Edward E. Dickerson papers, 1861-1991.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 12 items; 1 container; 0.2 linear feetSubject(s): - Dickerson, Frances -- Correspondence
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
- United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 18th (1861-1865)
- United States. Army. Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 44th (1864-1865)
- Sherman's March to the Sea
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
- Wisconsin -- History -- 19th century
- Army officers
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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.
Typewritten transcripts and photocopies. [S.l.].
Union army officer from Wisconsin.
Collection material in English.
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