Thomas Gibbes Morgan, Jr. letters, 1863.

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Thomas Gibbes Morgan, Jr. letters, 1863.

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Morgan's letters were written to his cousin, Morris Barker Morgan of Providence, Rhode Island, from Old Capitol Prison, Washington. D.C., and Johnson's Island, Ohio. Letters relate Morgan's need for money and clothing, his desire to see his wife and children, his pessimism about the release of prisoners, and his appreciation for the assistance of his northern relatives.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Confederate States of America. Army. Louisiana Infantry Regiment, 7th

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Old Capitol Prison (Washington, D.C.)

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Morgan, Thomas Gibbes, 1837-1864.

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Morgan was a Confederate States Army Captain, 7th Louisiana Infantry. He enlisted in June of 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana. He was captured in Nov. of 1863 and died in Johnson's Island Prison, Jan. 1864. From the description of Thomas Gibbes Morgan, Jr. letters, 1863. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244301068 ...

Morgan, Morris Barker, 1835-

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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...