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1861 Civil War Diary by Ferdinand Kilbourne in shorthand

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Title 1861 Civil War Diary by Ferdinand Kilbourne in shorthand

Date 1861

Subjects American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

Description April 22-27, 1861: Diary belonging to Pvt. Ferdinand Kilbourne (Kilbourn) of Covington, Tioga County, Pa. Kilbourne, a soldier in the 1st Rifles, Company I of the 42nd Pennsylvania Regiment--the famous "Bucktail Regiment"--has written the entries in each diary, from Jan. 1-Dec. 31, in Pitman shorthand. The Bucktails trained at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg until June 1861, when they joined the Army of the Potomac in and near Washington, D.C., where they spent the next four years. During those years, they fought in many battles, such as Ball's Bluff, Harrisonburg, Mechanicsville, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Manassas, Bristoe Station, and Spotsylvania. Diary for 1861 (15 cm.) bound in limp dark brown leather envelope-flap-style binding, with flap and loop closure intact; triple blind-ruled borders; all edges gilt.

Format Bindings, Diaries

Call Number VAULT Case MS 10032

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 8760px × 5840px 146.41 MB

File Created 07/31/2012

Filename Case MS 10032 (Vault) Civil War Diary 1861, Ferdinand Kilbourne, shorthand, April.tif

Unique Identifier NL11NYUZ

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