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John Horry Dent, Jr., Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0431
Abstract Collection contains letters written by John Horry Dent, Jr. (signed J. Horry Dent) of Barbour County, Alabama, from 1861 March 15 to 1864 July 1 to his father, John Horry Dent of Eufaula, Alabama. There are also two letters written by Dent Jr.’s fellow officers to Dent's father detailing information of Dent Jr.’s part aboard the C.S.S. McRae during the battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and his subsequent capture and internment at Fort Warren in May...
Dates: 1861 - 1864

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  • Subject: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 X
  • Names: Dent, John Horry, Jr. X