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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.

Subject Heading

United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865