Methuen (Mass.) diary, 1858-1863.

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Methuen (Mass.) diary, 1858-1863.

One volume diary with 90 fully-entered pages of text and 13 pages of lecture subjects, sermon texts, and poetry. The writer apparently worked in a hat manufacturing plant and attended a Baptist church. There is mention of patriotic fervor at the opening of the Civil War; of her brother Frank, stationed with the defending forces for Washington; and of the return of the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment to Lowell on August 1, 1861.

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United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 6th (1861-1864)

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