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Beach, Elias William (1841-1921) [Diary 1864]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00919.23.05 Author/Creator: Beach, Elias William (1841-1921) Place Written: [various places] Type: Diary Date: 27 May 1864 - 1 December 1864 Pagination: 1 vol. ; approx. 71 p. ; 16 x 10.3 cm. Order a Copy

Autograph manuscript signed. Written from various places, but the majority of entries written from City Point, Virginia, which was the headquarters for General Ulysses S. Grant. Contains mostly military content dealing with camp life and activities.

Beach was a member of the 50th New York Volunteer Engineers.

Beach, Elias William, 1841-1921
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885

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