War diaries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 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
Thomas Wade Herren Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4154
Overview
Papers, correspondence, and photographs documenting the life and military career of Lieutenant General Thomas W. Herren of Dadeville, Alabama
Dates:
1942-1985
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
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
Benjamin Titus Civil War Diary
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4131
Overview
Diary of Benjamin Titus, a member of the 8th Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Independent Scouts. Titus died on June 7, 1864, at Richmond, Virginia, at age 31. The diary (dated 1866) was probably copied after Titus' death by an unidentified person (probably his brother) from a written account Titus kept and describes the life of an infantry soldier - miles and miles of forced marches, rain and snow and impassible roads, and days of inaction interrupted by intense periods of pitched battles,...
Dates:
1861-1873
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