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The Albert Gore, Sr., Research Center has
several diaries depicting personal perspectives on the Civil War.
The Community Collection
Miscellaneous Series:
The Community Collection has a personal diary that belonged
to Emma Lane, a Murfreesboro resident during the time of the Civil War. The
diary has entries from January 1, 1864 to July 31, 1866. Among the notable
events that Lane recounts are the execution of a Confederate spy and the
assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The Gore Center has the
original diary as well as transcriptions that were used as a featured
article in the Murfreesboro Magazine.
The Pittard Collection (Homer and Mabel)
Civil War—People Series: The Pittard Collection
includes a transcription of a diary written by James P. Lytle, a Confederate
captain from Unionville, Tennessee.
The Warden Collection (Margaret Lindsley Warden)
Serial Publications Series:
The Margaret Lindsley Warden Collection includes in the
"Serial Publications" series a diary kept by John Berrien Lindsley, M.D.,
from the years 1856 to 1866. It provides interesting accounts of the Civil
War by a medical doctor in Nashville, Tennessee. Some notable entries
include:
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p. 77—Lindsley recounts the experience of being notified
that the University of Nashville buildings were needed for hospitals in
1862. He discusses helping to feed the weary soldiers.
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p.80—Lindsley describes how a carriage or a wagon could not
be retained unless guarded by one or more soldiers with a musket or bayonet.
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p. 83—Lindsley describes scenes of confusion, pillage and
pilfering at the Confederate government storehouses. He also recounts how
the soldiers needed clothing and describes the railroad and suspension
bridges burning and illuminating the night sky.
The Womack Collection (Bob)
Civil War Diaries Series: The Bob Womack Collection has numerous photocopies of
diaries written by Union and Confederate soldiers and other individuals in
the "Civil War-Diaries" series. |