Crawford, James M. Pocket diary White, John G., b. 1830
Published / Created:
1863 January 1-December 31
Call Number:
WA MSS S-1780 W584
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Diary, 1863 Jan 1-Dec 31, contains brief entries describing White's service as a corporal in the 20th Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers, beginning after the 20th Regiment's participation in the Battle of Prairie Grove in 1862 Dec. White went to Patch Grove on recruiting service, Jan-Apr, and then returned to Camp Lake Spring, at Rolla Missouri. His regiment went to Vicksburg, Mississippi, in June, and he describes the siege and surrender of the city and subsequent movements of his regiment in Mississippi and Louisiana. In October his regiment went by steamer from New Orleans to Texas, remaining at Fort Brown near Brownsville through December. Entries are followed by his thoughts on his experiences in 1863, a list of soldiers with companies and tent numbers, and brief accounts and notes. This diary is written in a printed pocket diary published by James M. Crawford, Saint Louis, Missouri. and Part of: Two holograph manuscript pocket diaries kept by John G. White while living in rural Wisconsin and during his service in the United States Army in the Civil War. The first diary, 1859 Nov 25-1860 May [19], contains brief entries in which White describes farm work and social life in Mount Hope and Patch Grove, Grant County, Wisconsin.
Subject (Geographic):
Grant County (Wis.)--Social life and customs, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Vicksburg (Miss.)--Personal narratives, and West (U.S.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Subject (Name):
United States.--Army.--Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 20th (1862-1865) and White, John G.,--b. 1830
Doylestown (Penn.), New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Santa Fe (N.M.)
Collection Created:
William Watts Hart Davis, attorney, editor, military officer, and historian, was born on July 28, 1820 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He served in the Mexican War and Civil War and as a government official in the Territory of New Mexico (1853-1857)