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Confederate letters of Oliver from Louisiana and Mississippi (including one from Vicksburg) during the Civil War.  21 items.

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21 letters dated 1861-1864;

Introduction

September 13, 1861, New Orleans, LA

October 4, 1861, Camp Moore, LA

November 2, 1861, Camp Moore, LA

December 3, 1861, New Orleans, LA

December 14, 1861, New Orleans, LA

December 20, 1861, New Orleans, LA

January 22, 1862 [place unknown]

February 23, 1862, Corinth, MS

March 10, 1862, Corinth, MS

April 9, 1862, Corinth, MS

April 18, 1862, Corinth, MS

May 11, 1862 [place unknown]

June 1, 1862, Clinton, MS

June 1, 1862, Jackson, MS

June 7, 1862, Clinton, MS

June 11, 1862, Clinton, MS

June 13, 1862, Edwards Depot, MS

July 2, 1862, Vicksburg, MS

December 1, 1862, Trinity, LA

July 14, 1864, Trinity, LA

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Transcription of the letters, prepared by Bobs M. Tusa, 10-15-92.

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Photocopy of section on the 17th Regiment Louisiana Volunteers from Author W. Bergeron, Jr., GUIDE TO LOUISIANA CONFEDERATE MILITARY UNITS, 1861-1865 (Baton Rouge: LSU Press, 1989), pp. 115-117.

William W. Cooper and Donald M. Fowler (eds.), "`Your Affectionate Husband': Letters from a Catahoula Parish Confederate Soldier, September 1861-May 1862," JOURNAL/NORTH LOUISIANA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION (XIV: 1, Winter 1983): 21-40.