Manuscripts

1862-1865

Description: Box contains diary and correspondence.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1862-1909.
Call number: mssHM 50456-50507
Creator: Dillon, Jeptha S (1836-1911)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of William W. Blanks, September 1984.
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1865-1909

Manuscripts

Box contains correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.

mssHM 50456-50507

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A collection containing a diary, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera. The letters from Jeptha S. Dillon to his wife discuss camp life, military operations, war and political news and rumors, and religious life. There is also a pocket diary kept by Dillon from December 1862 to May 1863. Also included are a few letters from other family members, photographs, printed pamphlets of the 1908 and 1909 reunions of the 118th Regiment, and a blank book "Personal military and civil history" presented to Dillon by Soldiers' and Sailors' Benevolent Society.

mssHM 50456-50507

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Civil War Journal of William S. Trask, 1862-1865

Manuscripts

The manuscript fills a copy of pre-printed The Daily Journal for 1861 (New York: Francis & Loutrell). The portion from July 8 to October 11 (ff. 81-129) is blank.

mssHM 48927

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Leonard T. Caplinger papers, (bulk 1862-1863)

Manuscripts

Correspondence between Leonard T. Caplinger and his wife, Mary; Caplinger's pocket diary kept in 1863; miscellaneous receipts. The letters and the diary deal with various aspects of camp life and life and military operations, including accounts of the battle of Holly Springs and Siege of Vicksburg, Colored Troops and Confederate prisoners, attitudes toward war and African Americans.

mssHM 28385-28396

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Bound volumes

Manuscripts

Box contains a Salt Lake City address book, diary of Mary Lorena Lavagnino, minutes of a meeting, account book, and stock certificate book (mssHM 63921-63925).

mssHM 63883-63925

Craver, Charles F. Pocket diary. 1862-1864

Manuscripts

Pocket diary in pencil and pen. Covers a wide range of dates, and includes address, muster lists, as well as diary entries for the Months of August, September and October, 1863. There is a drawing of a dove on the inside back cover.

mssHM 76851

1862-1865

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