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Civil War -- War diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Jacob M. Campbell Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1109
Scope and Contents Military orders, telegrams, military correspondence concerning Campbell's command, lists of Confederate deserters, ordnance and quartermaster returns, additional military records, and a personal diary of Colonel Campbell, commander of the Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers which operated along the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Cumberland, Maryland, and Martinsburg, West Virginia. Subjects include civilian-military relations; guerrilla activities of John D. Imboden, the...
Dates: 1861-1888; Majority of material found within 1861-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

James B.C. Vale, Soldier, Journal Regarding West Virginia 4th Infantry, Company D, in the Civil War

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3593
Overview Journal authored by James B.C. Vale of Company D, West Virginia 4th Infantry. Compiled in 1891 from a diary kept during the Civil War, it records in some detail operations of his unit in the period June 27, 1861 (when he enlisted) to October 31, 1862. It consists of an introduction (page 1), muster roll (pages 2-5, including names, ranks, enlistement dates, and notes), and narrative (pages 6-15). The narrative regards campaigns in western Virginia, mostly in the vicinity of the Kanawha...
Dates: 1861-1862
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

James M. Chidester Civil War Diary

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2707
Overview Diary kept by Corporal James M. Chidester, Co. A, 3rd Regiment, Virginia Volunteer Infantry, during his service in the Civil War, 1861-1864. Contains day by day accounts of the marches and battles in which he participated, descriptions of camp life and general conditions for Union soldiers. His company was active throughout West Virginia, Western Maryland and the Northern Virginia and District Columbia area. He participated in battles at Romney, Cedar Mountain, Manassas Junction, Janelew,...
Dates: 1861-1864, 1890
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Jesse Johnston Diary

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1395
Overview

The original manuscript and a typed copy of Johnston's Civil War diary. Serving with Company L, Second Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, Johnston fought at Princeton, Lewisburg, Sinking Creek, and Wytheville. Captured and subsequently exchanged, he served in Washington until mustered out of service.

Dates: 1861-1864
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Morton Ledgers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2579
Overview

Diaries, account books, and a surveyor's handbook belonging to John Morton, a farmer of Hollidays Cove, Brooke County, West Virginia. The surveyor's book includes lessons on logarithm, geometry, plane trigonometry, and surveying. The diaries and account books record Morton's life and significant events of the period. There is also an undated land deed, a property list of Morton's father, John Morton, and some genealogical information.

Dates: 1840-1902
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Lewis Schaeffer, Soldier, Civil War Diaries

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1540
Overview Civil War diaries of Lewis Schaeffer (b. July 4, 1833), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who served in Company A of the 68th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers (Scott Legion of Philadelphia) from September 1862 to June 1865. Collection consists of three pocket diaries on microfilm. They cover the periods from September-December 1862; 1863, and January-June 1865. There is no diary for 1864. Schaeffer provides only brief descriptions of his combat service, but offers a detailed record of army...
Dates: 1862-1863, 1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Michael A. Ayers, Soldier, Civil War Journal

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0325
Overview Michael A. Ayers was a sergeant major in the 11th West Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Three typed copies of Ayers' journal document his military service from April to June 1864 and from January to July 1865. There is a typed journal and a slightly more detailed typed narrative of the 1864 period. Subjects from 1864 include the unit's movements; weather; the surrounding countryside; skirmishes with Confederate troops; the battle of Cloyd's Mountain; searching for food; sermons;...
Dates: 1864-1865
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Mrs. James S. Morris, Collector, Various Historical Documents

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1264
Overview

This collection includes the Flower Mission Book of the Fairmont W.C.T.U, 1904-1916, including pictures of the state and national officers; A visit to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, 1876 by W.T.W. Crow; and the Civil War diary of James Williams, Aug 31, 1864-Jun 8, 1865. Williams enlisted at Morgantown and served in the Clarksburg, Grafton, Philippi, Sutton area, apparently with Co. A., 6th Reg., Va. Inf. Vols.

Dates: 1864-65, 1904-1916
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ordner Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2006
Overview

A genealogy of the Ordner family which indicates its relationship to the Carrolls of Carrolton, Maryland; and a Civil War diary of George W. Ordner of Company B, Fifth Regiment, West Virginia Cavalry, relating its movements, encampments, skirmishes and battles. His unit served mainly in West Virginia, fighting at Droop Mountain and driving the Confederates from Mercer County in the 1864 campaign.

Dates: ca. 1956
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Richard Beto, Collector, Records regarding the Civil War in West Virginia

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3044
Overview This collection contains documents and other material regarding the Civil War, including a diary, letters, reports, clippings, a muster roll, and other material. The majority of items in the collection regard the Civil War in West Virginia. Items within the collection are facsimiles and photocopies. Highlights of the collection include: the diary of Alex McGraw, who served with the West Virginia First Light Artillery; a letter from Captain Robert Coles of Virginia Fortieth Infantry, Wise...
Dates: 1861-1875 and undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1863
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center