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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Julius Augustus Wager Diary, #3920-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Microfilm and photocopy of typed transcription also available.

Location of Originals

Original returned to private owner in 1971.

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Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011; Nancy Kaiser, December 2021

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• Agriculture--New York (State)--History--19th century.
• Diaries (Blank-books)
• Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination.
• Soldiers--United States--Diaries.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
• United States. Army--Military life--History.
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
• Wager, Julius Augustus, 1843-1917.

Julius A. Wager was born and lived his whole life in Hector, Schuyler County, N.Y.

The collection is Wager's diary, 14 May 1864-23 May 1865. The entries for May-August 1864 concern his agricultural activities in Hector. He enlisted in the Union army in September 1864 and was sent to City Point, Va. Thereafter his diary gives a brief record of where he was located and activities he engaged in or heard of, but does not include his feelings or any detailed descriptions of what he witnessed. The entries concern camp life, including drilling; inspection; guard duty; construction of bridges, roads, and buildings; the Petersburg campaign; Lee's surrender; news of Lincoln's assassination; the hanging of a deserter; and the march back to Washington, D.C.

Microfilm (M-3920/1-2)