Diary and account book, 1862-1865
Digital Image
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/386
Diary and account book, 1862-1865
Dates
- 1862-1865
Creator
- Black, William Johnson, 1845-1935 (Person)
Description
One volume diary of Confederate soldier William J. Black. The diary entries date from October 1864 to January 1865, written while Black was serving in Captain John J. Shoemaker's Company, Virginia Horse Artillery. Included are brief accounts of various skirmishes and the Battle of Cedar Creek, and campsites and positions that are recorded daily.
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- Account Books
- Cedar Creek (Va.), Battle of, 1864
- Confederate States of America -- Army -- Virginia Artillery. Shoemaker's Battery
- Diaries
- Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (August-November) -- Personal narratives
- Shenandoah Valley Campaign, 1864 (May-August) -- Personal narratives
- Shoemaker, John J.
- Soldiers -- Virginia -- Diaries
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
- Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet life -- 1860-1869
- Virginia Military Institute -- Cadet life -- 1861-1865
- Virginia Military Institute -- Class of 1867
Creator
- Black, William Johnson, 1845-1935 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Virginia Military Institute Archives Repository
