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| Size | 1.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 250 items) |
| Abstract | Harry St. John Dixon (1843-1898) was a native of Mississippi. He attended the University of Virginia, 1860-1861, served as a Confederate officer with the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment in Virginia, and, after the war, he was a lawyer and rancher in California. The collection contains the personal correspondence and diaries of Dixon, chiefly correspondence between Dixon and his parents while he was a university student, a Confederate officer, and in California. His parents lived near Greenville, Miss., and, during part of the Civil War, in Demopolis, Ala. Correspondence concerns family affairs, domestic slaves, experiences at the University of Virginia, effects of the war in Mississippi, Dixon's war experiences, and other matters. Also included is Dixon's diary, 1858-1865, kept while he was at Greenville, at the University of Virginia, and during the war. Among other items are letters, 1868-1869, to Dixon's wife, Constance Maynard Dixon, from her grandfather, Duff Green (1791-1875); letters from Dixon's friend, Henry Ewing, Confederate officer in Tennessee and newspaperman in Saint Louis; and photographs of fellow soldiers and students and of others. |
| Creator | Dixon, Harry St. John, 1843-1898. |
| Language | English |
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Harry St. John Dixon (1843-1898) was a native of Mississippi. He attended the University of Virginia, 1860-1861, served as a Confederate officer with the 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment in Virginia, and, after the war, he was a lawyer and rancher in California.
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The collection contains the personal correspondence and diaries of Dixon, chiefly correspondence between Dixon and his parents while he was a university student, a Confederate officer, and in California. His parents lived near Greenville, Miss., and, during part of the Civil War, in Demopolis, Ala. Correspondence concerns family affairs, domestic slaves, experiences at the University of Virginia, effects of the war in Mississippi, Dixon's war experiences, and other matters. Also included is Dixon's diary, 1858-1865, kept while he was at Greenville, at the University of Virginia, and during the war. Among other items are letters, 1868-1869, to Dixon's wife, Constance Maynard Dixon, from her grandfather, Duff Green (1791-1875); letters from Dixon's friend, Henry Ewing, Confederate officer in Tennessee and newspaperman in Saint Louis; and photographs of fellow soldiers and students and of others.
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Harry St. John Dixon Papers, 1855-1904.
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Jordan, April 2011
This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
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