William Randolph McEntire papers, 1861-1866 [manuscript].

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William Randolph McEntire papers, 1861-1866 [manuscript].

Miscellaneous items, including one letter, 1863, from McEntire, perhaps of Buncombe County, N.C., at Johnson's Island Prison, Ohio, to a friend, describing his religious experiences; a poem written by Asa Hartz in Johnson's Island Prison; and two letters to McEntire from his sister in North Carolina.

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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...

McEntire, William Randolph, fl. 1861-1866.

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William Randolph McEntire (fl. 1861-1866), perhaps of Buncombe County, N.C., was a Confederate prisoner of war at Johnson's Island Prison, Ohio. From the guide to the William Randolph McEntire Papers, ., 1861-1866, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Hartz, Asa.

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