Augustus Grow diary and photograph, 1861-1863.

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Augustus Grow diary and photograph, 1861-1863.

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Diary includes brief entries on battles at Valverde (Tex.), and Fort Butler and Lafourche (La.). Grow notes troop movements from New Mexico to Louisiana, and describes events associated with the Red River and Lafourche Campaigns. He mentions the Yellow Jacket battalion, and the 1st and 2nd Texas Cavalry Regiments. Grow discusses his experiences on picket duty and as a federal prisoner, reports fatal encounters between American Indians and Confederate soldiers, notes federal destruction of south Louisiana plantations, and frequently refers to illness and death by disease among the ranks. He recounts an incident at Cheneyville (La.) where Confederate troops held fire on federal troops so as not to endanger the inhabitants of a house; in spite of the danger, a female inhabitant encouraged soldiers to fire. The diary includes several poems. Tintype photograph of Grow.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7170591

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Grow, A. L. (Augustus Lucien)

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Augustus Lucien Grow was a native of Vermont. He was a resident of Texas when the Civil War began and joined military service as a private in the 5th Texas Cavalry Regiment, Company A. From the description of Augustus Grow diary and photograph, 1861-1863. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 268677733 ...

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