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Size | 5 items |
Abstract | D. H. Duryea was a solider in the 1st Minnesota Regiment and served with General William T. Sherman's army during the march through Georgia and the Carolinas. The collection contains letters from D. H. Duryea to his wife at home while he was serving in the Civil War. The letters discuss troop movements, rations shortages, conditions in Decatur, Ala., and Savannah, Ga., cotton, and prisoners captured. |
Creator | Duryea, D. H. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding and Jodi Berkowitz, March 2011
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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D. H. Duryea was a soldier in the 1st Minnesota Regiment, and served with General William T. Sherman's army during the march through Georgia and the Carolinas.
Back to TopThe collection contains letters from D. H. Duryea, serving with General William T. Sherman's army during the march through Georgia and the Carolinas, to his wife at home. The letters discuss troop movements, rations shortages, conditions in Decatur, Ala., and Savannah, Ga., cotton, and prisoners captured.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Folder 1 |
Original finding aid |
Letters, 27 May 1864-2 April 1865 |