Civil War diaries of Francis G. Hale [manuscript], 1861-1864,

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Civil War diaries of Francis G. Hale [manuscript], 1861-1864,

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647991016

Hale describes life in Camp Denison; transport down the Ohio River; life in West Virginia camps including illness, flooding, daily routine and interaction with civilians; work as hospital orderly; guerilla warfare against bushwhackers; foraging; scouting; Crook's expedition against the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad; Hunter's raid to Lynchburg; Of interest are very brief references to "snake hunters" in [West] Virginia clubbing any "secech" they find; hanging a civilian who shot at the soldiers and other incidents involving both friendly and hostile civilians; skirmishes at Chapmansville, Princeton and Fayetteville; expedition to the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad and the destruction at Wytheville; a drunken fight in Co. C. in which one soldier hit General A. N. Duffie; capture of Lewisburg; and hot springs.

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University of Virginia. Library

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Piatt, Abraham Sanders, 1821-

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Hale, Francis G.

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Soldier in Company F, 34th Ohio Zouaves. From the description of Civil War diaries of Francis G. Hale [manuscript], 1861-1864, (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647991016 ...

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company

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Incorporated in Virginia in 1848 as Lynchburg and Tennessee Railroad Company; name changed to Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company in 1849; ran from Lynchburg, Va., to Bristol, Tenn. (204 miles); consolidated with Southside, Norfolk and Petersburg, and Virginia and Kentucky railroads in 1870 to form Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1848-1871. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28411836 Chartered 1849, opened 1857; conso...

Duffié, Alfred Napoleon, 1835-1880

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Duffié was born in Paris. Several claims about his early life seem to be untrue: that he graduated from the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr, that he fought in the Austro-Italian War of 1859, that he was awarded the Legion d'Honneur though he wore it in several photographs, or that his father was a count. It is known that Duffié joined France's Imperial Cavalry in 1852, being assigned to the 6th Dragoon Regiment. As a member of this unit, he served during the Crimean War, seeing action at t...

Hunter, David, 1802-1886

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Union general; commander of the U.S. Army's Dept. of the South (1862-1863). From the description of Letter, 1863 June 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973346 American army officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hilton Head, Port Royal, S.C., to an unidentified recipient, 1862 08 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269526726 ...

United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 34th (1861-1865)

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Crook, George, 1829-1890

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Crook was born to Thomas and Elizabeth Matthews Crook on a farm near Taylorsville, Montgomery County, Ohio (near Dayton). Nominated to the United States Military Academy by Congressman Robert Schenck, he graduated in 1852, ranking near the bottom of his class. He was assigned to the 4th U.S. infantry as brevet second lieutenant, serving in California, 1852–61. He served in Oregon and northern California, alternately protecting or fighting against several Native American tribes. He commanded t...