Diary, 1 January 1865-31 December 1865.

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Diary, 1 January 1865-31 December 1865.

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Calvin Irish's diary is one of the slimmest of Civil War diaries. Covering the last calendar year of the war, Irish typically writes only thebriefest of entries, noting when he has written his wife (and, as frequently, when he has not received a letter from her) and when and how far his regiment has marched. He occasionally remarks upon the weather or events of the war (e.g., the surrender of Lee and Johnston, though not Lincoln's assassination). His entries from the last days of the war in Virginia convey more concern for the failing health of his wife than anything else.

170 pp.

William L. Clements Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6767562

William L. Clements Library

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Irish, Calvin A., b. c.1830.

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Calvin Irish, a 32 year old resident of Burlington, Vt., enlisted as a private in Company M of the 1st Vermont Cavalry in 1862, and served until the end of the war. In 1865, the 1st Vermont was assigned to the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac, under the command of Sheridan (and Custer). Irish records remarkably little of his experiences, although he did participate in Sheridan's operations in the Shenandoah Valley in the Spring of 1865. He was apparently in the rear guard during the Appo...

United States. Army. Vermont Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)

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