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Austin A. Carr diary

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Description: Diary kept while serving in Company F, 2nd New York State Militia - 82nd New York Volunteers Second Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1862-1865.
Call number: mssHM 31063
Creator: Carr, Austin A(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of January 1994.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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Monument honoring the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps

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Image of the monument to the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers. Monument is topped by a bronze sculpture of a war drum against which are leaning an ammunition bag, a canteen, a wreath and a bayonet. On top of the drum is am infantryman's cap with the cross badge of the Union's Sixth Army Corps. On the front of the monument it reads: 2nd R.I. / Volunteers / Second Brigade/ Third Division / Sixth Corps. In the center of the monument is a carved bas-relief of the shield of the State of Rhode Island. The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.

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Elias Cade's three diaries detail his time serving with the Army of the Potomac, the Army of the Tennessee, and the Military Division of the Mississippi, and his experiences in the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg, the siege of Atlanta, Sherman's March, and the Campaign of the Carolinas. The diaries cover Cade's entire war experience from enlistment to mustering out. There are also some notes by descendants of the Cade family.

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Monument honoring the 90th Pennsylvania Infantry, 2nd Division, 1st and 5th Corps

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Image of the monument to the 90th Pennsylvania Volunteers. An ornate monument, is topped by a large eagle, wings spread, standing on a battle drum. A carved panel in the front reads: This Regiment recruited in Phila./ responded to the first call April / 16, 1861, served until Aug. 9, as the / 19th P.V. Reorganized Oct 1, 1861, as / the 90th P.V. serving in the / First and Fifth / Corps, and participating in all / the important battles of the / "Army of the Potomac" until / mustered out Nov. 26, 1864. / "Non sibi sed patriae." ["Not for self, but for country"]. Around the base of the monument: 90th P.V. 2nd Division. In the lower corner of the photograph, in white is: 1045. . The photograph has been affixed to a card with the photographer's signature and "Gettysburg, Pa." printed in gold lettering at the bottom.

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