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War and Military

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Drayton Doherty Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1641
Abstract This collection pertains principally the World War One service of Dr. Drayton Doherty (1893-1969) of Selma, Alabama. It contains more than sixty letters from Doherty to his parents during his service in France, in which he served as a medical officer, chiefly with the British Second Army. Other items in the collection include some official correspondence relative to Doherty’s military service, a miscellany of personal papers, and three photographs.
Dates: 1910 - 1927
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Drayton Doherty Letters

Charles Ellis diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2819
Overview Diary written by First Sergeant Charles Ellis of the 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. The diary contains daily notes concerning regimental duty in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1865.
Dates: 1865
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Charles Ellis diary