Box Manuscripts Small Collections Box 2
Container
Contains 1 Result:
Diary, 1864 March 10-June 23
File — Box: Manuscripts Small Collections Box 2, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of a diary kept by Frank Smith Reader between March-June 1864. In it, he describes the march up the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, the burning of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), the pillaging that took plage in Lexington, and the march to Lynchburg. Reader also documented the weather, his daily duties, the conduct of officers, the 9th West Virginia Cavalry, the 5th West Virginia Cavalry, Ringgold Battallion, and Averell's Division. He also compares the...
Dates:
1864 March 10-June 23