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Civil War: John Milton Bancroft Diary/Journal/Scrapbook
Civil War: John Milton Bancroft Diary/Journal/Scrapbook
344 pages composed of the diary/journal of John Milton Bancroft (1838-1918) containing 259 pages of entries from May 10, 1861 to June 20, 1861 and scrapbook additions, photographs, newspaper clippings, drawings, cards and illustrations. Also includes 85 pages of later typed transcripts of the handwritten diary entries.
Bancroft was from Wayne County, Michigan. On June 20, 1861, Bancroft enlisted with Company I of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to sergeant. On September 3, 1862, he was promoted to First Lieutenant of Company K. He also served with Professor Thaddeus Lowe, the father of military aerial reconnaissance in the United States, in his Balloon Corps. Includes sketches of camp life. He first saw action in the Battle of Antietam. His following battles and campaigns included Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Malvern Hill and Seven Days. He was mustered out in June of 1864.
Content highlights include accounts of his service with Professor Lowe and his balloon. The battles of Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Accounts of camp life in which he describes marches in the countryside, fatigue, bad weather, food, lack of food, his quarters and campsite activities. Bancroft writes about foraging for food and searching for building materials. He mentions Union General George McClellan and President Lincoln. He writes about suffering from dysentery and the remedies he was prescribed.
Sources: Bryn Athyn College Library, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania; Auburn University Special Collections and Archives, Alabama; Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
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344 pages composed of the diary/journal of John Milton Bancroft (1838-1918) containing 259 pages of entries from May 10, 1861 to June 20, 1861 and scrapbook additions, photographs, newspaper clippings, drawings, cards and illustrations. Also includes 85 pages of later typed transcripts of the handwritten diary entries.
Bancroft was from Wayne County, Michigan. On June 20, 1861, Bancroft enlisted with Company I of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to sergeant. On September 3, 1862, he was promoted to First Lieutenant of Company K. He also served with Professor Thaddeus Lowe, the father of military aerial reconnaissance in the United States, in his Balloon Corps. Includes sketches of camp life. He first saw action in the Battle of Antietam. His following battles and campaigns included Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Malvern Hill and Seven Days. He was mustered out in June of 1864.
Content highlights include accounts of his service with Professor Lowe and his balloon. The battles of Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. Accounts of camp life in which he describes marches in the countryside, fatigue, bad weather, food, lack of food, his quarters and campsite activities. Bancroft writes about foraging for food and searching for building materials. He mentions Union General George McClellan and President Lincoln. He writes about suffering from dysentery and the remedies he was prescribed.
Sources: Bryn Athyn College Library, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania; Auburn University Special Collections and Archives, Alabama; Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
Also see:
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Civil War: Abraham Lincoln Telegrapher David Homer Bates
Papers Diary Journal and Books - 1,880 pages - David Homer Bates papers & documents, correspondence, diary and journal entries, historical documents, photos, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and drafts and annotated proof sheets
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