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Edwin R. Osband diaries

 Collection
Identifier: c-00136
 

Edwin R. Osband diaries

 Collection
Identifier: c-00136

This collection consists of three diaries (1861-1864) of Edwin R. Osband of Wayne County, Michigan, kept during his service in the Civil War.

The diary entries express alarm at the "profanity and wickedness" among the soldiers (December 23, 1861), describe exorbitant prices in Nashville (February, 1862), and predict that "the war will not be of long duration" (January 9, 1862). There are also comments on a dispute over pay among members of the regiment (1862), and reports on food shortages (October, 1864).

The last journal contains the names and addresses of the men in Company H who were discharged with Osband. After the war, the last volume was used to record mileage charts, home remedies, and financial records.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Dates
Creation: 1861 - 1866
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (, 2 folders)
Related Names
United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century
United States. Army. Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
Language of Materials
English

Diaries, 1861 - 1862

 File — Folder: 1
Dates
Creation: 1861 - 1862

Diaries, 1863 - 1864

 File — Folder: 2
Dates
Creation: 1863 - 1864
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