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  Joseph Miles' Civil War diary, 1864

  A pocket diary belonging to Joseph Miles dated September – November 1864. He served in the 53rd Indiana Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 4th Division, 17th Corps.

  Miles' diary very briefly describes a boat trip down the Mississippi to Natchez in September 1863 (pages i-iii) but the bulk of the 118 pages documents his eventual return to his regiment, after his home furlough, near Atlanta in 1864 September-November. In this near-daily record, Miles records events and details as he made his way from the Midwest through Nashville, Chattanooga, and north Georgia, commenting on the scenery, living conditions, and service with provisional railway guard and fortification detachments.

  A transcription of the diary is provided.

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  Letter, from Joseph Miles and wife, Riverside Farm, near Trenton, North Dakota, to daughter, 1914 March 14

  Letter from Joseph Miles, "Pa", and his wife Lucy, "Ma", at Riverside Farm, near Trenton, North Dakota, to their daughter, Anna, and her family in Coffeyville, Kansas, on 1914 March 14. Two pages in total.

  The letter provides a glimpse into the lives of a farm family in the Great Plains, particularly North Dakota.

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  Letter, from Joseph Miles and wife, Riverside Farm, near Trenton, North Dakota, to daughter, 1914 March 27

  Letter from Joseph Miles, "Pa", and his wife Lucy, "Ma", at Riverside Farm, near Trenton, North Dakota, to their daughter, Anna, and her family in Coffeyville, Kansas, on 1914 March 27. Three pages in total.

  The letter provides a glimpse into the lives of a farm family in the Great Plains, particularly North Dakota.

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  Letter, Joseph Miles, Camp 3rd Battalion Detts., Adairsville, Georgia, to Adrian Miles, 1864 November 1-2

  Letter from Joseph Miles, Camp 3rd Battalion Detts., Adairsville, Georgia, to his father, Adrian Miles, 1864 November 1 and 2.

  The letter totals 20 pages and in them Miles is ardently beseeching his father to return to the Christian fold.