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[Identification of item], in the Joseph Dill Alison Diary, #3267-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• 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.

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.