John A. Botts poem

Description: An 11-stanza poem written by John A. Botts and dated June 12, 1863. The poem relates the movement and actions of Company C, 59th Indiana Regiment during the Vicksburg campaign of the U.S. Civil War. Botts died on September 11, 1863. At the end of the poem there is a note dated June 25, 1863 from William Owen to Mary Owen that says, Mary I send you this poetry and if you get it I want you to take good Cear [care] of it till I come home.
Origin: 1863-06-12
Created By: Botts, John A., 1829-1863
Contributor(s): Owen, William
Source: http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll31/id/2363
Collection: Indiana State Library Manuscripts Small Collections
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright: No Copyright - United States
Geography: United States
Subjects: Poems
Poetry
Botts, John A., 1829-1863
United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 59th (1862-1865)
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Military life
Soldiers
Vicksburg (Miss.)
Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863

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