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R         Mann, Henry Perrin, 1842-1922.

455                  Civil War diaries, 1862-1865.

                                    One folder, photocopies.

 

 

 

These are typescripts of the Civil War diaries of Henry P. Mann, Co. B Cavalry, 36th Illi­nois Infantry.  The company was later assigned to the 15th Illinois Cavalry as Co. K.  The diaries cover the Pea Ridge campaign in Missouri and Arkansas, the occupation of Corinth, Mississippi, the bat­tle of Chickamauga, the siege of Chattanooga, and the Atlanta campaign.  The entries for 1865 concern personal business and finance.

 

 

Part 1:  Diary, 1 January 1862 – 28 August 1862 (26 pages, typescript).

 

Part 2:  Diary, 1 September 1863 – 6 January 1864 (18 pages, typescript).

 

Part 3:  Diary, 1 January 1864 – 30 July 1864 (25 pages, typescript).

 

Part 4:  Diary, 26 January 1865 – 8 February 1865 (16 pages, typescript).

 

Letter, 15 June 1864, from Big Shanty, Georgia (2 pages, photocopy).

 

 

 

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