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Narrative and list compiled by Jane Stewart Calhoun, documenting money owed to her by the government for food, supplies, animals, and other damages incurred during the Civil War, undated. She also mentions an unnamed Union spy who stayed with them. Includes acknowledgment of receipt from the government.

Record Contributed By

Mississippi State University. Libraries

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. Agriculture
  2. Civil War
  3. Civil War, 1861 1865
  4. Confiscations
  5. Coon, Datus E., 1831 1893
  6. Grierson, Benjamin Henry, 1826 1911
  7. Hatch, Edward, 1832 1889
  8. History
  9. Livestock
  10. Mississippi
  11. Spies
  12. United States

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