Inventory of the D. M. Ransdell Diary, 1863-1864

Collection Number 3448-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Ransdell, D. M., fl. 1863-1864.
Title
D. M. Ransdell Diary, 1863-1864.
Call Number
3448-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume (164 pages).
Abstract
Diary of D. M. Ransdell, a federal soldier who enlisted at Acton, Ind., and served in the 70th Regiment (state unidentified), the 102nd and 105th Illinois regiments, and the 79th Ohio. Ransdell's Company was partly mounted and was engaged in scouting, guarding railroad tracks and bridges, and impressing horses and provisions in Sumner and Rutherford counties, Nashville, and Lockout Mountain, Tenn. Diary entries describe equipment, camp life, and weather, and mention drills, scouting, and foraging expeditions, prisoners brought in, other members of Ransdell's unit, and threats from local Confederate activities.


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Administrative Information

Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm copy available.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase 1959
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the D. M. Ransdell Diary, #3448-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Diaries.
Ransdell, D. M., fl. 1863-1864.
Soldiers--United States--Diaries.
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Confiscations and contributions.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Equipment and supplies.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Scouts and scouting.
United States. Army--Guard duty.
United States. Army--Military life--History.
United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 102nd (1862-1865)
United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 105th (1862-1865)
United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 79th.
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Collection Overview

Diary of D. M. Ransdell, a federal soldier who enlisted at Acton, Ind., and served in the 70th Regiment (state unidentified), the 102nd and 105th Illinois regiments, and the 79th Ohio. Ransdell's Company was partly mounted and was engaged in scouting, guarding railroad tracks and bridges, and impressing horses and provisions in Sumner and Rutherford counties, Nashville, and Lockout Mountain, Tenn. Diary entries describe equipment, camp life, and weather, and mention drills, scouting, and foraging expeditions, prisoners brought in, other members of Ransdell's unit, and threats from local Confederate activities.