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[Collection of William O. Rome] [Decimalized .01- .03]

Diary in pen, tintype, and two letters of William O. Rome, soldier in Co. K, 56th New York. The two letters (21 December 1862 and 24 December 1862) are written from Yorktown, Virginia and one contains a list of all the men in Company K and whether...

GLC03131.09

[Diary of William O. Rome]

Autograph manuscript signed. Contain entries dated from 1861 to 1862. Reports on the daily activities of soldiering and camp life. The diary also contains Rome family birth and death records (2 October) and other entries in another hand, including...

GLC03131.09.01

to Mother

Includes a list of all the men in company J and whether they are on duty, sick or discharged. For the moment it is warm and pleasant Recently they had a very hard march.

GLC03131.09.02

to Mother

He sent a package with gloves, handkerchiefs, stockings and a pin cushion. The regimentss have all taken their positions within the fort and are ready to attack.

GLC03131.09.03