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Z 1375.000
MCELROY (CYRUS DECATUR) LETTER

n.d.

Biography-History

Cyrus Decatur McElroy was a volunteer in Company H, 31st Mississippi Infantry.

Scope and Content

On leaving home for service in the Confederate army, C. D. McElroy promised his wife that he would keep a diary of his experiences and send portions of it to her in the form of letters whenever opportunity offered. This letter reflects his Civil War experiences during 1862.

Series Identification:

  1. Letter. n.d. 1 item.

  2. Ditto copy of a typescript of the original letter in which McElroy writes of his activities with Company H, 31st Mississippi Infantry, in 1862.