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Box 1115

 Container

Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:

Letter

 File — Box: 1115, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: A letter dated 23 December 1912 to T. K. Oglesby, discussing naval and submarine warfare during the Civil War.
Dates: 1912 December 23
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1413, James H. Tombs Letter

Diary

 File — Box: 1115, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: Civil War diary of a Virginia native who later settled in Alabama. The entries are limited to 1863. Poor condition
Dates: 1863
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1495, John A. Vaughn diary

Correspondence

 File — Box: 1115, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents note From the Collection: This collection consists primarily of letters written to his family during the Civil War. Taylor was captured at Port Hudson in July 1863, and many of the letters were composed while a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio.
Dates: 1862-1886
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-1389, Thomas Jones Taylor letters