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Creator/Title
Walton, James Orvin, 1843- Letters, 1864-1865. 1 vol. Typewritten carbon copies.
Call No.
Mss. A W239
Content
Letters to his wife, Mary Ann Walton from James Orvin Walton, private in C George S. Snook's company, 10th. Regt. Ind. Cav. Vols. during his service in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi for the period, Feb. 6, 1864 to Aug. 12, 1865. He records the attack by Gen. Hood's army, Oct 26, 1864; the use of Black workers in the place of mules in South Carolina; and the chewing of tobacco by Southern women.