U.Va. Library Posting Civil War Diary

In 2008, the U.Va. Library Special Collections acquired the diary of Harrison B. Jones, a sergeant in the 33rd Virginia Infantry in the Civil War.

Each day, the library posts an entry from the corresponding day of Jones’ diary in 1861. In many, you can read the tedium of a soldier’s day-to-day life:

the day was cloudy
nothing of importance
occurred to day. there was
Some firing of cannon
in the direction of Alex.

library | Monday, September 14th | By: Dan @4:17 pm       

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4 Comments to “U.Va. Library Posting Civil War Diary”

  1.  grace terzian | September 15, 2009 @ 7:41 pm

    I don’t understand how to post a comment. Do you have to have a blog? I signed on as a “follower,” but it’s not clear how you post comments. Perhaps you could add an explanation. Thanks!

  2.  Ann Southwell | September 16, 2009 @ 2:07 pm

    Dear Ms Terzian Clicking on the title of a blog entry (or the comments link at the bottom of each entry) will take you to a dedicated page for that posting and the related comment form. Currently, anyone can use the comment form, not just those following.
    If you are interested in other Civil War diaries we are also blogging the diary of Chaplain Francis E. Butler of the 25th New Jersey, and prisoner of war Thomas W. Springer of the 191st Pennsylvania. Ann Southwell

  3.  grace terzian | November 18, 2009 @ 3:53 pm

    Thanks, Ann! I just saw this.

  4.  Clover Carroll | February 20, 2011 @ 5:03 pm

    Nice blog! What fun. Will include in my paper! Thanks for all the info.

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