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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Givens Brown Strickler Journal, WLU Coll. 0286, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Givens Brown Strickler's great grandson, John Strickler, in 2006.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains photocopies of a diary by Givens Brown Strickler written while he was a prisoner of war at Johnson's Island during the American Civil War and four photographs of the diary.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Diaries
• Johnson Island Prison
• Political prisoners
• Prisoners of war
• Strickler, John