Memoir of Jonathan B. Hager [manuscript], 1862-1863.

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Memoir of Jonathan B. Hager [manuscript], 1862-1863.

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"Recollections of the Campaign in the Great War of the American Rebellion, 1862" copied at a later date from original diaries. Over half of the memoirs are devoted to the Peninsula Campaign. The remainder describe mustering duty in Albany, N.Y., 1862 August 12 to 1863 February 10; Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 April 27 to June 10; Gettysburg, Pa., particularly Little Round Top, 1863 June 13 to August 10; and Mine Run, 1863 November 26 to December 14. Of interest are descriptions of the Monitor, an attempt to capture Mosby, and the destruction of the Virginia Central Railroad. Diagrams of his regiment's positions at Chancellorsville and Gaines Mill are included.

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