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Identifier
Miller_Family_Letters_b1f45
Publication Date
11-14-1862
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Description
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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Original Collection
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.