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Herman, E. W.

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E. W. Herman Papers

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Identifier: ZEA
Scope and Content Carbon copy of a typewritten transcription of the Civil War diary of E. W. Herman, 22 July 1861 - 31 July 1864; with accounts of camp life, reactions of soldiers to appointment of General Grant, picket duty, marching along the Mississippi, a battle of 7 November 1861 near Columbus, Kentucky, gun boats, reactions of wives, the brass band throwing away instruments to take up muskets, Fort Smith at Smithland, Kentucky, General Lew Wallace, Fort Henry, bitter cold, General Smith, Commodore...
Dates: 1861-1866