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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)