J. J. (John Jackson) Kellogg

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J. J. (John Jackson) Kellogg

1837–1916

A Civil War veteran turned his wartime diary into a vivid firsthand account of the Vicksburg campaign, giving readers a close view of camp life, marching, and battle. His writing feels direct and personal, shaped by memory but grounded in lived experience.

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War Experiences and the Story of the Vicksburg Campaign from "Milliken's Bend" to July 4, 1863 being an accurate and graphic account of campaign events taken from the diary of Capt. J.J. Kellogg, of Co. B 113th Illinois volunteer infantry

War Experiences and the Story of the Vicksburg Campaign from "Milliken's Bend" to July 4, 1863 being an accurate and graphic account of campaign events taken from the diary of Capt. J.J. Kellogg, of Co. B 113th Illinois volunteer infantry

by J. J. (John Jackson) Kellogg

About the author

Born in 1837, John Jackson Kellogg is known for War Experiences and the Story of the Vicksburg Campaign from "Milliken's Bend" to July 4, 1863, published in 1913. The book presents the Civil War through his own diary-based recollections and centers on the 113th Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Vicksburg campaign.

Available catalog records identify him as J. J. (John Jackson) Kellogg, 1837–1916, and the work itself is framed as an accurate, graphic account drawn from his notes as a Union officer. That gives his writing much of its appeal today: it is not a distant history, but a participant's view of marching, morale, hardship, and combat.

Some biographical details beyond his military service and authorship appear in memorial and library records, but the clearest confirmed picture is of a veteran who preserved his wartime experience in book form late in life. For readers interested in firsthand Civil War testimony, his work remains the reason he is remembered.