Corporal Drury F. Dryden Civil War Diary

Collection

Identifier: MSS-4381

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Scope and Contents

The diary contains 174 pencil-handwritten pages detailing the military service, personal life, and various financial transactions of Corporal Drury F. Dryden of the 19th Independent Battery Ohio Light Artillery Regiment.

Dates

Creation: 1865-01-01 - 1865-08-23

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Biographical / Historical

Drury Fairbanks Dryden was born on May 12, 1842, at Olmstead Falls, Ohio, the son of Cyrus P. Dryden, originally of Massachusetts, who moved to the Cleveland, Ohio area. Dryden enlisted on August 12, 1862, with the 19th Ohio Light Artillery for a three-year assignment when he was twenty years old. He mustered in on September 10, 1862, as a private and was promoted to full corporal before being mustered out on June 27, 1865, at Camp Cleveland, Ohio.

Extent

1 item

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The University of Alabama Libraries acquired the Drury F. Dryden Civil War Diary from Michael Brown Rare Books LLC, May 2019.

Physical Description

Journal entries bound in a limp black leather, pocket diary style, with a flap and gold embossing Diary 1865 on flap; binding chipped at tips of spine, worn through at edges and corners, scuffed and rubbed; 1 day entry per page format.