Ira N. Morrill diary, 1864-1865.

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Ira N. Morrill diary, 1864-1865.

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Included in the collection are a diary kept by Morrill while he was a member of Company K, Fourth Minnesota Regiment, and a facsimile of George A. Custer's Farewell Order (April 9, 1865). The diary contains Morrill's comments on his administrative duties preparing ordnance returns and muster-out rolls and on routine camp life for the period June 15, 1864 to January 6, 1865, while he was serving near Altoona, Alabama; Atlanta, Georgia; and with William T. Sherman's troops on the march from Atlanta to Savannah.

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Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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