Charles S. Brown papers
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- Title:
- Charles S. Brown papers
- Date:
- 1864 to 1865
- Creator:
- Brown, Charles S.
- Description:
- Letters describing the Sherman's Army march from Chattanooga, Tenn., by way of Dalton, Atlanta, Milledgeville, and Augusta, to Savannah, Ga., in 1864, and across South Carolina to Raleigh, N.C.; camp life, chaplains; foraging; the burning of Atlanta (which he witnessed); destruction of property by the Union army between Atlanta and Savannah; the hanging of a Confederate bushwhacker; the battle of Bentonville, N.C.; the occupation of Raleigh; and the reaction in Sherman's Army to the new of Lee's surrender and the death of Lincoln. He describes the vandalism of Sherman's forces in S.C., and compares them to lighter damage inflicted by the men in N.C.; he also describes the vandalism of Gen. Joseph Wheeler's cavalry in Raleigh.
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- Subject:
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- Sherman's March through the Carolinas
- Sherman's March to the Sea
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864
- Soldiers -- Correspondence
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
- United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 21st (1862-1865)
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Destruction and pillage
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- Format:
- military records
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 30 items
- Digital Collection:
- Charles S. Brown papers
- Catalog Record:
- https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE000846414
- Rights:
- Free Re-UseNo Copyright - United States
- Identifier:
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- RL.30341
- 000846414
- duke:550424
- secst0332
- ark:/87924/r4x924p4v
- efa538de-6fc4-4420-b2c5-8bc15769164d
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4x924p4v
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