Description
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.
Identifier
sc.0319.001_002.001
Date
1864 September – 1864 November
Keywords
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865, Diary.
Recommended Citation
"Joseph Miles' Civil War diary, 1864" (2023). Documents. 1.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-milesj1/1
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