Memoirs, ca.1895-1903.

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Memoirs, ca.1895-1903.

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The collection contains a photocopy of a journal of reminiscences written by Joshua Hoyet Frier from 1895 to 1903. It is entitled "Reminiscences of the War Between the States by a Boy in the Far South at Home and in the Rank of the Confederate Militia." Frier's memoirs vividly describe the period immediately before and during the Civil War. It documents his service in the First Florida Reserves from 1864 to 1865.

0.25 cubic ft.

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Frier, Joshua Hoyet, 1847-1903.

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Joshua Hoyet Frier was born in Lowndes County, Georgia. He lived with his family near the Florida border. Frier's father and brothers were opposed to secession. One brother eventually enlisted in the Eighth Florida Infantry Regiment and was killed by Confederate authorities after he deserted. On his seventeenth birthday, May 20, 1864, Joshua Frier enrolled in a Florida militia company that eventually became the First Florida Reserves, Company B. The unit remained in north Florida throughout its ...

Payne, Lewis, 1845-1865

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Confederate States of America. Army. Florida Reserve.

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