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January 1865 - December 1865
Vaughn, Charles E.
Soldier's diary, Co. I, 7th Regt. Vermont Vols. re: Mobile, with photograph
The diary is about 65 pp. Includes a postwar cabinet photograph of an elderly Vaughn in uniform.
GLC03856
1862
Hannegan, James D. (1862-1863)
[Diary of James Hannegan of the 5th Ohio Cavalry]
Diary is an autograph manuscript signed, neatly written in pencil, covering 1 January 1862-31 December 1862. Writes about the battle being raged at Fort Donelson in his entry of 15 February, reporting that the "citizens are in a terrible state of...
GLC04129.01
1863
Diary is an autograph manuscript signed, neatly written in pencil, covering 1 January 1863-15 March 1863. At the end of the book Hannegan includes some accounting pages. Enclosed within the diary is a bookmark depicting an eagle and a shield, with...
GLC04129.02
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...
GLC03956.02
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 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
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