Cook, Henry, fl. 1862-1864 1864 Diary

GLC03958.03

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GLC#
GLC03958.03-View header record
Type
Journals & Diaries
Date
1864
Author/Creator
Cook, Henry, fl. 1862-1864
Title
1864 Diary
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
1 v. Height: 8 cm, Width: 13 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

In this diary, dated from January through November, 1864, Henry Cook documents life in the US Signal Corps. Stationed near New Bern, NC, Cook writes of matters of daily life--meals, rations, guard duty, trips to town, construction projects--and of military movement, including the coming and going of numerous officers. He notes rumors and reports of Union victories and losses, and he describes the combat that he encounters. After he contracts Yellow Fever, he writes extensively on his condition and the treatments that he receives and on the epidemic in nearby cities. The diary abruptly ends in mid-November.

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