Givens Brown Strickler JournalWLU.Coll.0286Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and ArchivesThis finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-09-26 07:03:37 -0400.Description is written in: Undetermined, Code for undetermined script script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Givens Brown Strickler Journal Strickler, Givens Brown Strickler, John WLU.Coll.0286 /repositories/5/resources/558 1 Volumes 1863-1865 English Conditions Governing Use

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 Existence and Location of Originals

The original diary is owned by John Strickler of Atlanta, Georgia.

 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.

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