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Authors

Publication Date

2021

Abstract

The Civil War letters of J. Edward James consist of forty handwritten letters in the date range of December 1862-June 1865 to his sister Elizabeth James (later Elizabeth James Lamberson) of Galena, Illinois. The letters were written in various Southern states—Tennessee, Kentucky, and Georgia—where James fought during the war.

Source Collection

Special Collections Department, University Libraries, University of Memphis

Keywords

Civil War era, Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 96th (1862-1865), United States. Army., United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondents

Date

2023 May

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