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Frederic Augustus James diary, entries for 1-30 June 1864, [3 unnumbered pages]
![Frederic Augustus James diary, entries for 1-30 June 1864, [3 unnumbered pages]](/database/images18/6021_james_p1_work_ref.jpg "Frederic Augustus James diary, entries for 1-30 June 1864, [3 unnumbered pages]")
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[ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]
In June 1864, Union sailor Frederic Augustus James wrote in his diary the about the horrific conditions he endured as a prisoner of war at the notorious Andersonville Prison in Georgia. The MHS also holds a collection of letters from James to his wife and daughters. James died of dysentery at Andersonville in September 1864.