Correspondence

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Gage_b1f53

Publication Date

5-21-1863

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Jeremiah's anxiety and outrage over hearing of the aggression by the Union forces in Mississippi, particularly the Siege of Vicksburg (Miss.); again pleads for a substitute and discusses the promotion of Col. Green, over Lt. Col. Lowry, a result of which Jeremiah does not become Adjutant.

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Vicksburg (Miss.) -- History -- Siege, 1863; Confederate States of America. Army -- Promotions; Confederate States of America. Army -- Recruiting and enlistment; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Gage family -- Correspondence

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Original Format

correspondence

City

Ivor (Va.)

Original Collection

Gage Family Collection, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.

Jeremiah Gage to Mary M. Sanders (21 May 1863)

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