Civil War Hand Written Diary Leather 1863 Kellogg Kiggins Ephemera Book
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Civil War Hand Written Diary Leather 1863 Kellogg Kiggins Ephemera. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS First Class Package. See photos for condition, book is intact, the back cover took most of the wear, dated 1863 and very interesting for any collection! Measures 6” by 3 1/2” by 3/4”On Jul-16-19 at 16:42:20 PDT, seller added the following information:She mentions her life in NY, and the weather for the day, and reports of the civil war, she refers to the CS as “rebels” an...d even mentions that a colored girl light in color was exhibited and was brought as a slave, talks of the 34th Anniversary of Brooklyn, NY Sunday Schools, she writes April 30th- a day of fast and prayer appointed by the President of the U.S. for the welfare of the nation”, May 2nd “ Gen. Joe Hooker crossed the Rappahannock. Gen. Stoneman and his cavalry crossed the Rappahannock with Hooker” May 3 A great battle was fought between the rebel general Lee in the union general hooker (rebel victory) Stoneman not heard from” May 4th Another battle was fought on the Rappahannock. Stoneman not heard from” May 5th “ Hooker compelled to recross the Rappahannock. Stoneman not heard from” may6th “Hooker safely across the Rappahannock” Stoneman heard from, he and his cavalry went in the rear of the rebel army and destroyed all bridges, railroad communication with Richmond” May 7th “news from hookers army that all the army has safely crossed the Rappahannock and has taken about 2000 prisoners” May 9th -“the flag poles came about half past 10 o’clock, we raised the flag, Stephen Nealy made and address at the raising of the flag” May 10 “a report that Hooker had Re-crossed the Rappahannock and that general keys had entered Richmond and that the US flag was waving over the rebel capital.” May 11 “ a report that Richmond was captured by gen keys” May 25 th Decksburg(idk if that’s right) taken by gen. Grant he gained a complete victory 3 or 4 great battles were fought The Union Troops Victorious. A large amount of guns and ammunition taken. Raised the flag in honor of the victory” May 28th “ As I was riding down Broadway I saw Mr. Yoegt returning from the war” she talks of horseback riding, fishing and hunting, she would visit the Barnum Museum, going to fetch the doctor for her mother and riding in a buggy, she liked to shoot her pistol and one time she tried to find a cat but couldn’t, she mentions dances like the polka quadrille gallope and redova, she gets a book from BCPI after paying a fine of 9 cents, she writes from the 4/25, to 9/9/1863On Jul-18-19 at 11:21:25 PDT, seller added the following information:Okay now that I’ve been digging, this is most likely a boy, oops, the handwriting threw me off, Aaron Augustus Nealy from Brooklyn NY
