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11-page diary of Union private Charles D. Gammon from May 3 to September 7, 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign. Gammon was a member of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, Company M. Very brief day-to-day account of time of moving from one position to another, of amount of firing and by whom, names of killed and wounded, number of "rounds" fired, various actions of both sides, such as building of fortifications and bridges, foraging activities, and state of the weather (typescript)

Creator:: Gammon, Charles D.
Date:: 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Citizens of the Town of German Flatts, "Last Chance to Avoid the Draft," war meeting notice at Osgood's Hall in Ilion, New York. The notice is to encourage men to enlist in the Union Army and receive bounty money instead of being drafted

Date:: 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Diary and account book of Hernando E. Minard, an enlisted man in the 83rd Illinois Infantry Regiment, Company K. He tells of his duties in scouting, patrolling, foraging, and other mostly non-combatant activities. Much of the information given is in the nature of accounts dealing with buying and selling forage - January 1, 1864 - August 8, 1865 (photocopy)

Creator:: Minard, Hernando E.
Date:: between 1864 and 1865
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Diary consisting of Letters, written by John W. English, a First Sergeant in the Veteran Reserve Corps, while convalescing in a hospital at Evansville, Indiana, to his wife, Susan (St. Johns, Ohio). The diary extends from April 1864 through his discharge in October of that year. He speaks of the social activities in and around the camp, war news, general morale conditions, and the practice of "Trafficing in Negroes." There is an introduction to the diary by the author's granddaughter, Ercel B. (English) Johoske (typescript)

Creator:: English, John W. and Johoske, Ercel B. (English)
Date:: 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Diary of John W. Fisher, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps, describing General Sherman's campaigns in Georgia and South Carolina (photocopy)

Creator:: Fisher, John W.
Date:: 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Enlistment form for John Rudd of Kentucky into the United States Colored Troops regiments of the Union Army - June 2, 1864

Date:: June 2, 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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General Order #4 written by Lieutenant Colonel John Frazee (Headquarters of 150th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Fort Bunker Hill, Washington, D.C.) concering schedules for batallion drills and regimental parades for the 150th Ohio Infantry Regiment at the Union Army fortifications surrounding Washington, D.C.

Creator:: Frazee, John N.
Date:: June 10, 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from Austin F. Bailey (Camp near Brandy Station, Virginia) to his parents regarding troop movements, food, weather, morale, and tent mates. Austin F. Bailey served in the 1st Vermont Cavalry - March 27, 1864

Creator:: Bailey, A. F.
Date:: March 27, 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from Austin F. Bailey (Virginia) to his parents regarding troop movements, food, weather, morale, tent mates as well as a recent battle, possibly the Battle of Spotslyvania Court House. Austin F. Bailey served in the 1st Vermont Cavalry

Creator:: Bailey, A. F.
Date:: 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

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Letter from Bear Slagle (Atlanta, Georgia) to "Dear Uncle." Slagle talks of the Atlanta Campaign and the working of the draft - September 12, 1864 (photocopy)

Creator:: Slagle, Bear
Date:: September 12, 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public