Papers, 1855-1898.

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Papers, 1855-1898.

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Primarily Civil War letters to Miss Campbell in New Orleans, La., from members of her family. Topics include troop movements, immorality among soldiers, officers, and complaints concerning them, soldiers' pay, and health conditions in the Confederate Army. Also includes considerable information about Union military prisons at Elmira, N.Y., and at Belleville, La., on social life and customs in New York and Washington, D.C., and on the political disorder in northern Mexico in the late 1850s.

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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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Confederate states of America. Army

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