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- GLC#
- GLC03131.15-View header record
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 1847-1912
- Author/Creator
- Wells, Hiram C., fl. 1825-1900
- Title
- [Collection of Hiram C. Wells]
- Place Written
- Various Places
- Pagination
- 101 items
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
The collection includes his 1863 diary, military papers and personal and legal papers (mostly pre and post-war). Gives good view of life in cavalry with skirmishes, scouts, etc. Regiment took part in siege of Knoxville. Wells was later captured, imprisoned at Andersonville, and on the Sultana when it exploded, subjects covered in manuscript written in 1880s (includes typed transcript). The diary is approximately 106 pages and spans over the year 1863.
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