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[Identification of item], in the William Randolph McEntire Papers, #463-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Prior to 1940

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• Hartz, Asa.
• Johnson Island Prison.
• McEntire, William Randolph, fl. 1861-1866.
• Prisoners of war--Religious life.
• Prisoners' writings, American--History--19th century.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.

William Randolph McEntire (fl. 1861-1866), perhaps of Buncombe County, N.C., was a Confederate prisoner of war at Johnson's Island Prison, Ohio.

The collection consists of miscellaneous items, including one letter, 1863, from McEntire at Johnson's Island Prison, Ohio, to a friend, describing his religious experiences; a typed transcription of a poem written by Asa Hartz in Johnson's Island Prison; and two letters to McEntire from his sister in North Carolina.