- GLC#
- GLC02265
- Type
- Journals & Diaries
- Date
- October 1, 1861-1864
- Author/Creator
- Herbst, George, fl. 1861-1864
- Title
- [Diary of Union soldier, George Herbst] [parts in German]
- Place Written
- Various Places
- Pagination
- 33 f. Height: 16.5 cm, Width: 10.1 cm
- Language
- German
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Autograph manuscript signed. Entitled on the leather boards: "Tagn Luf des Krieges von 1861 bis 1864[.] George Herbst." Contemporary notes appear to date mostly from 1862. Covers all battles in Virginia, the farewell to General George McClellan, the Battle of Fredericksburg, and serenading General Franz Siegel.
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