James B. Mitchell papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 65
Subjects: Prisoners and prisons; University of Alabama; Johnson Island Prison; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; History
Description: Correspondence from Mitchell to his parents concerning his experiences as a student at the University of North Carolina (1859-1861) and the University of Alabama (1862), as a Confederate soldier in Tennessee and Mississippi (1862-1863), and as a prisoner of war at Johnson Island Prison, Ohio (1864-1865).  Includes detailed descriptions of several military actions and the conditions of military and prison camp life.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, Joseph B. Mitchell, 1969.

Confederate army soldier and student.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.