Diary of Daniel Logan [manuscript] 1862, 2008-2010.

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Diary of Daniel Logan [manuscript] 1862, 2008-2010.

Diary, 1862 January-July, of Confederate soldier Daniel Logan. There are references to life in Williamsburg and Richmond, Va., war news from elsewhere, C.S.A. General John B. Magruder, University of Virginia alumni Captain Joseph B. Cosnahan and General Paul Jones Semmes, Secretary of War George Wythe Randolph, his brother Thmas M. Logan "Mullie," and numerous socially prominent Confederate officers. Of interest are accounts of the siege of Yorktown and the Seven Days Battle; a description of an aborted mission against a blockading Union steamer and references to courting the noted belle Hetty Carr Cary who later married C.S.A. General John Pegram. The collection also contains a transcription of Daniel Logan's diary by Mary Roy Dawson Edwards, with notes by Condederate historians Robert K. Krick, Robert E. Lee Krick, and David Winfred Gaddy, as well as by Logan'a great grandniece Sarah Rice Forsyth Donnelly. The collection also contains an article about the diary by Mrs. Edwards and copies of Logan letters owned by the Museum of the Confederacy.

1 volume + accompanying transcript and notes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7913527

University of Virginia. Library

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Logan, Daniel, d.1862.

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Confederate Assistant Paymster; serving with General Magruder. From the description of Diary of Daniel Logan [manuscript] 1862. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648011679 Confederate soldier in Hampton Legion; paymaster; brother of General Thomas M. Logan. From the description of Diary of Daniel Logan [manuscript] 1862, 2008-2010. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 643097113 ...

Kridk, Robert E. L.

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Carr, Hetty Cary, 1836-1892.

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Cosnahan, Joseph B., 1822-1862.

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Semmes, Paul J. (Paul Jones), 1815-1863

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Brigadier general in the Confederate army. From the description of Papers, 1861. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41150159 ...

Logan, Thomas Muldrup, 1840-1914.

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Logan, born in Charleston, South Carolina, fought for his state during the Civil War. After the war, he located in Richmond, Virginia, where he was noted for his efforts in rehabilitating the South, including building a system of railroads and advocating the education of freed slaves. From the description of Papers : of Thomas Muldrup Logan, 1875-1916. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 30793081 Thomas Muldrup Logan, 1840-1914, Confederate General, lawyer, and rai...

Randolph, George Wythe, 1818-1867

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Confederate secretary of war. From the description of Letter : to Bettie D. George, Charlottesville, Va., 1862 September 25. (Charlottesville-Albemarle History Collection). WorldCat record id: 29536517 Army general and Secretary of War for the Confederate States of America. From the description of George Wythe Randolph letter, 1862 July 17. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 259801913 ...

Donnelly, Sarah Rice Forsyth.

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Magruder, John Bankhead, 1807-1871

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James Barron Hope was born 23 March 1829 in Norfolk, Virginia. He was the grandson of Commodore James Barron (1769-1851) and son of Wilton Hope and Jane Armistead (Barron) Hope (1791-1862). James Barron Hope graduated from the College of William and Mary. He practiced law and was the commonwealth's attorney for Norfolk. He married Annie Beverley Whiting (1825-1920) in 1857. The couple had two daughters, Jane ("Janey" or "Jennie") Barron Hope (b. 1859?) and Ann ("Nanny") Hope. James Barron Hope i...

Logan, Daniel D., d. 1862.

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Gaddy, David Winfred.

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Logan family.

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Krick, Robert K.

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