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Start Over You searched for: Repository University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library Remove constraint Repository: University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library Creator Cobb, Daniel J., b. 1833 Remove constraint Creator: Cobb, Daniel J., b. 1833 Level Collection Remove constraint Level: Collection Places United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Remove constraint Places: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Formats Digital file formats. Remove constraint Formats: Digital file formats.

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Daniel J. Cobb letters, 1862-1865

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Twelve letters (1862-1865) written to his sister while he was serving in Company I, 3rd Michigan Cavalry. The chief items of interest are a secondhand account of the battle of Corinth; the skirmish at Holly Springs; the "Gallant charge on the log heaps"; guerrilla warfare; characterization of General Sherman; criticism of officers and chaplains; and a description of the camp at Brownsville, Ark.