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Language
English
Abstract
Group of three manuscript diaries of over 300 total pages, dated 10/27/1861 to 10/6/1862, of Sergeant Joseph Pearson of Company
F, 44th Ohio Regiment (Vol 1. 10/27/1861 - 2/10/1862; Vol 2. 2/12/1862 - 5/25/1862; Vol 3. 5/26/1862 - 10/6/1862). Entries
are detailed and often list names of soldiers and their assignments; there are listings for sick leave, and guard and picket
duty. There is description of action at Lewisburg, Virginia on May 23, 1862. This unit was organized in October, 1861, and
moved into West Virginia where it was in operation until September, 1862.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Joseph Pearson, Soldier, Civil War Diaries, A&M 3477, West Virginia and
Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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