MUM01766
Finding Aid for the Camp Dick Garnett Letterbook
(MUM01766)
Finding Aid for the Camp Dick Garnett Letterbook
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Received from Edward W. Robert, October 2010
Processing Information
Collection processed by Jennifer Ford. Finding aid encoded by Kathryn Michaelis, April
2012.
Additions
No further additions are expected to this collection.
Alternative Formats
This letterbook has been digitized and uploaded to the University of Mississippi’s
online Civil War Archive. The item can be accessed by choosing “Camp Dick Garnett Letterbook” from the drop-down menu under “Browse By Original Collection.”
Subject Terms
Formats
Historical Note
Confederate Army Lieutenant and Assistant Adjutant General Joseph C. Robert and his
colleague, Colonel Edward Dillon, were headquartered at Camp Dick Garnett in the District
of South West Mississippi and East Louisiana in 1864.
Scope and Content Note
The letterbook contains letters from Confederate Army Lieutenant and Assistant Adjutant
General Joseph C. Robert and his colleague, Colonel Edward Dillon, written from Camp
Dick Garnett in the District of South West Mississippi and East Louisiana. Letters
deal with prisoner exchanges, deserters, and conditions at the camp, including the
procurement of supplies. The officers addressed include Major G.W. Holt, Lieutenant
Colonel Carter, Major Coleman, Captain J.H. Jones, and others.
User Information
Preferred Citation
Camp Dick Garnett Letterbook, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library,
The
University of Mississippi
Access Restrictions
The Camp Dick Garnett Letterbook is open for research.
Copyright Restrictions
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the
making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under
certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized
to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions
is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other
than private study, scholarship or research.” If a user makes a request for,
or
later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,”
that user may be liable for copyright infringement.
Related Material
Resources at the University of Mississippi
For more Civil War-related collections, see the Archives and Special Collections’
Civil War Subject Guide.
Container List
| Letterbook, 5 March-23 April 1864 | |||||||||||||||||||
