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1 Title:   Perry P. Powell diary  Requires cookie*
  Creator:   Powell, Perry P.  
  Dates:   1865  
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The collection consists of a diary of Perry P. Powell beginning while still at home in Waukegan, Illinois. After enlisting, Powell heads for Camp Butler in Springfield, Illinois. He describes arriving in Memphis, Tennessee, the weather, orders, and rumors of the capture of Richmond and General Lee, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, explosion of the steamer Sultana in the Mississippi River, and the capture of Jefferson Davis.
 
  Identifier:   ms3433  
  Repository:   Hargrett Library  
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