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Cook, Henry (fl. 1862-1864) 1862 Diary

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03958.01 Author/Creator: Cook, Henry (fl. 1862-1864) Place Written: [various places] Type: Diary Date: 1862 Pagination: 1 v. ; 8 x 13 cm. Order a Copy

Henry Cook writes daily entries on camp life, including rations, illness, gambling, picket duty, construction projects, pay, and promotions. He includes information on military actions (battles at Fort Donelson, Fort Macon, and [Pea?] Ridge), as well as on desertion, scouting expeditions, contrabands, weapon distribution, and spies. His daily entries, written in ink, inlcude brief weather reports, and each month ends with a slightly longer reflection.

Allen, Colonel, fl. 1862
Bryant, George, fl. 1862
Cook, Henry, fl. 1862-1864
Dallas (corporal), fl. 1877
Dilks (corporal), fl. 1862
Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
Foster, General
Gafney, Adam, fl. 1862-1863
Green (corporal), fl. 1862
Hankins, George, fl. 1862
Heckman (lietuenant colonel), fl. 1862
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall," 1824-1863
Lawrence, Corporal
Merrill (lieutenant), fl. 1862
Moffat, James Clement, fl. 1862
Oglesby, fl. 1862
Pope, John, 1822-1892
Reavis, J., fl. 1862
Reed (private), fl. 1862
Taylor, fl. 1862-1863
Tinker (private), fl. 1862
Townley, Billy, fl. 1862
Weller, (lieutenant), fl. 1862
Wilson (lieutenant colonel), fl. 1862
Wright, Samuel Cole, 1842-1906

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