The Journals of Josiah Gorgas: 1857-1878

University of Alabama

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Josiah Gorgas (1818 –1883) was one of the few Northern-born Confederate generals and later president of the University of Alabama. He kept diaries during the Civil War.  The diaries and papers in this collection deal with travel, the Confederate Army, business, higher education, and family life.

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