Special Collections Finding Aids
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
Recommended Citation
"MSS0069. J. Edward James letters finding aid" (2021). Special Collections Finding Aids. 203.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-findingaids/203
Date
2023 May
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