Correspondence and a diary by Civil War soldier Chase Hall Dickinson, along with one photograph of Dickinson and some confederate money.

The letters from Dickinson are written to his Mother, Father, and sister Louise, with one to "Marcia." He writes from Mississippi, Louisiana, and Pass Cavallo, Texas. Dickinson describes daily life as a Union soldier on the march, often imploring his family to send him more letters or newspapers. In one letter (Jan. 3, 1863) he includes a hand-drawn map of the Yazoo River and Vicksburg bluffs; in July of the same year he describes the July 4 surrender of Vicksburg by the Confederate Army. On Nov. 29, 1863, he describes for his sister a bleak Thanksgiving dinner that he had to eat, including a soup of "Aqua Frogpond flavored with dead mule." In a January 17, 1864 letter he tells his father his views on becoming an officer, whether leading a white or an African American regiment.