Elias Cade Diaries mssCade
Brooke M. Black
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December 2021
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Title: Elias Cade diaries
Creator:
Cade, Elias, 1841-1885
Identifier/Call Number: mssCade
Physical Description:
0.41 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1861-1865
Abstract: Diaries belonging to American Civil War Union solider Elias Cade.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Chip Tardiff, November 2020.
Elias Cade (1841-1885) was a Union private and captain in the 29th Regiment, Pennsylvania Infantry in the American Civil War.
Elias Cade's diaries detail his time serving with the Army of the Potomac, the Army of the Tennessee, and the Military Division
of the Mississippi, and his experiences in the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg, the siege of Atlanta, Sherman's March,
and the Campaign of the Carolinas. The diaries cover Cade's entire war experience from enlistment to mustering out. There
are also some notes by descendants of the Cade family.
Processed by Brooke M. Black, December 2021.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soldiers -- United States -- Diaries
Pennsylvania -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Sources
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Pennsylvania -- Sources
Diaries -- United States -- Civil War, 1861-1865
United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861-1864)
Box 1, Folder 1
Diary 1861 April 17-1863 November 3
Box 1, Folder 2
Diary 1864 May 3-October 4
Box 1, Folder 3
Diary 1864 November 17-1865 May 10
Box 1, Folder 4
Family notes undated