Personal narratives
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Aaron D. Riker Civil War journal
Civil War journal of Aaron Denton Riker (July 19, 1830-July 25, 1914) who served in the 66th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Riker's Civil War journal (circa 1861-1864) describes skirmishes, battles, and places including Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Harper's Ferry, Gettysburg, and Sherman's march on Atlanta.
An account of the Civil War career of Oliver Otis Howard based on his private letters
Preliminary typescript draft of a Ph.D. dissertation, completed under the same title for Columbia University in 1954
Augustus Bowman Farnham papers
Letters (1861-1916), Civil War journals (1862 and 1864), documents and clippings (1863-1905), and photographs, mostly relating to Farnham's military career.
Chandler-Cleaveland family papers
Charles O. Hunt letters and personal recollections
Holograph transcriptions of correspondence and memoirs of Charles O. Hunt documenting his service in the Civil War, including the second battle of Manasass, the Wilderness Campaign, and Gettysburg, as well his internment as a prisoner of war.
Civil War miscellany
Miscellaneous Civil War material from various sources, including correspondence, diaries, photographs and printed material.
Diary
Daily entries, October 21, 1862, to July 6, 1863, of a captain of the 22nd Maine Infantry, covering the period from his departure from Bangor, Me., until his death in the Port Hudson campaign
Diary of Owen W. Davis, Jr.
Typescript copy of the diary of Owen W. Davis, Jr., from June 17, 1862, to September 27, 1862, recording his experience as an enlisted soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War. Topics include minor skirmishes, court marial duties, capture and parole, and routine duties while stationed in northern Virginia, Washington, DC, and Maryland. Davis (Bowdoin College Class of 1864) left college to enlist with the 7th Squadron, Rhode Island Cavalry
Edward Farrington Abbott, Jr. papers
The collection contains World War II correspondence of Edward Farrington Abbott, Jr. to family members, 1942-1945 and miscellaneous biographical material. The letters principally concern Abbott's day-to-day and recreational activities.
Edwin Emery diaries and memoir
Five pocket diaries (1863-1865) kept by Edwin Emery during his military service in the Civil War, as well as a transcription of four pages from an 1864 diary that is lacking from the collection.