Diaries of Luther Osborn, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1866, and 1868.

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Diaries of Luther Osborn, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1866, and 1868.

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depicts Osborn's life in New York, including pursuit of a job at various city newspapers, a failed attempt at running a newsstand at his boarding house and frequenting theaters, reading rooms, lectures, church services, and Republican meetings. He reports "seeing an shaking hands with Abraham Lincoln" during the president-elect's visit to the city; seeing Laura Keen, Charlotte Cushman, and other promenent actors; attending lectures by Horace Greeley and Rev. Chapin, attending Republican meetings at the Cooper Union, "making Union rosettes," etc. covers Osborn's life in New York, his trip home to Oak Hill in January; attending Washington birthday celebrations in New York and various political meetings, including the Union Defense Committee and "a meeting in Cooper Institute to express to the President and Congress a sentiment that Slavery should die now at the hands of the Government" where Carl Schurz was the keynote speaker; his decision to enlist in the army (which followed a prolonged disagreement over Sharp's rifles that the company preferred to the available Enfield rifles); and his military service. The diary includes accounts of the battles of the Peninsular, Antietam and Fredericksburg campaigns, an account of McClellan's farewell to the troops; political news, especially the 1862 elections. gives Osbonr's accoutns of the the battles of Chancellorville, Gettysburg, Bristoe, and Mine Run Campaigns, although, having secured a position of the regimental clerk, he seems to have assumed the role of a detached observer. It also includes brief accounts of the trial of John F. Porter and the 1863 elections and detailed descriptions of Osborn's application for an officer's position in a black regiment and studying for and passing officer's examintion in Washington, D.C. in December. follow Osborn's journey from Brownsville, Tex. home and search for a job in the Midwest. After his discharge at Brownsville, Tex., In New Orleans, he "subbed" at the Southern Star until the newspaper went "part French" and he lost his job. He then moved to to Jackson, Miss., Canton, Miss., Grand Junction, Tenn., and Memphis, Tenn. where he found "prospects for work encouraging, but must join Union, paid fee & took out working card." At the end of March, he left of St. Louis, Mo., where he remained until the end of April working at The Press and frequenting the city attractions. From May to August, he made his way through Iowa, Minnesota, & Wisconsin, mostly "subbing" at local newspapers (but at certain point resorting to "strawberring). He arrived to his hometown in August, and soon left for New York City, and then on to Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, and Winona (works at the Atlas). In 1868 he and his young wife moved to Minneapolis.

5 pocket diaries.

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