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Alexander, Thomas Benton, 1839-1928

 Person

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Thomas Benton Alexander Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSN/CW 8003
Abstract

A short-entry Civil War manuscript diary of Confederate States soldier Thomas Benton Alexander, written as a member of the 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery Regiment, Company B (3rd). Much of the content dates from the final year of the war, when Alexander was captured at Mobile Bay and imprisoned at Elmira, New York.

Dates: 1861-1865