Augustus Caesar Buell Diary and Sketchbook, ca. 1867-1868.

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Augustus Caesar Buell Diary and Sketchbook, ca. 1867-1868.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/298983578

The diary contains Buell's account of some misadventures he had during a spate of burglaries, notes on the Greek language and his thoughts on the Iliad, long ruminations on topics such as the characteristics of German immigrants and the nature of self-reflection, passages written in German, Latin, and Greek, and several sketches of Civil War-era scenes. It concludes with a recipe for lemon cake filling.

.05 linear feet (1 folder)

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7279497

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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Buell, Augustus C., 1847-1904

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Augustus Caesar Buell was born in 1847, and fought in the Civil War as a member of Company L of the 20th New York Cavalry, having enlisted in August 21, 1863. Although he was promoted to corporal the following November, by April 1864 he had been demoted back to private. He was mustered out of service at the end of July 1865 and returned to New York. Buell was living in the area of Chittenango and Utica in upstate New York, near Syracuse, when he kept his diary/sketchbook, which contains entries ...