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State Library of Pennsylvania: Civil War diaries (1865)

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The 1865 volume is the fourth in a series of four pocket diaries of previously unknown authorship. Written by Brigadier General George R. Snowden, a lieutenant at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg, later the Major-General of the National Guard of Pennsylvania.

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State Library of Pennsylvania: Civil War diaries (1864)

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The 1864 volume is thirs in a series of 4 pocket diaries of previously unknown authorship. Written by Brigadier General George R. Snowden, a lieutenant at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg, later the Major-General of the National Guard of Pennsylvania.

Title: Civil War diaries
Authors: Snowden, George Randolph
Call number: 973.781 Sn62
(Harrisburg, PA, State Library of Pennsylvania)
Publisher: State Library of Pennsylvania
Language: English.
Date: 1864
Place: Venango, Pa.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Maryland
Subjects topical: City and town life — Pennsylvania — 1862-1865 — Personal narratives, Weather conditions — Pennsylvania — 1862-1865 — Personal narratives
Subjects geographic: Pennsylvania — History — Civil War 1861-1865 — Personal narratives
United States — History — Civil War 1861-1865 — Personal narratives, Venango Pa, Harrisburg Pa, Maryland

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State Library of Pennsylvania: Civil War diaries (1863)

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The 1863 volume is second in a series of 4 pocket diaries of previously unknown authorship. Written by Brigadier General George R. Snowden, a lieutenant at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg, later the Major-General of the National Guard of Pennsylvania.

Title: Civil War diaries
Authors: Snowden, George Randolph
Call number: 973.781 Sn62
(Harrisburg, PA, State Library of Pennsylvania)
Publisher: State Library of Pennsylvania
Language: English.
Date: 1863
Place: Venango, Pa.; Harrisburg, Pa.; Maryland; Gettysburg, Pa.
Subjects topical: City and town life — Pennsylvania — 1862-1865 — Personal narratives, Weather conditions — Pennsylvania — 1862-1865 — Personal narratives
Subjects geographic: Pennsylvania — History — Civil War 1861-1865 — Personal narratives, United States — History — Civil War 1861-1865 — Personal narratives, Venango Pa, Harrisburg, Pa, Maryland, Gettysburg Pa

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State Library of Pennsylvania: Civil War diaries

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The 1862 volume is the first in a series of 4 pocket diaries of previously unknown authorship. Written by Brigadier General George R. Snowden, a lieutenant at the time of the Battle of Gettysburg, later the Major-General of the National Guard of Pennsylvania.

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State Library of Pennsylvania: History of Hospital Train no. 52 and its personnel

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History of Hospital Train no. 52 and its personnel : American Expeditionary Forces, France, 1917-1919 (Pennsylvania, From 1917 to 1919)

A locally produced history of one hospital train and its crew, and its origins in Pennsylvania. Contains many photographs.

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The Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia: Autograph Album of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg

 

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Autograph Album of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation and Great Britain, From 1737 to 1742)

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Autograph album of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg containing messages, prayers, and biblical quotations from German friends and acquaintances in Gottingen, Leipzig, Grosshennersdorf, Polzig, Hannover, Weissefels, Kostritz, Langendorff, Halle, Einbeck, and Kensington.

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The Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia: Journal of Charles Ashmead Schaeffer

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Diary of Charles Ashmead Schaeffer (1843-1898), chemist, United States Civil War veteran, and president of the University of Iowa, 1887-1898. In this diary, he keeps a nearly-daily record of his life and involvement in the United States government’s Civil War efforts. Description of daily chemical work for the Treasury in Boston, Massachusetts, travel, and military combat in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Entries from Alexandria, Virginia; Washington, District of Columbia; Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts; Philadelphia, Germantown, Harrisburg, and Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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