cover letter, 1865 April 19, from Florence, Ala., addressed to his wife Jennie. In the diary, Irvine discusses his Civil War experience, beginning with his 1863 enlistment in Coahoma Co., Miss., and his later transfer to another company. He discusses traveling, hardships, and his capture and escape from the U.S. Army in 1863. He also briefly discusses 1864 skirmishes in numerous Tenn., Ala., and Miss. towns such as Florence, Murfeesboro, Corinth, Iuka, Decatur, Moulton, Harrisburg, Nashville, Pulaski, Huntsville, Athens, and others. He also discusses his capture close to Huntsville 1864 Dec. 23, and his rsulting imprisonment in Fort Delaware in detail, as well as the "horrible" assassination of Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth, and the amnesty proclamation.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Irvine, Jennie (Virginia P. Foster), 1834-1925.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865

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Actor; assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. From the description of John Wilkes Booth-Miller collection, 19??-1946 / Ernest Conrad Miller. (Allegheny College). WorldCat record id: 44935230 From the description of Papers, 1863 June-1865 April. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418055 From the description of Letter: Franklin, [Pennsylvania], to John, [18]64 June 17. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418059 ...

Irvine, James B. (James Bennington), 1829-1881.

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Irvine was the son of James and Emily Wrenshall Boggs Irvine, and was born in Courtland, Florence County, Ala. He married Virginia P. Foster, and then lived in Coahoma County, Miss. He owned a plantation there and rose to the rank of Inspector General of Johnson Brigade underneath Roddey during the Civil War. From the description of Diary, 1863-1865. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122507751 ...

Confederate States of America. Army. Cavalry

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