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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Nelson Stauffer Civil War Diary
Creator:
Stauffer, Nelson
Identifier/Call Number: SC.NS
Extent:
0.20 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1862-1865
Abstract: Nelson Stauffer enlisted in Co. A, 63rd
Regiment, Illinois Infantry during the US Civil War. He kept a diary from 1862-1865. In it,
he writes of his enlistment, training, troop movements, interactions with other soldiers,
daily work assignments, patrolling, and a brief illness. He also describes the actions of
some African-Americans he encountered while marching in the South, battlefield conditions,
and the burning of Columbia, South Carolina.
Language of Material: English
Facsimile copies of this work, titled
Civil War Diary,
are available to researchers as
a part of the American Classics Facsimile Series. It is available electronically as a part
of the
Civil War Narratives
project.
The collection is open for research use.
Nelson Stauffer enlisted in Co. A, 63rd Regiment, Illinois Infantry during the US Civil
War.
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Nelson Stauffer's diary, which he kept while fighting the US Civil War between 1862 and
1865, details his enlistment, training, troop movements, interactions with other soldiers,
daily work assignments, patrolling, and a brief illness. He also describes the actions of
some African-Americans he encountered while marching in the South, battlefield conditions,
and the burning of Columbia, South Carolina.
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