Civil War memoirs of John G. Lemmon, 1866.

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Civil War memoirs of John G. Lemmon, 1866.

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Memoirs of the Civil War service that John G. Lemmon wrote in 1866. The memoirs incorporate Lemmon's field diary that covered the period from his enlistment in August 1862 and his improsonment in August 1864, his letters home, and some of his official documents. The manuscript includes a survey of "Hospitals at Nashville (ff. 17 v-- 18) and two hand-drawn maps: "Sketch of Nashville and its Defences as it appeared in the winter of 1863 & 4. Draws at Store-Room Hospital No. 1 January 1864," (ff. 20-21 v.) and an untitled map of the vicinity of Rome and Kingston, Ga., The manuscript opens with a "Register of Neighbors at the time of the sale of the Lemmon Estate to Charles Hall. March 21, 1866" (v. 1). Also included is a hand-drawn street plan of Lakeside, Mich., on the front flyleaf.

58 leaves, bound volume,

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