Inventory of the Joseph Dill Alison Diary, 1861-1863

Collection Number 3267-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Alison, Joseph Dill, fl. 1861-1863.
Title
Joseph Dill Alison Diary, 1861-1863.
Call Number
3267-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume (17 pages).
Abstract
Typed transcript. Diary of Alison of Dallas County, Ala., surgeon in the Confederate Army stationed at Pensacola, Fla., in the summer and early winter of 1861 and in Mississippi thereafter, describing daily activities, medical facilities, and the medical situation at Vicksburg. There are gaps in the spring of 1862 and between 30 June and 26 December 1862. The diary ends with the fall of Vicksburg, 4 July 1863.


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Administrative Information

Location of Originals
Location of original unknown.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1957
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Joseph Dill Alison Diary, #3267-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Alison, Joseph Dill, fl. 1861-1863.
Confederate States of America. Army--Surgeons.
Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Pensacola (Fla.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863.
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Collection Overview

Typed transcript. Diary of Alison of Dallas County, Ala., surgeon in the Confederate Army stationed at Pensacola, Fla., in the summer and early winter of 1861 and in Mississippi thereafter, describing daily activities, medical facilities, and the medical situation at Vicksburg. There are gaps in the spring of 1862 and between 30 June and 26 December 1862. The diary ends with the fall of Vicksburg, 4 July 1863.