Diaries, 1857-1871, 1914.

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Diaries, 1857-1871, 1914.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145776429

Typescript short-entry diaries, 1857, 1862-1863, 1866-1867, 1870-1871, of a Civil War chaplain of South Carolina troops, especially the 6th, 17th, and 23rd regiments. Includes descriptions of the battles of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks), Gaines Mill, and Malvern Hill; camp life and Simpson's work on behalf of the soldiers; Southern attitudes towards Reconstruction, Radical Republicans, President Johnson, and the 4th of July; daily life, including music and reading, his courtship and marriage, and his 24-year pastorate of the New Lebanon Church, Greenbriar Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Monroe County, West Virginia; and his brother Isaiah's dental practice. Lists of Civil War songs and personal expense records are also present.

0.4 c.f. (1 archives box); plusadditions of 0.2 c.f.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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