Charles Ashley Willis Diary, 1863

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Charles Ashley Willis Diary, 1863

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Charles Ashley Willis served in Company A of the 1st South Carolina Regiment during the Gettysburg campaign in which he was captured and hospitalized. Willis's pocket diary, 6 June 1863-3 September 1863, includes slight entries about daily concerns, chiefly his own physical condition; a list of casualties from his company at Gettysburg; a list of members of his regiment in prison in New York; a list of patients at the Union hospital in Chester, Pa.; and a few miscellaneous memoranda.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Willis, Charles Ashley, fl. 1863.

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Charles Ashley Willis (fl. 1863) served in Company A of the 1st South Carolina Regiment during the Gettysburg campaign in which he was captured and hospitalized. According to family, Willis was shot in the leg at the battle of the Wilderness. Willis reportedly cut out the bullet with his pocket knife and died shortly thereafter in a hospital. From the guide to the Charles Ashley Willis Diary, 1863, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection....