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[Identification of item], in the Charles William Dustan Letters, #3458-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Purchase 1960

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• Dustan, Charles William, 1834-1892.
• Family--New York (State)--Social life and customs.
• Memphis (Tenn.)--Social conditions.
• Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Mutiny--United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• New York (State). Militia. Regiment, 71st.
• United States. Army--Military life--History.
• United States. Army--Officers--Correspondence.
• United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 53rd (1861-1865)
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Civil War letters from Dustan, a federal officer in the 71st New York Militia Regiment, the 53rd New York Regiment, and other units, to his mother and sister on Staten Island, N.Y., written from Virginia and Mississippi, 1861-1863, and from Memphis, Tenn., 1863-1865, where he was captain in the United States Army and brigadier general of enrolled militia. The letters discuss camp life, troop movements, morale and discipline problems, including a mutiny in the 53rd Regiment, conditions and events in Memphis, and family matters.