(Manuscript Collection #290)
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Descriptive Summary
| Title: | F. M. McMillen Diary |
| Creator: | F.M. McMillen |
| Repository: | J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | Diary (1 January - 25 March 1865) of a sergeant in Company C, 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps during the Petersburg - Appomattox, VA campaign. |
| Extent: | 0.044 cubic feet, 1 volume, diary, typewritten, transcription. |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
September 24, 1975, diary (1865) Gift of Mr. Carl A. Robin, Greenville, North Carolina.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Preferred Citation
F. M. McMillen Diary (#290), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North
Carolina, USA.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mr. Carl A. Robin
Processing Information
Processed by D. Speas, March 1976
Encoded by Apex Data Services
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Description
The F.M. McMillen Diary was written by Sergeant McMillen while serving in Company C, 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Brigade,
3rd Division, 6th Corps from January 1 - March 25, 1865. The diary records the activities of McMillen, who was mainly a clerk,
as he participated in the Petersburg final assault during the Appomattox Campaign.
Entries of interest include descriptions of camp life, the growing number of Confederate desertions, the execution of a Union deserter and turncoat of the 1st Division (January 6, 1865), a Confederate raid after haversacks and overcoats (January 9, 1865), the execution of James Kelly of the 67th Pennsylvania Volunteers (March 11, 1865), a description of a chapel built near the Division Headquarters by the Engineer Corps (March 13, 1865) and the final days before the assault on Petersburg. Also included is a photocopy of the entry and exit holes in the diary made by a ball which could have taken McMillen's life.
Entries of interest include descriptions of camp life, the growing number of Confederate desertions, the execution of a Union deserter and turncoat of the 1st Division (January 6, 1865), a Confederate raid after haversacks and overcoats (January 9, 1865), the execution of James Kelly of the 67th Pennsylvania Volunteers (March 11, 1865), a description of a chapel built near the Division Headquarters by the Engineer Corps (March 13, 1865) and the final days before the assault on Petersburg. Also included is a photocopy of the entry and exit holes in the diary made by a ball which could have taken McMillen's life.
Online Catalog Headings
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog.
Geographic Entry
Subject Entries
Date Entry
Geographic Entry
Virginia
Subject Entries
OHIO— Civil War— Units
WAR— CIVIL— Battles— Petersburg, 1865
WAR— CIVIL— Camp Life— Virginia
WAR— CIVIL— Desertion
WAR— CIVIL— Desertion
WAR— CIVIL— Units— 6th U.S. Army Corps
WAR— CIVIL— Units— Ohio
WAR— CIVIL— Battles— Petersburg, 1865
WAR— CIVIL— Camp Life— Virginia
WAR— CIVIL— Desertion
WAR— CIVIL— Desertion
WAR— CIVIL— Units— 6th U.S. Army Corps
WAR— CIVIL— Units— Ohio
Date Entry
1865