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Box 1

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Contains 3 Results:

Letters, 1864, n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains two diaries written by James A Branch and two letters he received from his family, which detail his life during and after the American Civil War. The first diary is an 1865 account written in a repurposed 1864 Denton & Wood pocket diary. Branch describes daily life as a soldier: he records such activities as meals, guard duty, purchases, books read, correspondence, and sermons. A characteristic entry is one written on September 20, 1865:...
Dates: 1864, n.d.

Diaries, 1865 - 1867

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains two diaries written by James A Branch and two letters he received from his family, which detail his life during and after the American Civil War. The first diary is an 1865 account written in a repurposed 1864 Denton & Wood pocket diary. Branch describes daily life as a soldier: he records such activities as meals, guard duty, purchases, books read, correspondence, and sermons. A characteristic entry is one written on September 20, 1865:...
Dates: 1865 - 1867

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 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains two diaries written by James A Branch and two letters he received from his family, which detail his life during and after the American Civil War. The first diary is an 1865 account written in a repurposed 1864 Denton & Wood pocket diary. Branch describes daily life as a soldier: he records such activities as meals, guard duty, purchases, books read, correspondence, and sermons. A characteristic entry is one written on September 20, 1865:...
Dates: 1864 - 1867