Catalog Record: Village life in America, 1852-1872, including the period of the American Civil War, as told in the diary of a schoolgirl | Hathi Trust Digital Library

The following is a list of civil war related diaries and periodicals included in the manuscript collection of the University of Notre Dame Library. The diary included in the left drop down menu or the journal highlighted in the list below can be accessed online, such as transcribing images and text. THOMAS BENTON ALEXANDER Calendar. 1861-1865 1 volume, 13 centimeters, 59 leaves, 118 pages of manuscripts in Alexander's hands. Thomas Benton Alexander (1839-1928) was born in Henry County, Tennessee and worked as a farm worker in Maury County when he was attending the Naval Forces in October 1861. . From 1861 to 1865, he served as a personal sergeant with Morley Artillery Fort and the first Tennessee Heavy Artillery Company B (3rd person). Alexander was arrested three times and released on parous appearance during the surrender of Fort Druzon in Tennessee (1862), Port Hudson in Louisiana (1863), Fort Morgan in Alabama (1864).

The two diaries of this series came from the Civil War era (April 1861 to November 1861, November 1861 to March 1863). They recorded the life of Charles Ingasoll's daughter, Philadelphia writer and diary writer Sydney George Fisher's wife Elizabeth Ingersoll Fisher (1815-1872) and recorded the war news. And everyday events. Fischer is very interested in the news of the war reported in the newspaper. She talked about daily chores such as growing vegetables and flowers in the diary, but pay more attention to national events surrounding the war. On April 20, 1861, in the first month of the war she wrote: "There are neither post nor telegram in the south, people seem to want to protect more capital, many troops disappear , And they are still going on. "Fisher noticed a parade of" family guards "seen in Philadelphia on the 5th.