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Diaries while serving in the Union Army Telegraph Corps [photos in .02 for cons] [decimalized .01-.09]
1861-1865
Emerick, J. H., fl. 1861-1865
Diaries housed in Primary: Range 3B, Shelf 1-2.
GLC06738
Wallet diary.
1861
Diary contains detailed accounts of weather, appointments, etc. In the entries for December 24 and following, Emerick records his final arrangements to leave for the South and his journey to join his regiment.
GLC06738.01
Pocket diary
1864
14 prefatory and almanac pages + 121 diary pages + 37 memoranda and account pages. Entries throughout, plus notes. Summary of selected entries 1. 01/04/64. Resignation of General Stoneman. Also, "Reconnaissance to Shenandoah Valley has returned not...
GLC06738.04
Military Telegraph Operators at City Point.
1864 August
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Caption: Photographer. 7 men in two rows, 2 standing and 5 seated, grouped between two pine trees in front of two tents. The man furthest right in the picture sits on an upended suitcase and leans against a fence; the man to his right sits in a...
GLC06738.06
Group of 12 men in front of tents, among pine trees.
1865
Negative by T.H.O. Sullivan; Positive by Alex Gardner. 8 seated men, 4 standing in the background. Possible variant of # 7, though some figures appear different. Positive IDs possible for: 1. Dennis Doren. 6. James Caldwell.
GLC06738.08
Wallet dairy.
1863
10 almanac and preface pages + 120 diary pages + 30 memoranda and account pages. Entries include details of working life, war news. NB. No entries from June 22 - July 10. Emerick was ill during this period, with "symptoms of typhus." (Entry for...
GLC06738.03
14 prefatory and almanac pages + 170 diary pages + 32 memoranda and account pages. NB. Missing: pages for December 15 -31. No entries: August 28 - September 1; September 3 - 17; September 24 - October 13; October 16 - November 11; November 15 -...
GLC06738.05
Military Telegraph Operators in Richmond.
1865 June
Negative by T.H.O. Sullivan; positive by Alex Gardner, 511 Seventh Street, Washington. 11 men grouped between pine trees in front of two tents. Seven of the men sit on chairs, while four stand behind them. A small dog occupies a director's stool at...
GLC06738.07
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