Letters, 1864-1865.

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Letters, 1864-1865.

Letters concern the experiences of Lt. Robert James Davis as a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio. The letters were written to Davis' family in Nashville, Tennessee.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7310422

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Davis, Robert James.

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Davis family.

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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...