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War diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

A. C. Roycroft papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1213
Abstract

Papers of a Confederate Army officer and Northport, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama resident, including his diary from the final months of the Civil War.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1866 - 1884

Benjamin F. Nourse Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4744
Scope and Contents The collection consists of three wartime diaries kept by Private Benjamin F. Nourse during his service with the Chicago Board of Trade Independent Light Artillery Battery from 1863 to 1865. These diaries provide a firsthand account of daily life as a Union soldier, chronicling military engagements, camp life, personal reflections, and logistical details such as supplies and movements. 1863 Diary (363 pp.): Nourse details military operations, personal experiences, and daily...
Dates: 1863 - 1865

Thomas Wade Herren Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4154
Abstract

Papers, correspondence, and photographs documenting the life and military career of Lieutenant General Thomas W. Herren of Dadeville, Alabama

Dates: 1942-1985

James Heyward North Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1056
Abstract

A copy of the 1861 diary written by a former U.S. Navy officer who sided with the Confederacy. It describes his efforts to acquire ships and position coast defenses, and his travels to Ireland, London and Paris. The original is in the University of North Carolina Southern Historical Collection, Chapel Hill.

Dates: 1861

Nathaniel C. Kenyon Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0809
Abstract

Contains a photocopy of a typescript of the diary this Union officer with the 11th Illinois Infantry kept from before and during his capture in Tennessee. He provides fairly detailed descriptions of life as a prisoner of war in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and other southern cities.

Dates: 1862 - 1865

Rudolph H.F. Roessel Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4743
Scope and Contents The diary of Corporal Rudolph H.F. Roessel documents his service in the Union Army as a member of Company B, 153rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. Spanning from 1862 to 1863, the diary provides a firsthand account of his enlistment, military movements, battles, and personal experiences as a soldier.Roessel details the regiment’s formation in Easton, Pennsylvania, in September 1862, its deployment to Washington, D.C., and subsequent participation in...
Dates: 1862 - 1863

Charles Henry Snedeker diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1301
Abstract

Transcript of a diary created by a Union soldier who served in Company H of the 124th Regiment of the Illinois Infantry and mustered out in 1865.

Dates: 1863-1865

Paul Turner Vaughn diary

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-1496
Abstract

Civil War diary of a soldier from Marengo County, Alabama. It contains entries describing camp life, marching, and fighting in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Georgia; including the Battles of Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and Lookout Mountain.

Dates: 1863-1864