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1236.
Conscription record book for Jackson County, Georgia, for November 1864 to January 1865. Includes the following lists: persons for examination by Examination Board; persons rejected by Board for physical disability, conscripts between 18 and 45 enrolled for service; conscripts recommended for light duty; deserters and absentees arrested and sent to the Provost Marshal; and soldiers on furlough. Each entry may include date of enrollment, name, age, height, complexion, eyes, hair, occupation, residence, and remarks. This book was later used as a cash book by the Cofer and McCalla (Atlanta, Georgia) business firm between 1866 and 1867

Date:
1864 to 1867
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1239.
Diary consisting of Letters, written by John W. English, a First Sergeant in the Veteran Reserve Corps, while convalescing in a hospital at Evansville, Indiana, to his wife, Susan (St. Johns, Ohio). The diary extends from April 1864 through his discharge in October of that year. He speaks of the social activities in and around the camp, war news, general morale conditions, and the practice of "Trafficing in Negroes." There is an introduction to the diary by the author's granddaughter, Ercel B. (English) Johoske (typescript)

Creator:
English, John W. and Johoske, Ercel B. (English)
Date:
1864
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Text
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