Corporal David P. Dobbins' Bible
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Title |
Corporal David P. Dobbins' Bible |
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Description |
Bible, sent home on the body of Corporal David P. Dobbins. Dobbins was born on June 29, 1839, in Iredell County, North Carolina. He enlisted in Co. C, 4th North Carolina Infantry, CSA, on June 7, 1861. Dobbins died in Manassas, Virginia, on August 29, 1861. An inscription in the Bible in the book of Revelation reads: "This marked over there was some words spoken in reference to D.P.D. life and death." Sometime after the war, Dobbins' brother moved to Williston (Fayette County), Tenn. |
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Date |
1861 |
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Place of original |
unknown |
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ID# |
faye023 |
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Digital type |
Text |
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Copyright |
No copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ |
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Ordering Information |
To order a digital reproduction of this item, please send our order form at http://tsla.tnsosfiles.com/general/forms/ImagingOrder.pdf to Photo Orders, Tennessee State Library & Archives, 403 7th Ave. N., Nashville, TN 37243-0312, or email to photoorders.tsla@tn.gov. Further ordering information can be found at the following location: http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/ordering-images-and-microfilm-digitization . |
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Location Digitized |
Somerville, Fayette County, Tennessee |
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