4 January 1863 - 7 December 1864
Leslie, Joseph (fl. 1863-1864)
Autograph manuscript
Title: [Diary of Joseph Leslie 18th regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry, Company D]
Leslie was a prisoner of war for about 19 months, starting on 11 August 1863, when he describes being captured 5 miles from Stafford. He was paroled in the spring of 1865. He spent time in Libby, Danville, Macon, Charleston, and Florence prisons. Entries detail the daily events of the prisons, including camp conditions, escapes, brutality, rations, arrival of new prisoners, fights among the men, a "Negro performance" (17 October 1863), and other occurrences. Several pages in the diary have names and regiments of different officers from New York, Ohio, Michigan, etc., who were prisoners…
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