War diaries

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

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...

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

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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.

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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.

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...

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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.

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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.