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William Morgan Diary

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Title	William Morgan Diary
Creator	Morgan, William
Temporal Coverage	1868-1876
Description	Civil War Service Diary of William Morgan, beginning January 1, 1865, and ending on the day he was mustered out of the Service, June 29, 1865. Records everyday occurrences including locations of camp (Spring Hill, Nashville, and Johnsonville, TN; Paducah, KY; Cairo, IL; St. Louis and Warrensburg, MO); activities; weather; mail; general health of the companies, sickness (mumps, varioloid), and death; traffic on the river; food or lack thereof; and travel via train and boat. After Morgan is mustered out, the diary is used for other purposes, such as: an account book for hired work and commodities sold; a register of �colord� males and females of school age; and a record of horse breeding. Not all of these later entries are dated; those that are dated range from years 1868, 1870-1876.
Subject.LCSH	American Civil War, letters and diaries United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects.
Keywords	Civil War; Soldiers; Health; Disease; Troop movements; Camps; Weather; River traffic; Accounts; horses; farm work; Morgan, William; diaries.
Original Format	Manuscript (document genre)
Collection Number	William Morgan Diary
Collection Name	William Morgan Diary
Language	eng
Contributing Institution	Cooper County Historical Society.
Publisher	The State Historical Society of Missouri
Rights	This material is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). It may not be cited without acknowledgment to Cooper County Historical Society.

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Creator	Morgan, William
Temporal Coverage	1868-1876
Description	Civil War Service Diary of William Morgan, beginning January 1, 1865, and ending on the day he was mustered out of the Service, June 29, 1865. Records everyday occurrences including locations of camp (Spring Hill, Nashville, and Johnsonville, TN; Paducah, KY; Cairo, IL; St. Louis and Warrensburg, MO); activities; weather; mail; general health of the companies, sickness (mumps, varioloid), and death; traffic on the river; food or lack thereof; and travel via train and boat. After Morgan is mustered out, the diary is used for other purposes, such as: an account book for hired work and commodities sold; a register of �colord� males and females of school age; and a record of horse breeding. Not all of these later entries are dated; those that are dated range from years 1868, 1870-1876.
Subject.LCSH	American Civil War, letters and diaries United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Health aspects.
Keywords	Civil War; Soldiers; Health; Disease; Troop movements; Camps; Weather; River traffic; Accounts; horses; farm work; Morgan, William; diaries.
Original Format	Manuscript (document genre)
Collection Number	William Morgan Diary
Collection Name	William Morgan Diary
Language	eng
Contributing Institution	Cooper County Historical Society.
Publisher	The State Historical Society of Missouri
Rights	This material is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). It may not be cited without acknowledgment to Cooper County Historical Society.
Transcription	[printed calendar 1865 not transcribed] At Johnstonville Tenessee. 1865

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