Godown, John M., 1833-1911
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John M. Godown collection
Collection
Identifier: L098
Scope and Contents
The collection includes John Godown’s Civil War letters to his fiancée, Francis Fairbank of Lowell, Massachusetts, while he was in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia and letters written from a Confederate prison camp in South Carolina during 1864–1865. Included are reminiscences by Godown of his early life and Civil War years, as well as reminiscences of his daughter Mary Godown McLaughlin, of growing up in Indianapolis.Also included is a field...
Dates:
1861-1951
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John M. Godown collection