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Pocket diary of John Lewis

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Description: Pocket diary that Lewis kept from Jan. 1 through Mar. 2, 1862, when the regiment was occupying Loudoun Heights (Va.) On Mar. 2 he went home on furlough, at which point the diary ends. Very short entries hastily scribbled in pencil, recording marching orders received, a skirmish near Staunton, news of officers and soldiers died of wounds and taken prisoner, etc. The diary fills 20 pages of the Pocket Diary for 1862, Containing an Almanac for New York, St. Louis, and San Francisco... (Cambridgeport, Mass.: Published annually by Denton & Wood, 1862).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1862, January 1-March 2.
Call number: mssHM 68420
Creator: Lewis, John (approximately 1839-)(Opens in new tab)

David Henry Fay pocket diary

Manuscripts

Pocket diary for the year 1862 kept by David Henry Fay. Includes daily entries and sections for memoranda, cash accounts, and bills payable and receivable. Typescript of diary also present.

mssHM 55578

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Thomas T. Eckert manuscript account book

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Personal account book of Thomas T. Eckert, the head of the Washington office of the United States Military Telegraph, for the year 1864. The manuscript fills a Pocket Diary 1864 (New York: Published Annually for the Trade); a 2 cent U.S. revenue stamp is affixed to the title page (an unusual version of the Liberty head).

mssHM 83457

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Moses Kingsbury diary

Manuscripts

A small pocket diary for 1864 with very brief entries, including rather laconic mentions of the demonstration on the Rapidan (February 6-7, 1864), battles of the Wilderness (May 6-7), Laurel Hill (May 8), Spottsylvania (May 8-12), Jericho Ford (May 25), Totopotomoy (May 28-31) and Cold Harbor (June 1-12). The diary fills about half of the Pocket Diary for 1864 (New York: Willy Wallach); the entries from June 19 on are blank.

mssHM 68428

Craver, Charles F. Pocket diary. 1861, Dec. 21 -- 1862, Dec. 23

Manuscripts

Pocket diary in pencil and pen. One sheet folded into 4 pages, diary in pen for the days of December 16 to December 23, 1862, folded in back of diary. One sheet, December 29 to December 31, [1861?], written on recto and verso, diary, in pen, folded in back.

mssHM 76850

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Vernon F. Henderson diary

Manuscripts

Pocket diary that Henderson kept in August of 1862 documents the duty at Harrison's Landing (until Aug. 16, 1862), the march to join Pope (Aug. 16-26), and the battles of Gainesville (August 28), Groveton (August 29) and Second Bull Run (August 30).

mssHM 68423

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James C. Ridgway diary

Manuscripts

Pocket diary that Ridgeway kept in 1865 includes brief accounts of the battle at Hatcher's Run (Feb.5-7), Watkins's House (Mar. 25), the Appomattox Campaign (Mar. 28-April 9), the surrender of Lee and his army, and March to Washington, D.C. (May 2-12). The diary effectively ends on May 16; the rest of the manuscript consists of brief entries, mostly scattered accounts made in the 1868-1872.

mssHM 68424

Pocket diary of John Lewis

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