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lack troops, and relations between returning Confederate soldiers
and Union troops immediately following the cessation of
hostilities.
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Mitchell, James B. 1st Lt., 34th Alabama Volunteers
Papers, 1859-1913. 65 items.
Chiefly letters from Mitchell to his parents written during
campaigns in Tennessee and Mississippi, 1862-63, and as a
prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio, 1864-65. Includes a
detailed account of the participation of the 34th Alabama in
the Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), and comments on
military leadership, training, camp life, morale, supplies,
casualties, entertainment, disease, and prison life.
638
Mitchell, James S. 1st Lt., 84th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Papers, 1864. 6 items.
Invoices and returns of ordnance and ordnance stores
received by Mitchell during the Siege of Petersburg, Va., Dec.
1864, and a military pass, July 8, 1864.
639
Mitchell, Marcellus 11th Illinois Cavalry
Letters, 1864, 1865. 2 items.
Letters from Mitchell to "Rebecca," Sept. 18, 1864, Vicksburg,
Miss., and Sept. 11, 1865, La Grange, Tenn.
640
Montgomery, James H. (b. 1833) Capt., 33d Ohio Volunteers
Diary, 1862-64. 3 v.
Describes operations in Kentucky and Tennessee in 1862,
the Stones River Campaign, the occupation of Huntsville, Ala.,
and the Atlanta Campaign. Includes details on the Battle of
Murfreesboro; comments on camp life, marches, training,
discipline, entertainment, casualties, disease, hospital care, prisoners
of war, furloughs, and the death of Gen. William Nelson;
and miscellaneous accounts and notes.
641
Montgomery Family
Papers, 1771-1974. ca. 12,000 items.
Includes about 40 letters from Lt. Col. Frank Henry Peck,
12th Connecticut Volunteers, to his parents and relatives,
1862-64, and 135 letters from Col. Newton W. Perkins, 13th
Connecticut Volunteers, to his mother, 1862-65, written chiefly
during campaigns in southern Louisiana and the Shenandoah
Valley Campaign of 1864. Provides details on the capture of
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