Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains two diaries written by James A Branch and two letters he received from his family, which detail his life during and after the American Civil War. The first diary is an 1865 account written in a repurposed 1864 Denton & Wood pocket diary. Branch describes daily life as a soldier: he records such activities as meals, guard duty, purchases, books read, correspondence, and sermons. A characteristic entry is one written on September 20, 1865:...

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains two diaries written by James A Branch and two letters he received from his family, which detail his life during and after the American Civil War. The first diary is an 1865 account written in a repurposed 1864 Denton & Wood pocket diary. Branch describes daily life as a soldier: he records such activities as meals, guard duty, purchases, books read, correspondence, and sermons. A characteristic entry is one written on September 20, 1865:...

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains two diaries written by James A Branch and two letters he received from his family, which detail his life during and after the American Civil War. The first diary is an 1865 account written in a repurposed 1864 Denton & Wood pocket diary. Branch describes daily life as a soldier: he records such activities as meals, guard duty, purchases, books read, correspondence, and sermons. A characteristic entry is one written on September 20, 1865:...