Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains a diary used by both a Union and Confederate soldier, both unnamed, who fought in the American Civil War in 1864. The Union soldier chronicles his combat experiences at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania; his wounding and maneuvering outside of Washington, D.C., during Jubal Early's raid on Washington, including the hanging of a spy from the 65th New York until finally losing the diary during the opening of Philip Sheridan's Valley campaign in August. ...