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Size | 1 item |
Abstract | Julius A. Wager was born and lived his whole life in Hector, Schuyler County, N.Y. The collection is microfilm and a photocopy of transcription of 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. |
Creator | Wager, Julius Augustus, 1843-1917. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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.
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Julius A. Wager was born and lived his whole life in Hector, Schuyler County, N.Y.
Back to TopThe 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.
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Diary, 14 May 1864-23 May 1865 |
Reel M-3920/1-2
M-3920/1M-3920/2 |
Microfilm |
Microfilm (M-3920/1-2)
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