Pocket Diary Of John Lewis (1862)
Overview
Pocket diary that Lewis kept from Jan. 1 through Mar. 2, 1862, when the regiment was occupying Loudoun Heights (Va.) On Mar. 2 he went home on furlough, at which point the diary ends. Very short entries hastily scribbled in pencil, recording marching orders received, a skirmish near Staunton, news of officers and soldiers died of wounds and taken prisoner, etc. The diary fills 20 pages of the Pocket Diary for 1862, Containing an Almanac for New York, St. Louis, and San Francisco ... (Cambridgeport, Mass.: Published annually by Denton & Wood, 1862).