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Curtis P. Lacey diary, ca. 1860-1863

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Title Curtis P. Lacey diary, ca. 1860-1863

Creator Lacey, Curtis P

Date 1860-1863

Place Iowa, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, United States, Vicksburg (Miss.)

Language English

Subjects United States, Jackson, Battle of, Jackson, Miss., 1863, Soldiers

Summary Pocket diary, Dec. 19, 1862 - Dec. 31, 1863, recording Lacey's service with the 55th Illinois at or near Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss., and at the Yuka House hospital and Fort Pickering convalescent camp near Memphis. Also a ca. 1860 ambrotype portrait of Lacey in civilian clothes. Lacey's record of the Vicksburg campaign includes accounts of digging canals, traveling by steamboat, blockade running by the Queen of the West, the Confederate bombardment of a sham blockade runner, the capture of Fort Hindman, Ark., foraging expeditions, the unsuccessful attacks on May 19th and 21st, and digging entrenchments for the final assault. After Vicksburg, Lacey describes his participation in the capture of Jackson, Miss., his hospitalization for malaria at Yuka House, and his convalescence at Fort Pickering. Lacey also notes visits with his father, E.B. Lacey, (35th Iowa) and cousin, Samuel Snow (25th Iowa), the receipt of letters from home, and an encounter with African American troops (2nd Tennessee Colored Infantry).

Biographical/Historical Note Union soldier from Grand View, Iowa, who was a member of Company B of the 55th Illinois Infantry Regiment.

Extent 2 items. Diary: 1 v. (127 p.) ; 11 cm

Format Diaries, Personal narratives, Sources, Manuscripts, Ambrotypes

User-Contributed Transcription [Front cover]

Transcription Status Completed

Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

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Call Number Midwest MS 261

BibID 991792818805867

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 1791px × 2513px 25.79 MB

Filename 991792818805867_midwest_ms_261_fl_00001_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL12X3UX

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