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585. WILLIAM STOKES CIVIL WAR DIARY
1 item, 1862-65
Brief diary of William Stokes, lieutenant
colonel in the 4th South Carolina Cavalry, CSA. There are two entries on
blacks: a September 14, 1863, description of
a skirmish with a black outfit, the 1st South
Carolina Negro Regiment, at Green Pond, South
Carolina; and an engagement on June 28-29, 1864, near Stormy Creek in central Virginia where
some 500 or 600 blacks were recaptured from Federal troops.
(Acc.
7896)
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