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Collection Number: 01932

Collection Title: Donelson Caffery Jenkins Diary, 1862-1865

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Size 12 items
Abstract MICROFILM ONLY. Originals returned to private owner in 1951. Intermittent diaries, 1862 and 1864-1865, and a few related papers of a Confederate officer from Louisiana. The diaries relate Jenkins's experiences up to the battle of Shiloh in which he was wounded and captured, his sojourn at the federal hospital in Louisville, a trip to Richmond to regain his commission, and campaigning in Georgia late in the war.
Creator Jenkins, Donelson Caffery, b. 1841
Curatorial Unit University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
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Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Donelson Caffery Jenkins Diary #1932, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Sensitive Materials Statement
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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Laura Hart, May 2021

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MICROFILM ONLY. Originals returned to private owner in 1951. Intermittent diaries, 1862 and 1864-1865, and a few related papers of a Confederate officer from Louisiana. The diaries relate Jenkins's experiences up to the battle of Shiloh in which he was wounded and captured, his sojourn at the federal hospital in Louisville, a trip to Richmond to regain his commission, and campaigning in Georgia late in the war.

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12 items
Reel M-1932/1

Microfilm copy of diary and papers, 1862-1865

Access restriction: The original physical documents are not owned by the Library or stored in Wilson Special Collections Library.

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