Charles Lee diary, 1862.

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Charles Lee diary, 1862.

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Diary kept by Charles Lee of Guilford, Connecticut. Lee, an unmarried farmer, enlisted with the Sixteenth Connecticut Infantry, Company B, on 11 August 1862 and was mustered-in a Private on 24 August 1862. He was promoted Corporal on 11 August 1863 and was captured at Plymouth, NC, on 20 April 1864. Lee was paroled on 16 December 1864 and died 6 March 1865. Lee frequently mentions the poor health of his brother, William H. Lee, a Private in Company B. An article by Paul C. Helmreich, "The Diary of Charles G. Lee in the Andersonville and Florence Prison Camps, 1864," was published in the January 1976 (Volume 41, Number 1) issue of The Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, pp.12-28.

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