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The article discusses the Lyman G. Bennett Collection at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection in Rolla, Missouri. It examines the collection's author, Lyman Gibson Bennett, a Union soldier and topographical engineer during the U.S. Civil War. The collection includes Bennett's diary, which noted soldiers' alcohol use. The author discusses Bennett's commission as a major in the U.S. Fourth Arkansas Cavalry and considers Bennett's observations about the Ozarks highland region in Arkansas and Missouri. |
