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Diaries, 1862 - 1865

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains the official and personal documents of Joseph C. Read through his Union Army military career in the Civil War and subsequent retirement in Fernandina, Florida. Read, during the war, rose from the rank of Sergeant to Brevet Colonel, supplied General Sherman’s siege of Atlanta, as well as partook in many of the major battles in the South during the Civil War. Included are various military documents, comprised of letters informing promotion, orders...
Dates: 1862 - 1865