Author : William H. H. Fisher
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (883 download)
Book Synopsis William H.H. Fisher Civil War Diary by : William H. H. Fisher
Download or read book William H.H. Fisher Civil War Diary written by William H. H. Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William H.H. Fisher's pocket diary contains his daily entries during 1865 as a soldier in the Vermont Infantry, 7th Regiment, Company D, during the American Civil War stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana, Alabama, and Texas. The regiment moved from New Orleans to Mobile Point, Alabama, on 19 February until 2 June, and then to Texas (Brazos Santiago, Clarksville, and Brownsville) through the end of the year [the regiment mustered out on 14 March 1866]. He writes about camp activities (cleaning his gun and equipment, inspections, drills, guard duty); trips into New Orleans for meals, beer, and women; playing cards, reading a novel, writing letters to and receiving letters from his sisters Eliza and Mary, and cousins Sarah and Rubin McClellan and Maggie Randall; attending non-commissioned officers' school; the siege of Spanish Fort and occupation of Mobile, Alabama; and the move to Texas where on 24 June he complains about two brigades of black troops in camp who were so noisy they could not sleep. On the monthly cash accounts pages, he records his purchases and expenditures, with a separate page for his clothing costs.On a memorandum page at the back of the diary, Fisher writes a letter to his mother lamenting that while the war is over he still isn't home, hopes to see her soon, and notes that "you will see by my diary that I have passed through some ruff scenes but thank God those times are all gone by," and signs his name, company, and regiment at Brownsville, Texas [from this comment it appears that he sent the diary home for his family to read and keep].
