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A Yank in the Carolinas Campaign: The Diary of James W. Chapin, Eighth Indiana Cavalry
Record #:
20995
Author(s):
Abstract:
This is a reprint of entries from the diary of Lt. James W. Chapin, Adjutant of the Eighth Indiana Cavalry Regiment. Chapin wrote it while riding with Gen. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick's cavalry on the left wing of Gen. William T. Sherman's army during the Carolinas Campaign. The entries provide an account of Chapin's experiences during Sherman's march through the Carolinas as well as details and key witness testimony about allegations concerning the shooting of Union prisoners by Confederate Gen. Joseph Wheeler's men.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 46 Issue 1, Jan 1969,
p42-57, il, por, map, f