Papers, 1862-1865.

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Papers, 1862-1865.

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Letters of Elisha A. Peterson and of his father, Jacob S. Peterson, describing army life in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama; the battles of Murfreesboro, 1863, and Chattanooga, 1863; respect of the soldiers for General W.S. Rosecrans; the occupation of Atlanta; Unionists in Lauderdale County, Ala.; secession and Copperheads in Kentucky and Ohio; punishment of a thief, a mutineer, and a deserter; the execution of spies, including a woman; and a rumored conspiracy to release the Confederate prisoners on Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, November, 1863.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6993335

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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United States. Army

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Private, 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland; from Springdale (Hamilton Co.), Ohio. From the description of Papers, 1862-1865. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20071536 ...

Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898

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Johnson Island Prison

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