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State Library of Pennsylvania: Civil War diaries

July 29, 20161851-1900, Contributing Libraries, State Library of PennsylvaniaCity and town life -- Pennsylvania--1862-1865--Personal narratives, Civil War 1861-1865, Harrisburg Pa, Maryland, Pennsylvania--history--Civil War 1861-1865--Peraonal narratives, United States--History--Civil War 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Venango Pa, Weather conditions--Pennsylvania--1862-1865lblanchard

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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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