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Record books and memoir, 1864-1905

Manuscript Collection 1136

Contents:  3 items.  Captain, Company A, 3rd Illinois Cavalry.

Typed transcript of a 1905 reminiscence of Civil War experiences in Arkansas and elsewhere written by George M. Sanders (1830-1906) and a record book kept by him in the spring of 1865 while he was stationed at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, or at Eastport, Mississippi recording infantry and cavalry equipment issued to Company A.  An additional book kept from April 10 to July 12, 1864 records the sick list of men from Company L while the regiment was stationed at Port Hudson, Louisiana.

Donated by Elizabeth Jacks, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 1991.

Processed by Kim Allen Scott, Special Collections Division, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville, Arkansas, in September, 1991.