A. L. Marks Civil War Diary, ca. 1861-1864.

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A. L. Marks Civil War Diary, ca. 1861-1864.

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A Civil War diary, 1861-1864, of A. L. Marks from Chicago, who enlisted as a very young man in the 13th Illinois Vol. Infantry, at Dixon, Illinois. The diary describes the movements and engagements of the 13th Illinois, from its organization on May 9, 1861, until April 8, 1864. A clipping, laid in the diary, talks about the diary and Marks role in the Civil War. According to an undated note also laid in he diary, Marks was held at Cahaba Prison for ten months during the Civil War. Cahaba Prison, near Selma, Alabama, had been a cotton warehouse and it held over 5,000 Union soldiers between 1863 and 1865.

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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Cahaba Federal Prison (Cahaba, Ala.)

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Marks, A. L.

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United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 13th (1861-1864)

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Regiment mustered in April 1861 for three years service during Civil War. From the description of Regimental orders, 1861-1864. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 34608181 ...