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Barns, Uz

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Barns Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0925
Overview Papers of the Barns family of northwestern West Virginia, including: the Civil War diaries of Thomas Rufus Barns recording his experiences while serving with Company K, Tenth Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry (1863-1864); Civil War records of Uz Barns, who served with the same unit, including discharge and pension papers (1865-1891); miscellaneous Civil War material, including currency and song sheets (ca. 1861-1865); and Barns family papers including financial records, and land...
Dates: 1816-1899; Majority of material found within 1831-1899

Uz Barns, Soldier, Civil War Diary

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0974
Overview Diary of Uz Barns of Ritchie County, a volunteer in the Union Army who served as a private in the 10th West Virginia Infantry. The diary covers the years 1862 through 1865 and contains daily entries, mainly regarding weather conditions. Barns also wrote about marches and distances marched per day; encampments at various places in eastern West Virginia and in Winchester, Virginia; and engagements with Confederate forces at Beverly, (West) Virginia, Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia, and Deep...
Dates: 1862-1865

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Civil War -- Harpers Ferry 1
Civil War - Randolph County. 1
Civil War - Richmond, Virginia. 1
Civil War - Union soldiers - West Virginia. 1
Civil War - West Virginia - Union soldiers. 1