Thomas Thomson Taylor papers, 1861-1866.

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Thomas Thomson Taylor papers, 1861-1866.

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Papers of Thomas Thomson Taylor comprise diaries he kept during his service as a Union soldier in the U.S. Civil War and correspondence with his wife, Margaret A. "Netta" Taylor, dating from the same period. The diaries' earliest entries tell of the arrival of the 47th Ohio Volunteer Regiment at Iuka, Miss., in 1863 and of Taylor participation in the Battle of Missionary Ridge. Subsequent sections of the diary describe the Atlanta Campaign and the capture of Fort McAllister on Dec. 13, 1864, during Sherman's March to the Sea. Ephemera found inserted in the pages of the diaries include a memorandum concerning Taylor's expenses for food, liquor, field maps, and servants; and a newspaper clipping regarding enlistments of African American soldiers. Taylor's letters to his wife document the full trajectory of his military service during the Civil War. Early letters describe his experiences in the 47th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in West Virginia under the command of General William S. Rosecrans and later Lieutenant Colonel Lyman S. Elliott. Later letters describe the last days of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., where Taylor's regiment was subsequently transferred, and the Confederate surrender of that city on July 4, 1863. Letters written during the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman's March to the Sea tell of hard fighting during the Battle of Atlanta in July of 1864 and of the wound to his hand he received at Fort McAllister. Written during his service with the general court martial in Washington, D.C., the last letters in the collection describe President Lincoln's inauguration, assassination and funeral, and celebrations over the Confederate defeat. Letters of Margaret A. "Netta" Taylor to her husband, most of them written from Georgetown, Oh., concern domestic affairs, the planting and harvesting of crops, the illnesses of family members, and her intense anxiety about her husband's well-being and the progress of the war. They offer commentary on major military events and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and provide a detailed description of John Morgan's raid on Georgetown on July 15, 1863.

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An Ohio native, Thomas Thomson Taylor enlisted in the Company I of the 12th Ohio Infantry Regiment at Georgetown, Oh., at the beginning of the Civil War and later raised a company that was mustered into the 47th Regiment as Company F. Rising to the rank of colonel, Taylor participated in the the siege and capture of Vicksburg, Miss., and fought at Missionary Ridge, Tenn., and Larkin's Landing, Alabama. Taylor subsequently joined in the Atlanta Campaign and participated in Sherman's March to the ...