John H. Jackson papers, 1861 Dec. 2-1864 Feb. 18.

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Jackson, John H., b.1815. John H. Jackson papers, 1861 Dec. 2-1864 Feb. 18.

John H. Jackson papers, 1861 Dec. 2-1864 Feb. 18.

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Chiefly photocopies of correspondence, 2 Dec. 1861-18 Feb. 1864, re troop reconnaissance, picket duty, orders, requests for coffins, movements of Confederate forces, and descriptions of lowcountry South Carolina, including Edisto Island, Morris Island, Hilton Head, and elsewhere. Letter, 13 Mar. 1862, to C.O., Port Royal, S.C., reporting, "When I arrived opposite Buckingham Ferry, I was fired on by Rebel Pickets. I found that we had lost our way and having no counter sign were being fired on by our own pickets as well as the rebels." Letter, 25 Mar. 1862, to C.O., Hilton Head, S.C., reporting that upon entering Bluffton (Beaufort County, S.C.), "I found the town entirely deserted with the Exception of three old Negroes"; letter, 25 May, 1862, from Mich[ae]l Donohoe, Bailey's Plantation, [Edisto Island, S.C.], requesting soap "as my men have had none this issue, and it is impossible to keep clean without it"; and letter, 21 Dec. 1862, Hilton Head, S.C., to Gov. [Nathaniel Springer] Berry, Concord, N.H., citing a need for a surgeon "who feels an interest in the cause we are fighting for." Also including undated pen and ink drawing of the graveyard of the 3rd New Hampshire Volunteers on Hilton Head Island, S.C.

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