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Size | 2 volumes |
Abstract | MICROFILM ONLY. Notes and selections from a scrapbook compiled by John Alston Norton of Montgomery, Ala. Notes include a list of Confederate states in the order in which they seceded from the Union, a handwritten copy of Alabama's secession document, names of Confederate Congress members, a summary of events leading up to the capture of Fort Sumter, and accounts of Civil War battles and casualties through April 1862. The information was apparently taken from newspaper accounts. There are particularly detailed accounts of the Battle of Fort Donelson by Brigadier General Pillow; the naval battle at Hampton Roads; and women's sewing societies. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings with anecdotes about Confederate soldiers and reported atrocities of Union troops. There is also a long account of the Battle of Shiloh from the Alabama Advertiser. |
Creator | Norton, John Alston, b. 1845. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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MICROFILM ONLY. Notes and selections from a scrapbook compiled by John Alston Norton of Montgomery, Ala. Notes include a list of Confederate states in the order in which they seceded from the Union, a handwritten copy of Alabama's secession document, names of Confederate Congress members, a summary of events leading up to the capture of Fort Sumter, and accounts of Civil War battles and casualties through April 1862. The information was apparently taken from newspaper accounts. There are particularly detailed accounts of the Battle of Fort Donelson by Brigadier General Pillow; the naval battle at Hampton Roads; and women's sewing societies. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings with anecdotes about Confederate soldiers and reported atrocities of Union troops. There is also a long account of the Battle of Shiloh from the Alabama Advertiser.
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