Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908 1864 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth

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Type
Journals & Diaries
Date
1864
Author/Creator
Booth, Thomas R., fl. 1861-1908
Title
1864 Diary of Thomas Rogers Booth
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
1 v. : approx. 153 p. : Height: 17.5 cm, Width: 8.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Autograph manuscript; no signature. Written partially in pencil. Mostly written in Georgetown, in Washington, D.C. Comments on the weather and his work as a clerk in the Adjutant General's office. Also keeps financial ledger pages at the back of the book. Mentions news he has heard of battles and troop movement. Also relates his surprise at being appointed Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers with the rank of Captain on 25 July. He took his new post in early August.

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