Byron Daniel Stuart diary, 1861-1862.

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Byron Daniel Stuart diary, 1861-1862.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301884774

This collection contains a typewritten transcription of Byron Daniel Stuart's diary from 12 September 1861 through 12 May 1862. Within this diary, Stuart related his experiences as a new soldier as he and his troop traveled south to Savannah, where they were involved in the April 1862 siege of Fort Pulaski. Stuart played symbols in his regiment's band and often mentioned serenading his colonel and Gen. Sherman as well as being part of the regiment's dress parades in camp.

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Georgia Historical Society

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Georgia Historical Society

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Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891

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Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River. His father, Charles Robert Sherman, a successful lawyer who sat on the Ohio Supreme Court, died unexpectedly in 1829. He left his widow, Mary Hoyt Sherman, with eleven children and no inheritance. After his father's death, the nine-year-old Sherman was raised by a Lancaster neighbor and family friend, attorney Thomas Ewing, Sr., a prominent member of the Whig Party who served as senator from Ohio and as the first S...

United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 48th (1861-1865)

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Stuart, Byron Daniel, 1843-1862.

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Byron Daniel Stuart was born May 1843 in Schuyler County, New York and was the son of John William Stuart (1811-1881) and Hannah (Hattie) McCarty (b. 1817). During the Civil War (1861-1865), Stuart served in the 48th Regiment of New York Volunteers and played in the band. Stuart died at Fort Pulaski in Savannah, Georgia on 16 June 1862. From the description of Byron Daniel Stuart diary, 1861-1862. (Georgia Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 301884774 ...