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    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.

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    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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