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Miller_Family_Letters_b1f45

Publication Date

11-14-1862

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Describes the conditions in Pontotoc and surrounding areas following the Battle of Corinth; the ease following the Confederate Army's settling in Holly Springs; crops; sickness among his slaves; the building of nearby fortifications and rumors of movement

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Homefront; Corinth, Battle of, Corinth, Miss., 1862; Crops; Slaves; Slavery; Health; Fortification; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 42nd. Company F; Miller family

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correspondence

City

Pontotoc (Miss.)

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Miller Family Papers, Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

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

J. H. Miller to H. R. Miller (14 November 1862)

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