1863-1865
Widdifield, Charles T., fl. 1863-1865
Diary
Title: [Diaries of Charles T. Widdifield, K company, 12th regiment, Pennsylvania, cavalry]
Autograph manuscripts signed. The 1863 and 1865 diaries (approximately 150 and 122 pages, respectively) contain entries written under printed dates, while the 1864 diary (approximately 71 pages) is in a notebook with days and months written by author. All three are mostly written in pencil and signed by the author. Also included are four loose note sheets that originally were stuck within the diary pages. Widdifield's unit served in Western Virginia near Martinsburg, Winchester, and Charles Town. His unit did not fight at Gettysburg, having retreated from the Valley in June 1863; however…
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