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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Jacob Lyons Diary, #3005-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Alternate Form of Material

Typed transcription (71 pages) available.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Michael Hardeman Jones, Gerald Lyons Jones, and June Jones (Mrs. Samuel B., Jr.) Morgan of Decatur, Ga., March 1954.

Additional Descriptive Resources

A copy of the original finding aid for this collection is filed in folder 1.

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• British Americans--History--19th century.
• Diaries.
• Lyons, Jacob, fl. 1862-1865.
• New York (State). Militia. Regiment, 71st.
• Soldiers--United States--Diaries.
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
• United States. Army--Military life--History.
• United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 120th (1861-1865)
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

Jacob Lyons (fl. 1862-1865) was a New York, N.Y., cigar maker and English immigrant who served in Virginia with the 71st New York Regiment, 1862-1863, and the 120th New York Regiment, 1864-1865.

The collection includes the Civil War diary of Jacob Lyons while serving in Virginia with the 71st New York Regiment and the 120th New York Regiment. Entries from 1862 and 1863 are sketchy; those from 1864 and 1865 are more detailed, describing camping, marching, picketing, skirmishes, battles, and casualties. Of the three volumes, two are somewhat differing versions of entries for 1862 and 1863.