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[Diary 1863]

Autograph manuscript signed. Entries made from several locations, mostly from Virginia. Dated January 1, 1863-December 18, 1863

GLC00919.23.03

[Diary 1863-1864]

Autograph manuscript. Written from various places. Contains all military content, mostly involving camp life and movements. Dated December 2, 1863-May 26, 1864.

GLC00919.23.04

[Diary 1864]

Autograph manuscript signed. Written from various places, but the majority of entries written from City Point, Virginia, which was the headquarters for General Ulysses S. Grant. Contains mostly military content dealing with camp life and activities...

GLC00919.23.05

[Diary 1865]

Autograph manuscript signed. Filled with news of military activity. Excerpt from entry for 3 April 1865: "Richmond fell at 8 oclock this morning. Genl Benham was the first Genl in the city... Rebels evacuated. The President and Genl Grant & Meade...

GLC00919.23.06

[Diary 1866]

Autograph manuscript. Written from various places. Beach provides information on his life as a former soldier after the war. Dated January 1, 1866-June 1, 1866.

GLC00919.23.07

[Diary Oliver D. Pratt]

Autograph manuscript signed. Pratt served in Co. L, 1st Battalion, 4th Massachusetts Cavalry. Approximately 100 pages written in pencil. Military content about war in Virginia. Dated June 10- October 1, 1864.

GLC01003.01

[Diary of Oliver D. Pratt]

Autograph manuscript signed. Military content about war in Virginia. Written in pencil. Dated October 1, 1864-June 24, 1865,

GLC01003.02

[Diary of Horace A. Smith, 3rd NY Cavalry]

Autograph manuscript signed. Smith served in Company A, 1st Battalion, 3rd NY Cavalry, "Van Allen's Regiment." Diary kept in ink and pencil with later pencil pagination. Includes ink drawings of Camp layouts at Poolesveille, Md. and Harpers Ferry...

GLC01004

[Diary of a soldier 2nd Brigade Band, 1st Division, 9th Army Corps, during Petersburg Campaign]

States that his band played out the old year and in the new 1 January. 2 January, mentions "Rebs threw a shell at us while playing the Star-spangled Banner at Div Hd. Qrs shelling continued for some time afterwards. Notes that his band performs and...

GLC04562

[Diary of Samuel G. Gottshall]

An unbound manuscript signed. Entries run from 11 July to 31 December. Throughout the diary, Gottshall describes his march through Baltimore, Maryland, his arrival in Washington D.C. following the Second Bull Run, soldiering, camp life, and...

GLC04564.01

[Diary of Samuel G. Gottshall] [Incomplete]

Leather bound manuscript signed. First entry is not logged down until 18 February 1864. On 25 March, he reports that General Ulysses Grant is visiting. Reports on the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania. Reports of heavy fighting from May...

GLC04564.05

Civil Aeronautics Authority Washington Student Pilot Log Book

A log book kept by LeRoi Williams' instructors while he did his flight training. Each sheet contains the name of a course and a checklist of the maneuvers completed for each course, along with the times and dates of the flights, the make and model of...

GLC09587.131.01

Revolutionary War Officer's Journal

Early battles, including the battles of Brooklyn, Long Island, White Plains, The Crossing of the Delaware, Brandywine, Gerrmantown, Fort Ticonderoga, Saratoga, etc. Entries from 6/28//1776 to 10/17/1777 (45 pages) with several charts at the end (33...

GLC08007

[Diary of a Union soldier in the 7th Iowa Vols.]

GLC02088

Diary belonging to a Civil War soldier

A war-weary soldier's diary provides contemporary eyewitness accounts of the entire Gettysburg Campaign, including the march from Maryland up into Pennsylvania, the battles at Brandy Station and Gettysburg, and the later push in pursuit of the...

GLC09272

Susan B. Boomer Diary 1848-1858

Diary of a young woman who left Massachusetts to settle in Bristol, Illinois, with opinions on slavery, patriotism, the Compromise of 1850, and the Fugitive Slave Act. "I spent the night at Uncle James's. During the evening a fugitive slave was...

GLC09292

[Diary of private in 50th Penn. Infantry]

Diary of private in 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, with entries from Sept. 1864 through June 1865, encompassing the close of the war: "Today the election took place for President of the United States everything moved off quietly majority for Lincoln in...

GLC09320

[Diary of Luther Martin Hess]

Diary of soldier in 93rd Illinois Infantry, Co. G. Took part in Vicksburg, Chattanooga, Atlanta campaigns, and Sherman's "March to the Sea." Vivid writing throughout, some daily, some retrospectively. Confronted with the prospect of death during the...

GLC09353

[1864 diary]

In April, he notes that he does not like working under Butler which corresponds to one of his letters. In May he describes some very animated fighting occurring near their pickets. Later on the 28th he gives details of Henry's (a fellow soldier)...

GLC02161.146

Diary of drummer boy in 138th Pennsylvania Regt.

Refers to Brandywine, Shenandoah, siege of Petersburg, and Winchester.

GLC07007

Civil War diary of soldier in Co. B 23rd regiment Pa. Volunteers

Mentions Peninsula Campaign, rebel balloon, Harper's Ferry, and Gettysburg.

GLC07218

D-Day Diary labeled "address book"

Diary kept in a green cloth address book written on board Tank Landing Ship LST-383 officer. Many of the diary entries are more like notes (p. "VII"): "Left ...Eng. Mon. June 5 for our fourth invasion ... D-Day is Tues June 6 .... Arrived Tues June 6...

GLC07239

Diary of Neta Snook [Southern]

The bulk of the diary documents Snook's experiences as a pilot between 1917 and 1920 when she was a student at the Davenport and Curtiss Schools of Aviation. Includes various formulas and notations on engineering and aerodynamics. In addition...

GLC07243.002

Diary of Neta Snook Southern

This daily diary book primarily includes lists and notes regarding Snook Southern's farm and home. The diary is used sporadically for a nineteen year period. Also included with the diary are various newspaper clippings and receipts.

GLC07243.003

[Civil War diary of William R. Buchanan]

Diary of U. S. soldier covering the Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga campaigns. The entries are sporadic near the beginning of the year but near-daily from March until December. On 3 July 1863, at Gettysburg, he writes: "at daylight...

GLC08910