Papers / 1864-1865.

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Papers / 1864-1865.

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Letters describing the march from Chattanooga, Tenn., by way of Dalton, Atlanta, Milledgeville, and Augusta, to Savannah, Ga., in 1864, and across South Carolina to Raleigh, N.C.; camp life, chaplains; foraging; the burning of Atlanta; destruction of property; the hanging of a Confederate; the battle of Bentonville, N.C.; and the reaction in Sherman's Army to the new of Lee's surrender and the death of Lincoln.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 21st (1862-1865).

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Brown, Charles S. (Charles Samuel), 1940-

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Clerk, 21st Michigan Volunteers; resident of Flint, Michigan. From the description of Papers / 1864-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19277351 ...