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Size | 5 items |
Abstract | Joseph W. Bigham and John Bigham were brothers from Mississippi who served with the Confederate Army. The collection includes Civil War letters, 1860-1864, of the Bigham brothers. Most of the letters were written in Maryland and Tennessee to their father, J. W. Bigham, in Mississippi. Included is a letter telling of John's death in prison at Point Lookout, Md. |
Creator | Bigham family. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff, 1944
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, March 2005
Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the encoding of this finding aid and microfilming of this collection.
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Joseph W. Bigham and John Bigham were brothers from Mississippi who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
Back to TopThe collection includes Civil War letters, 1860-1864, of Joseph W. Bigham and John Bigham, two Mississippi brothers serving in the Confederate Army. Most of the letters were written from Maryland and Tennessee to their father, J. W. Bigham, in Mississippi. Included is a letter telling of John's death in prison at Point Lookout, Md.
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