Record #:

10039

Author(s):

Peele, John

Abstract:

Peele discusses diary entries kept by a Union Civil War soldier. The diary was found seventy-nine years after the war by Francis Chappel of Elizabeth City in an old city lot. There are around 200 entries; each one begins with a comment on the weather conditions where the soldier happens to be.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 1 Issue 10, Feb 1944, p30

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Union