Journal, 1863-1865.

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Journal, 1863-1865.

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Journal covers Strickler's time as a prisoner of war after the Battle of Gettysburg on Johnson's Island near Sandusky, Ohio. In addition to descriptions of conditions at prisons along the way, particularly at Fort McHenry and Fort Delaware, he includes letters from his roommates on Johnson's Island, religious thoughts, debate topics, poems and names of other prisoners.

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Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6963470

Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library

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Strickler, G. B. (Givens Brown), 1840-1913

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Strickler was a member of the Washington College, Class of 1869, a member of the Liberty Hall Volunteers, and later, pastor of Tinkling Springs (Presbyterian) Church in August County and rector of Washington and Lee University. From the description of Journal, 1863-1865. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 192139452 ...

Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 4th

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Confederate States of America. Army. Liberty Hall Volunteers

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Johnson Island Prison

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Johnson Island, located in Sandusky, Ohio, operated as a federal prisoner of war depot, housing Confederate officers and other enlisted men captured in battle, from April 1862 to September 1865. From the guide to the Johnson Island Prison Autograph Albums, ., 1861-1865, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Union army prison in Ohio. From the description of Diagram, 1862. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat...