civil war manuscripts - American Memory from the Library of Congress

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Gorgas, William Crawford (1854-1920)
Papers, 1857-1919. ca. 12,000 items.
In part, transcripts.
Includes a copy of the diary of Gen. Josiah Gorgas (1818-
1883), which chronicles the war from the perspective of an
officer on the headquarters staff at Richmond, Va., where
Gorgas served as chief of ordnance. Contains remarks on
generalship, events in Richmond, the flight of Confederate military
and political leaders during the Appomattox Campaign,
and the problems facing both blacks and whites in the postwar
South.
Finding aid available.
357
Gould, William J. Sgt., 2d Connecticut Light Artillery
Papers, 1864-65. 13 items.
Includes a diary, Mar. 1-July 13, 1865, kept during the
Mobile Campaign. Contains comments on camp life, marches,
skirmishes, foraging expeditions, the performance of black
troops, the effectiveness of Confederate torpedoes, and the attitude
of Confederate prisoners of war.
358
Gourdin, Henry Merchant, Charleston, S.C.
Papers, 1860-67. 38 items.
Contains several letters concerning secession, military
organization, enlistments, troop movements, the demand for
cotton, and the seizure of vessels belonging to Gourdin &
Shackleford, particularly the General Parkhill.
359
Gove Family
Papers, 1848-1911. 7 items.
Includes the diary of Col. Jesse Augustus Gove (1824-
1862), 22d Massachusetts Volunteers, Nov. 1, 1861-June 26,
1862. Describes camp life, marches, training, entertainment,
morale, discipline, disease, hospital care, reconnaissance balloons
and expeditions, generalship in the Army of the Potomac,
and the Siege of Yorktown. Also contains a photograph of Gove,
a printed memorial entitled "Colonel Jesse A. Gove, U.S.A."
(28 p.), and newspaper clippings on Gove's military service.
Naval Historical Foundation collection.
360
Graham, Henry 177th New York Volunteers
Memoir, 1862-63. 1 v.
"A Journal of My Life and Experience as a Soldier," Oct.
98