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| Size | 9 items |
| Abstract | William Penn Lloyd (1837-1911) of Lisbon, Pa., was 1st Lieutenant, A.A.G., First Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Calvary during the Civil War. The collection contains the Civil War diary, 1861-1865, of Lloyd, a white staff officer of the 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry Regiment, serving in Virginia, and two volumes of daily reports and regimental business, 1863. Lloyd published a regimental history based on these volumes. The diary includes extensive details about battles in which Lloyd and his regiment were engaged, including Second Battle of Bull Run, Dranesville, Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Aldie, and Upperville; discussions of camp life, troop movements, and various hardships; and his observations at the end and immediately following the war. |
| Creator | Lloyd, William Penn, 1837-1911. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Adam Fielding, Kate Stratton, and Jodi Berkowitz, November 2010; Nancy Kaiser, January 2019
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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William Penn Lloyd (1837-1911) of Lisbon, Pa., was 1st Lieutenant, A.A.G., First Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Calvary during the Civil War. Lloyd published a regimental history based on the diary he kept during the war.
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The collection contains the Civil War diary, 1861-1865, of of William Penn Lloyd (1837-1911), a white staff officer of the 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry Regiment, serving in Virginia, and two volumes of daily reports and regimental business, 1863. The diary includes extensive details about battles in which Lloyd and his regiment were engaged, including Second Battle of Bull Run, Dranesville, Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock Station, Fredericksburg, Brandy Station, Aldie, and Upperville; discussions of camp life, troop movements, and various hardships; and his observations at the end and immediately following the war. Of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Lloyd wrote on 15 April 1865, "This day will chronicle one of the most startling events of our almost fabulous history."
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William Penn Lloyd Diary and Notebooks, 1861-1865.
| Folder 1a |
Original finding aid |
| Folder 1 |
Volume 1: 31 October 1861-31 March 1862Entries about traveling to join regiment, drills and mock battles; account of the Battle of Dranesville, 20 December 1861; description on 3 February 1862 of his regiment in Langley, Va. |
| Folder 2 |
Volume 2: 1 April 1862-7 June 1862Daily entries describing the advance of the Army of the Potomac into Northern Virginia to Manassas, camping at Falmouth, skirmishes with the Confederate army on the banks of the Rappahannock River, advance to Gordonsville, and a move to a point 38 miles from Richmond where retreat orders were received; itinerary of retreat and discovery of nearby movements of Jackson's army near Winchester 1 June; rapid march to try and trap Jackson between their forces and Fremont, assuming positions around Strasburg in Shenandoah County, in pursuit of Confederates through Eddinburg, Falken, Jacksonville, to Harrisonburg on 6 June; deployment of various officers and regiments. |
| Folder 3 |
Volume 3: 1 July 1862-14 October 1862Entries about Culpepper, Va., Battle of Cedar Mountain, calvary battle at Rappahannock Station, Second Battle of Bull Run, witdrawal of troops from Centerville, Va., 1 September 1862. |
| Folder 4 |
Volume 4: 15 October 1862-31 March 1863Daily entries during advance to Fredericksburg, Va.; Battle of Fredericksburg, including eyewitness account of wounding and death of Brigadier General Bayard; winter spent in camp preparing for spring campaign. |
| Folder 5 |
Volume 5: 1 April 1863-12 December 1863Brief and irregular entries; 9 June, description of Battle of Brandy Station; 17 June-22 June, fighting at Aldie and Upperville; regiment arrived at Gettysburg on 2 July, but was held in reserve and did not fight. |
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Volume 6: 1 January 1864-1 May 1864Brief entries; Lloyd's time at camp in Faquier County, Va.; Lloyd notes that he was writing a regimental history; entries on his discharge, return home, and job as school teacher in Lisbon, Pa. |
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Volume 7: 9 May 1863-14 June 1863Daily field report, showing totals of officers, men, horses, mules, sick list, etc. of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division Calvary, Colonel Percy Wyndham commanding, and then Colonel John P. Taylor, with Lloyd as Acting Adjutant General throughout. |
| Folder 8 |
Volume 8: 1 June 1863-10 June 1863Daily memorandum of business transacted in the Assistant Adjutant General's Office of the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Calvary Corps; notations concerning special orders, details assigned, appointments and resignations; Colonel Percy Wyndham's report on the battle of Brandy Station. |
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Volume 9: 1865Acquisition Information: Accession 103518 Daily entries cover the final days of the Civil War and Lloyd's activities and observations following the war. Of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Lloyd wrote on 15 April 1865, "This day will chronicle one of the most startling events of our almost fabulous history." |