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John M. Butler Civil War diary, 1862-1863, during his first year of service with the Ohio 101st Volunteer Infantry and his capture and imprisonment (transcription available), with letters, 1862-1864; Allen Butler pocket diary and scrapbook with letters home, 1918, while serving with 313th Infantry, 79th Division, military papers, and photographs; Frederick Y. Butler military papers, 1940’s-1950’s, photographs. Jay Cooke snapshots, and other family objects and ephemera. John M. Butler joined the Union League on November 19, 1866.

Title: John M. Butler diary
Authors: Butler, John Morris, (1842-1904)
Call number: UL XI.4.3
(Philadelphia, The Heritage Center of The Union League of Philadelphia)
Publisher: The Heritage Center of The Union League of Philadelphia
Language  English.
Date: From 1862 to 1863
Place: Ohio. Tennessee. Mississippi. Georgia. Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky, Maryland
Extent: 246; page dimensions: 128 x 79; bound to: 130 x 84
Subjects names: United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment-101st (1862-1865), Libby Prison
Subjects topical: United States–History–Civil War–1861-1865, United States–History–Civil War–1861-1865–Prisoners and prisons
Genres: Diaries
Manuscripts– American–19th century

Table of Contents
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• fol. 2r — August 13, 1862
• fol. 2v — August 13-14, 1862
• fol. 3r — August 14-15, 1862
• fol. 3r — Monroeville, Ohio
• fol. 3v — August 15, 1862
• fol. 4r — August 16, 1862
• fol. 4v — August 17, 1862
• fol. 5r — August 18, 1862
• fol. 5v — August 19, 1862
• fol. 6r — August 20, 1862
• fol. 6v — August 21, 1862
• fol. 7r — August 22, 1862
• fol. 7v — August 23, 1862
• fol. 8r — August 24, 1862
• fol. 8v — August 25, 1862
• fol. 9r — August 26, 1862
• fol. 9v — August 27, 1862
• fol. 10r — August 28, 1862
• fol. 10v — August 29, 1862
• fol. 11r — August 30, 1862
• fol. 11v — August 31, 1862
• fol. 12r — September 1, 1862
• fol. 12v — September 2, 1862
• fol. 13r — September 3, 1862
• fol. 13v — September 4, 1862
• fol. 14r — September 5, 1862
• fol. 14v — September 6, 1862
• fol. 15r — September 7, 1862
• fol. 15v — September 8, 1862
• fol. 16r — September 9, 1862
• fol. 16v — September 10, 1862
• fol. 17r — September 11, 1862
• fol. 17v — September 12, 1862
• fol. 18r — September 13, 1862
• fol. 18v — September 14, 1862
• fol. 19r — September 15, 1862
• fol. 19v — September 16, 1862
• fol. 20r — September 17, 1862
• fol. 20v — September 18, 1862
• fol. 21r — September 19, 1862
• fol. 21v — September 20, 1862
• fol. 21v — Camp Mitchell
• fol. 22r — September 21, 1862
• fol. 22v — September 22, 1862
• fol. 23r — September 23, 1862
• fol. 23v — September 24, 1862
• fol. 24r — September 25, 1862
• fol. 24v — September 26, 1862
• fol. 25r — September 27, 1862
• fol. 25v — September 28, 1862
• fol. 26r — September 29, 1862
• fol. 26v — September 30, 1862
• fol. 27r — October 1, 1862
• fol. 27v — October 2, 1862
• fol. 28r — October 3, 1862
• fol. 28v — October 3-4, 1862
• fol. 29r — October 4, 1862
• fol. 29v — October 5, 1862
• fol. 30r — October 6, 1862
• fol. 30v — October 7, 1862
• fol. 31r — October 8, 1862
• fol. 31v — October 9, 1862
• fol. 32r — October 10, 1862
• fol. 32v — October 11, 1862
• fol. 33r — October 12, 1862
• fol. 33v — October 13, 1862
• fol. 34r — October 14, 1862
• fol. 34v — October 15, 1862
• fol. 35r — October 16, 1862
• fol. 35v — October 17, 1862
• fol. 36r — October 18, 1862
• fol. 36v — October 19, 1862
• fol. 37r — October 20, 1862
• fol. 37v — October 21, 1862
• fol. 38r — October 22, 1862
• fol. 38v — October 23, 1862
• fol. 39r — October 24, 1862
• fol. 39v — October 25, 1862
• fol. 40r — October 26, 1862
• fol. 40v — October 27, 1862
• fol. 41r — October 28, 1862
• fol. 41v — October 29, 1862
• fol. 42r — October 30, 1862
• fol. 42v — October 31, 1862
• fol. 43r — November 1, 1862
• fol. 43v — November 2, 1862
• fol. 44r — November 3, 1862
• fol. 44v — November 4, 1862
• fol. 45r — November 5, 1862
• fol. 45v — November 6, 1862
• fol. 45v — Tennessee
• fol. 46r — November 7, 1862
• fol. 46v — November 8, 1862
• fol. 47r — November 9, 1862
• fol. 47v — November 10, 1862
• fol. 48r — November 11, 1862
• fol. 48v — November 12, 1862
• fol. 49r — November 13, 1862
• fol. 49v — November 14, 1862
• fol. 50r — November 15, 1862
• fol. 50v — November 16, 1862
• fol. 51r — November 17, 1862
• fol. 51v — November 18, 1862
• fol. 52r — November 19, 1862
• fol. 52v — November 20, 1862
• fol. 53r — November 21, 1862
• fol. 53v — November 22, 1862
• fol. 54r — November 23, 1862
• fol. 54v — November 24, 1862
• fol. 55r — November 25, 1862
• fol. 55v — November 26, 1862
• fol. 56r — November 27, 1862
• fol. 56v — November 28, 1862
• fol. 57r — November 29, 1862
• fol. 57v — November 30, 1862
• fol. 58r — December 1, 1862
• fol. 58v — December 2, 1862
• fol. 59r — December 3, 1862
• fol. 59v — December 4, 1862
• fol. 60r — December 5, 1862
• fol. 60v — December 6, 1862
• fol. 61r — December 7, 1862
• fol. 61v — December 8, 1862
• fol. 62r — December 9, 1862
• fol. 62v — December 10, 1862
• fol. 63r — December 11, 1862
• fol. 63v — December 12, 1862
• fol. 64r — December 13, 1862
• fol. 64v — December 14, 1862
• fol. 65r — December 15, 1862
• fol. 65v — December 16, 1862
• fol. 66r — December 17, 1862
• fol. 66v — December 18, 1862
• fol. 67r — December 19, 1862
• fol. 67v — December 20, 1862
• fol. 68r — December 21, 1862
• fol. 68v — December 22, 1862
• fol. 69r — December 23, 1862
• fol. 69v — December 24, 1862
• fol. 70r — December 25, 1862
• fol. 70v — December 26, 1862
• fol. 71r — December 27, 1862
• fol. 71v — December 28, 1862
• fol. 72r — December 29, 1862
• fol. 72v — December 30, 1862
• fol. 73r — December 31, 1862
• fol. 73r — Prisoner of War
• fol. 73r — Murfreesboro, Tennessee
• fol. 73v — January 1, 1863
• fol. 74r — January 2, 1863
• fol. 74r — Chattanooga, Tennessee
• fol. 74v — January 3, 1863
• fol. 74v — Chattanooga, Tennessee
• fol. 74v — Vicksburg, Mississippi
• fol. 75r — January 4, 1863
• fol. 75r — Chattanooga, Tennessee
• fol. 75v — January 5, 1863
• fol. 75v — West Point, Georgia
• fol. 76r — January 6, 1863
• fol. 76r — West Point, Georgia
• fol. 76r — Montgomery, Alabama
• fol. 76v — January 7, 1863
• fol. 76v — West Point, Georgia
• fol. 76v — Atlanta, Georgia
• fol. 77r — January 8, 1863
• fol. 77r — Atlanta, Georgia
• fol. 77r — Richmond, Virginia
• fol. 77v — January 9, 1863
• fol. 77v — Dalton, Georgia
• fol. 77v — Richmond, Virginia
• fol. 78r — January 10, 1863
• fol. 78r — Knoxville, Tennessee
• fol. 78v — January 11, 1863
• fol. 78v — Knoxville, Tennessee
• fol. 78v — Richmond, Virginia
• fol. 79r — January 12, 1863
• fol. 79r — Knoxville, Tennessee
• fol. 80r — January 13, 1863
• fol. 80r — Jonesborough, Tennessee
• fol. 80v — January 14, 1863
• fol. 80v — Bristol, Tennessee
• fol. 81r — January 15, 1863
• fol. 81r — Lynchburg, Virginia
• fol. 81r — Richmond, Virginia
• fol. 81v — January 16, 1863
• fol. 81v — Richmond, Virgnia
• fol. 82r — January 17, 1863
• fol. 82v — January 18, 1863
• fol. 85v — January 19, 1863
• fol. 85v — North Carolina
• fol. 86v — January 20, 1863
• fol. 87r — January 21, 1863
• fol. 87r — City Point, Virginia
• fol. 87v — January 22, 1863
• fol. 87v — Castle Thunder, Richmond, Virginia
• fol. 88v — January 23, 1863
• fol. 89r — January 24, 1863
• fol. 89v — January 25, 1863
• fol. 90r — January 26, 1863
• fol. 90v — January 27, 1863
• fol. 90v — Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia
• fol. 91r — January 28, 1863
• fol. 91v — January 29, 1863
• fol. 91v — City Point, Virginia
• fol. 92r — January 30, 1863
• fol. 92v — January 31, 1863
• fol. 93r — February 1, 1863
• fol. 93v — February 2, 1863
• fol. 94r — February 3, 1863
• fol. 94r — City Point, Virginia
• fol. 94v — February 4, 1863
• fol. 94v — Fort Monroe, Virginia
• fol. 95r — February 5, 1863
• fol. 95r — Annapolis, Maryland
• fol. 95v — February 6, 1863
• fol. 96r — February 7, 1863
• fol. 96v — February 8, 1863
• fol. 97r — February 9, 1863
• fol. 97v — February 10, 1863
• fol. 98r — February 11, 1863