George Marion Shearer Civil War Diaries

Collection

Identifier: MsC0080

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Scope and Contents

Photographs of George Marion Shearer and Laban Shearer

This collection consists of three small hand-written diaries, one for each year 1863-1865; transcriptions of these diaries in mimeograph copy; three photographs with one negative; an obituary; an Andersonville Prison survivor's certificate; and correspondence from R. T. Fedderson.

Dates

Creation: 1863-1965

Creator

Shearer, George Marion (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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