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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialSamuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Diary, 1864- Contributor: Gibson, Samuel J.
- Date: 1864
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Manuscript/Mixed MaterialSamuel J. Gibson diary and correspondence, 1864., Letter to wife, 1864, June 12- Contributor: Gibson, Samuel J.
- Date: 1864-06-12
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CollectionSamuel J. Gibson Diary and Correspondence The papers of Union soldier Samuel J. Gibson (1833-1878) consist of a diary kept by Gibson in 1864 while serving with Company B, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, and a letter to his wife while held as a prisoner at Camp Sumter in Georgia, the Confederate prisoner of war camp commonly known as Andersonville Prison. The diary documents the capture of the Federal garrison at…- Contributor: Gibson, Samuel J.
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Web PageRelated Resources Sources Relating to Samuel J. Gibson and the 103rd Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry Dickey, Luther Samuel. History of the 103d Regiment, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865. Chicago: L. S. Dickey, 1910. LC catalog record. Available online through HathiTrust External and Internet Archive. Donaghy, John. Army Experience of Capt. John Donaghy, 103d Penn'a Vols. 1861-1864. De Land, Fla.: E. O. Painter Printing Co., 1926.
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ArticleTimeline A chronology of key events in the life of Samuel J. Gibson (1833-1878), a Union soldier held prisoner at Camp Sumter (Andersonville Prison), Georgia, during the Civil War.