Surgeon Albion Cobb, 4th Maine Volunteers, diary, 1996.

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Surgeon Albion Cobb, 4th Maine Volunteers, diary, 1996.

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Transcription of a diary of an assistant surgeon written during his service with the 4th Maine Volunteers during the Civil War. The dates of his diary are from 26 May 1863 to 14 June 1864. The diary was transcribed by Richard F. Potter of Woodstock, Connecticut in July 1996, and he also included information about other events and people during Albion Cobb's service. Included are photocopies of short biographies of Brigadier General John H.H. Ward and of Major General David Bell Birney.

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Cobb, Albion

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United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 4th (1861-1864)

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The Fourth Regiment served at the Battle of Gettysburg and was commanded by Elijah Walker. From the description of Maine Volunteer Infantry, 4th Regiment records, 1862-1864. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 285464579 ...

Potter, Richard F., 1950-

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Richard F. Potter was a resident of Woodstock, Connecticut in July 1996 and transcribed the diary of Albion Cobb. Albion Cobb was born in Westbrook, Maine in 1824 and was the oldest son of Asa and Nancy D. Cobb. He began the study of medicine in August 1847 and graduated from the Medical School of Maine at Bowdoin College in the class of 1851, having in the mean time attended one term at the Medical Department of the University of New York. In May 1852 he began the pract...

Birney, David Bell, 1825-1864

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Birney was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of an abolitionist from Kentucky, James G. Birney. The Birney family returned to Kentucky in 1833, and James Birney freed his slaves. In 1835, the family moved to Cincinnati, where the father published an anti-slavery newspaper. Following numerous threats from pro-slavery mobs, the family moved again to Michigan, and finally to Philadelphia. Following his graduation from Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, David Birney entered business, st...

Ward, John H. H., 1823-1903.

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