Manuscripts

James C. Ridgway diary

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1865-1872.
Call number: mssHM 68424
Creator: Ridgway, James C (active 1861-1872)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description: Written in a standard pocket diary (American Union Dairy. (Philadelphia: J. Gladding & Son).

Isaac Wilde diary

Manuscripts

A small pocket diary, with entries running from Feb. 21 to Nov. 21, 1862; the bulk penned between Apr. 4 and the late May. The brief entries cover the advance to Manassas, Va. (Mar. 10-15), Howards Mill (Apr. 4), Warwick Road (Apr. 5), Siege of Yorktown (Apr. 5-May 4), Battle of Williamsburg (May 5), Expedition to James River (May 25-26), and the Battle of Fair Oaks (May 31-June 1). The entries for June 25 ? July 1 (Seven Days before Richmond) are blank except for a short entry on June 28. The rest of the occasional entries are mostly miscellaneous notes and accounts.

mssHM 68425

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Pocket diary of John Lewis

Manuscripts

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).

mssHM 68420

Luke Gridley diary, 1757 Mar. 29-1758 Aug. 23

Manuscripts

The diary covers the period from Mar. 29 through Nov. 10 and includes accounts of the camp life, rumored attacks by Indians, martial punishments, and reports on the surrender of Fort William Henry. Also included is a record of a trip in Aug. 13-23, 1758, records entitled "An a Count of the men of each government" and "Small Pox," and a description of the route and mileage from Hartford to Fort Edward.

mssHM 59425

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Diaries and notebooks of Albert Kimsey Owen

Manuscripts

Contents consist of: Diary [travel notes, Denver to Mexico City and west to the Lerma Valley] 1872, Mar. 7-May 12 Memoranda 1885, May 13-Oct. 19 Notes 1900, Jan. 31-Mar. 23 Notes 1902, July 22-Nov.30 [Notes] 1903, Feb. 26-May 17 Notes 1903, Oct. 4-1904, Jan. 6 Notes 1906, Mar. 25-Dec. 31 [Notes and clippings] 1910-1911

mssOwen

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Charles Lee Civil War diary

Manuscripts

Diary that Charles Lee kept from January 1 to November 10, 1864. In addition to camp life and multiple vows to lay off whiskey, the diary covers visits to the regiment by Ulysses S. Grant and Joshua Thomas Owen, and gives brief accounts of the battles at Morton's Ford (1864, Feb. 6 - 7), Po River, (May 10, 1864), and the Petersburg campaign, including Jerusalem Plank Road (June 22 - 23), Strawberry Plains (Aug. 14), Ream''s Station (Aug. 25), Weldon Railroad (Aug. 25), and Fort Sedgwick (Oct. 27) and describes Finley hospital which Lee described as "a singular place" with the "Band playing at one End of the Ward outside and the Doctors performing an operation at the other."

mssHM 30476

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James Farmer diaries

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The first of these diary transcripts covers the years from approximately 1851-1853, with references back to 1844. In it, James Farmer gives a brief description of his family and youth, leading up to his conversion to Mormonism while living in Leicester, England. It emphasizes his mission work with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in England, as well as the religious opposition faced by the LDS Church. The diary also describes his decision to "go home to Zion" (Utah) and his sea voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans.

mssHM 27968 (a + b)

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