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[Identification of item], in the E. D. Dixon Recollections, #223-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, January 2009

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• Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 55th.
• Dixon, E. D. (Edward D.)
• Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
• Johnson Island Prison.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.

E. D. (Edward D.) Dixon was a captain in the 55th North Carolina Regiment, Confederate States Army. Dixon joined the company, then called the Cleveland Greys, in Cleveland County, N.C., in the spring of 1862. He drilled at Camp Mangum, after which his company was incorporated in the newly organized 55th Regiment as Company C. He served in eastern North Carolina; Suffolk, Va., Petersburg, Va., and Fredericksburg, Va.; and finally at the Battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded and captured. Upon capture he was sent to military prison at Fort Delaware and then to Johnson's Island in Sandusky, Ohio. Dixon was paroled and released in February 1865, and returned to the Confederacy.

The collection is a typed copy of Civil War reminiscences written by E. D. (Edward D.) Dixon at age 89. Dixon describes his military service and battle experiences in eastern North Carolina; Suffolk, Va., Petersburg, Va., Fredericksburg, Va.; and Gettysburg, Pa. Dixon also recounts his imprisonment at Johnson's Island following capture at Gettysburg and his release and return to the Confederacy in early 1865.