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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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