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Creator/Title
Sprake, J. D., 1835- Diary, 1863-1865. 38 pp. Typewritten copy. 33 cm.
Call No.
Mss. A S766
Content
Military diary, Magch 1, 1863 - Feb. 13 1865, kept by J. D. Sprake, private in Co. A, 8th. Reg't. Cav. Ky. Vols., C.S.A., commanded by Col. Roy S. Cluke and Gen. John Hunt Morgan. Details of service in Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, thence to Brandenburg, Ky. where he crossed the Ohio into Indiana and was captured in Ohio, July 19, 1863; prison life at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, and at Camp Douglas, Chicago, where he remained until Feb. 13, 1865; met Bennett Young there, Sept. 20, 1863. Inscribed by Gen. Bennett H. Young : Written by J. D. Sprake a member of Co A 8th Ky Cavalry (Clukes) C.S.A. Copied by his permission given Bennett H. Young of Louisville Aug. 1897.