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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Ebenezer Mitchell Walden Correspondence, WLU Coll. 0472, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

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Biographical / Historical

Ebenezer Mitchell Walden, nicknamed "Ebin", served in the 28th Georgia Infantry Regiment of the Conferderate States of America Army during the American Civil War.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three letters written by E. M. Walden from various Confederate States of America camps (near Wilmington, NC; Kinston, NC; and Richmond, VA) to his sister. He provides her with updates on CSA military activities and mentions General Sherman's raid in Georgia. The letters are dated June 13, 1863, Dec. 3, 1864, and Jan. 20, 1865.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Military campaigns
• North Carolina -- Kinston
• North Carolina -- Wilmington
• Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
• United States -- Confederate States of America
• Virginia -- Richmond