Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook and diary, 1864-1865
Digital Image
Identifier: https://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1194
Found in:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Robert A. Boyd notebook and diary
Collection
Identifier: MS-0092
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a one volume notebook (approximately 45 pages) that contains personal notes (December 1864 to April 1865) and brief diary entries (January 1; April 3 to 13, 1865).The diary portion covers activities of the 1st Engineers Regiment during the last few days of the Civil War. The diary also mentions the surrender at Appomattox, Virginia, and includes a pencil sketch of surrender site. Notes concern supplies, furloughs, desertions, guard rosters, and maxims and quotations...
