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#1932
DONELSON CAFFERY JENKINS DIARY
Summary

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Jenkins, Donelson Caffery, b. 1841.
Diary, 1862-1865.
12 items.

Microfilm. Originals returned to private owner in 1951.

Intermittent diaries, 1862 and 1864-1865, and a few related papers of a
Confederate officer from Louisiana.  The diaries relate Jenkins's
experiences up to the battle of Shiloh in which he was wounded and
captured, his sojourn at the federal hospital in Louisville, a trip to
Richmond to regain his commission, and campaigning in Georgia late in the
war.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.
   Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Diaries.
   Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Military hospitals--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Jenkins, Donelson Caffery, b. 1841.
   Shiloh, Battle of, 1862.
   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals.
   United States. Army--Medical care--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

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