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Identifier
camp_dick_garnett_letterbook
Publication Date
3-5-1864
Custom Date
5 March-23 April 1864
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Description
The letterbook contains letters from Confederate Army Lieutenant and Assistant Adjutant General Joseph C. Robert and his colleague, Colonel Edward Dillon, written from Camp Dick Garnett in the District of South West Mississippi and East Louisiana. Letters deal with prisoner exchanges, deserters, and conditions at the camp, including the procurement of supplies. The officers addressed include Major G.W. Holt, Lieutenant Colonel Carter, Major Coleman, Captain J.H. Jones, and others.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Prisoners of war; Military deserters; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America
Relational Format
Archival Material
Original Format
letter books
Original Collection
Camp Dick Garnett Letterbook
City
Mississippi; Louisiana
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Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.