Samuel M. Gordon diary, 1861 [microform].

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Samuel M. Gordon diary, 1861 [microform].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82925988

The collection consists of a microfilm copy of the 1861 diary of Samuel M. Gordon in which he wrote about daily life in the Union Army, including food, marches, parades, sickness, and the weather. He also wrote of a visit to a Colonel Hamilton's home in West Virginia, whose family was divided in their feelings about the war; two members were for the Union and two were for secession. There are poems in the back of the book which are apparently written by Gordon: "Battle of Buffalo Mountain," and "Parody on Poor Old Slave," written on Cheat Mountain Summit, September 27, 1861.

1 microfilm reel.

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 8291887

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Gordon Listokin, Samuel

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Samuel M. Gordon, United States soldier, was a member of Company H, 25th Ohio Infantry Regiment, during the Civil War. He lived at Senacaville, Guernsey County, Ohio. It is believed he died about 1862, in a Confederate prison. He enlisted in 1861, and spent most of that autumn on Cheat Mountain, West Virginia, where he fought in the Battle of Cheat Mountain Summit. From the description of Samuel M. Gordon diary, 1861 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82925988 ...

United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 25th (1861-1866). Company H.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...