History of the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A.Publication Committee, consisting of W.J. McMurray, D.J. Roberts, and R.J. Neal, 1904 - Tennessee - 520 pages |
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| Title | History of the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. |
| Author | William Josiah McMurray |
| Publisher | Publication Committee, consisting of W.J. McMurray, D.J. Roberts, and R.J. Neal, 1904 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 17 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 520 pages |
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