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1864-1865
Phoenix, John W. (fl. 1864-1865)
[Diaries of John W. Phoenix, A company, 28th regiment, Wisconsin, infantry]
Diaries are decimalized.
GLC03956
12 November 1864-4 December 1864
Diary of John W. Phoenix
Written from camp at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Describes picket duty, foraging, and rations. Mentions cooking and what the soldiers had for dinner frequently. Discusses how the soldiers want to shoot at pigeons flying over camp but are not allowed to...
GLC03956.01
1 January 1865-18 June 1865
Early entries mostly detail the weather, regimental duties, and camp life at Little Rock, Arkansas. On 21 January he indicates that the regiment has received marching orders but he is to remain at camp. This marching brigade came back on 4 February...
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1862-1864
Cook, Henry (fl. 1862-1864)
[Diaries of Henry Cook, K company, 9th regiment, New Jersey, infantry]
Henry Cook discusses his infantry and Signal Corps service at Roanoke Island, NC and New Bern, NC.
GLC03958
1862
1862 Diary
Henry Cook writes daily entries on camp life, including rations, illness, gambling, picket duty, construction projects, pay, and promotions. He includes information on military actions (battles at Fort Donelson, Fort Macon, and [Pea?] Ridge), as well...
GLC03958.01
1864
1864 Diary
In this diary, dated from January through November, 1864, Henry Cook documents life in the US Signal Corps. Stationed near New Bern, NC, Cook writes of matters of daily life--meals, rations, guard duty, trips to town, construction projects--and of...
GLC03958.03
1866
Booth, Thomas R. (fl. 1861-1908)
Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth
Entires take place in Missouri, Lousiana and Pennsylvania. He Ccrefully notes arrivals and exits. Talks about friends, particularly the ones he dines with. Mentions the weather in many entires. Back of book is used for account entries.
GLC03347.06
1867
Most entries take place in Pennsylvania though there are a few in New Castle, Deleware. He was sick on July 20th and took some brandy which didn't help. However he still managed to go to work. "Sent Fulton and party to Sec. 19. Wrote to the...
GLC03347.07
1868
Most entires in Pennyslvania, though a few are in Texas. Discusses the details of his job as an engineer. His project notes are listed in several entries.He describes a boat ducking on Sept. 26th.
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1869
Most entries in Pennsylvania. From Arstrong Co. to Vanango Co. to Oil City. Details a disagreement with Capt. B on June 15th. Mainly discusses the daily activities of his job.
GLC03347.09
1870
All entires in Pennsylvania from Oil City to Armstrong Co. to Kittaning. Discusses his daily activities as an engineer. "Working on a map all day. Wrote Wilson a second letter...Work..." September 27th.
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1871
All entries in Pennsylvania from Kittaning to New Bethleham. Discusses the bridges he works on. Tells the story of a man killed on the job on July 26th. Often describes the weather.
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1872
All enties take place in Kittaning or New Bethleham. Back is used for accounting. Writes about his job and family and friends. Writes that he went to a lecture by Mark Twain, on "Roughing It," a description of country life in Nevada on January 12th.
GLC03347.12
1873
Most entires take place in Kittaning, Martindale or Parker Pennsylvania. A few are in New Castle, Deleware. Mainly discusses his job and the weather.On December 13th, he talks about the river rising within sight of the great flood of 1865.
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1875
All entries take place in Deleware and Pennsylvania. Tals mainly about his job with the railroad. But also mentions friends and family. Saw the Treasurer on February 1st. Notes that McClellan Welsh was out of turn.
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1876
All entries take place in Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Talks mainly about his job. Many entries feature the sentence: "In office all day." Mentions different plans for bridges.
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1877
All entries in Brownsville, Pennsylvania and Riverside, Maryland. Back used for accounting. He describes the weather at the beginning of each entry. There is a great deal of sickness mentioned between himself and others.
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1878
All entries take place in Pennsylvania and Deleware. Back used for accounting.Mentions weather, whther he has received any letters or has written any. The Episcopal church is also mentioned in several entries.
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1879
All entries take place in Kitanning and Bethlehem Pennsylvania. On May 23rd, he tells a story of how they accidentally set the chimney on fire. He tells another anecdote on July 5th in which someone's cat keeps killing the chickens so he poisoned a...
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1880
All entries take place in Pennsylvania, Deleware and Maryland. Records his small journeys from town to town. We learn he likes to attend philosophical meetings and lectures as well as church. Back used for accounting.
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1881
All entries take place in Pennsylvania and Virginia. Mentions the details of his work frequently. Faithfully records the weather. Back is used for accounting.
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1882
All entries take place in Virginia and Maryland. Records the weather in each entry. Talks about contracts and different projects connected to his job. Very little information about his personal life.
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1883
All entries take place in Virginia. On April 12th, the clerk of the hotel he was staying in attempted suicide by overdosing on laudanum. He resisted efforts to save him. Back is used for accounting.
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1884
All entries take place in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland. Discusses business, weather, planting. Written in pencil and purple ink.
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1885
All entries take place in Maryland, Deleware and Pennsylvania. Mentons the death of his Aunt Mary and her funeral on March 3rd. Mentions chores around the house. Talks of collegues and business.
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