Edward E. Dickerson papers
Contributors: Dickerson, Wilton H.
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Correspondence; Prisoners and prisons; Sherman's March to the Sea; United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 44th (1864-1865); Personal narratives; Campaigns; United States; United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 18th (1861-1865); History
Description: Typewritten transcripts and photocopies of a diary (1863-1864), written as a memoir by Dickerson in 1864 and based on his notes, describing his Civil War service with the 18th and 44th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry; three letters (1862) from him to his wife, Frances; service record (1861-1864); letters (1909) from Dickerson to his granddaughter describing his life before, during, and after the war; and biographical sketch (1991) of Dickerson by a descendant, Wilton H. Dickerson.  Includes material on his campaign experiences in Tennessee and with Gen. William T. Sherman in Georgia where he was captured and later escaped from a Confederate prison camp.
Notes: Open to research.

Typewritten transcripts and photocopies. [S.l.].

Gift, Wilton H. Dickerson, 1991.

Union army officer from Wisconsin.

Collection material in English.

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