Papers
File — Box: 3577
Scope and Contents note
From the Collection:
The collection contains typed transcripts of a description of prison life by Alonzo Van Vlack, a Union
soldier captured near Athens, Alabama, on September 24, 1864. Besides the five typed copies of letters to his parents in Michigan, written from the parole camp near Vicksburg, there is also one handwritten letter dated December 16, 1864, while he was a prisoner of war at Cahaba Prison in Dallas County, Alabama. [The originals of the typed transcriptions are held by Bentley Library, University of Michigan.]
Dates
- 1864-1865
Conditions Governing Access
None
Extent
From the Collection: 0.05 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Vlack, Alonzo Van (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository