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Collection Number: 02873-z

Collection Title: William H. Stewart Diary, 1863-1865.

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This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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Size 2 items
Abstract William H. Stewart was captain of the 95th Illinois Volunteers. The collection contains a diary of Stewart's military experiences. Volume 1 contains accounts for November 1863-February 1864 and a diary for 11 March-8 May 1864, describing Stewart's participation in the Red River Campaign under generals Banks and Steel. He described troop movements, camp life, skirmishes, and the destruction of towns along the way. Volume 2 discusses Stewart's return from his home in Woodstock, Ill., back to the seat of war, several weeks spent in Sedalia, Miss., a trip via St. Louis, Cairo, and Paducah to Nashville, Tenn., and movements through Tennessee, all during October- December 1864; and from 1 January-10 August 1865, his passage through Corinth, Miss., Memphis, Vicksburg, New Orleans, Spanish Fort, Mobile, Montgomery and Opelika, Ala. He started for home in July 1865 and the diary ends with his arrival in St. Louis.
Creator Stewart, William H., b. 1818.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
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 William H. Stewart Diary, #2873-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Alternate Form of Material
Microfilm and typed transcript copy available.
Acquisitions Information
Gift 1952
Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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William H. Stewart was captain of the 95th Illinois Volunteers.

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The collection contains a diary of Stewart's military experiences. Volume 1 contains accounts for November 1863-February 1864 and a diary for 11 March-8 May 1864, describing Stewart's participation in the Red River Campaign under generals Banks and Steel. He described troop movements, camp life, skirmishes, and the destruction of towns along the way. Volume 2 discusses Stewart's return from his home in Woodstock, Ill., back to the seat of war, several weeks spent in Sedalia, Miss., a trip via St. Louis, Cairo, and Paducah to Nashville, Tenn., and movements through Tennessee, all during October-December 1864; and from 1 January-10 August 1865, his passage through Corinth, Miss., Memphis, Vicksburg, New Orleans, Spanish Fort, Mobile, Montgomery and Opelika, Ala. He started for home in July 1865 and the diary ends with his arrival in St. Louis.

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Processing Information

Processed by: SHC Staff

Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

Updated by: Kathryn Michaelis, March 2011

This collection was processed with support from the sponsorship of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.

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