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Size | 3 items |
Abstract | Wooster E. Woodbury served in the 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment (13th New Hampshire Volunteers), Company C, during the Civil War. Wooster E. Woodbury kept this diary, 23 April-27 August 1863, while he was behind the lines in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Diary entries mention camp life, picket and guard duty, dress parades, inspections, a hospital, troop movements, working on fortifications, making roads, building a cook-house, pay day, and other matters. Also included is a promissory note, 1862, and Wooster's commission as a corporal, 1865. |
Creator | Woodbury, Wooster E., fl. 1862-1865. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff, 1968
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2005
Updated by: Laura Hart, December 2021
Funding from the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc., supported the encoding of this finding aid and microfilming of this collection.
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Wooster E. Woodbury served in the 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment (13th New Hampshire Volunteers), Company C, during the Civil War.
Back to TopDiary, 23 April-27 August 1863, of Wooster E. Woodbury, a federal soldier who served in the 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment (13th New Hampshire Volunteers), Company C, during the Civil War. Woodbury kept this diary while he was behind the lines in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Diary entries mention military life, picket and guard duty, dress parades, inspections, a hospital, troop movements, working on fortifications, making roads, building a cook-house, pay day, and other matters. Also included is a promissory note, 1862, and Wooster's commission as a corporal, 1865.
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Papers, 1862-1865 |
Oversize Paper Folder OPF-3799/1 |
Oversize paper |
Reel M-3799/1 |
Microfilm copy of the collection, 1862-1865 |