Folder S711
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E. A. Jackson memoir
Collection — Folder: S711
Identifier: S0711
Scope and Contents
Nine pages are typed on legal-sized paper. E. A. Jackson begins his narrative with his enlistment in the Confederate Army at Yazoo City, Mississippi, on March 28, 1861, and ends with June 2, 1865 when he reached home. He ends the reminiscence with the question: “Did any Confederate soldier serve longer than that?”Pvt. Jackson tells about taking federal prisoners at Santa Rosa Island, on July 19, 1861. He missed the Battle of Shiloh because he had not reenlisted, after his one-year...
Dates:
1861-1865
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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E. A. Jackson memoir
