Diary, 1862.

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Jordan, A. M. Diary, 1862.

Diary, 1862.

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Diary, 1862, was written by A. M. Jordan in the form of a letter to his wife Julia. It covers the months February through July of 1862 and discusses the 23rd Alabama's daily life in Tenn., including their camp at the University of Tennessee at Nashville. Although Jordan did not participate in any battles and the bulk of the diary discusses his love for his wife and child, it does include some valuable information about the life of an ordinary soldier. Jordan discusses a variety of subjects including the discovery of a woman posing as a soldier, speculations about the length of the war and politics, the battle of Corinth (Miss.), the weather, and a disagreement he had with his commanding officer Colonel Beck over a Company F status report. In the summer of 1862 Jordan returned to Ala. to prosecute several deserters; he left his diary with his wife and she inserted several last entries. In one she notes that her brother Alfred was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines (Va.).

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