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O'Connell, John D., fl. 1861-1866 1866 (July - Dec.) Diary of John O'Connell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02830.58.03 Author/Creator: O'Connell, John D., fl. 1861-1866 Place Written: Various Places Type: Diary Date: July 1866 - December 1866 Pagination: Order a Copy

Begins in Fort Yuma. Describes weather and what he and officers do in their leisure hours such as play cribbage. Goes to San Francisco in September. Then boards the Steamer Constitution. Lands in New York in October and goes to Brooklyn. Talks about mother and Johnny. Does some accounting in the back.

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
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