Collection Dates: 1862 -- 1865
1 file folder containing two small diaries
(Shares a box with MsC 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18)
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Posted to Internet: January 1998
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Note: These
diaries were a gift of Mrs. Bernice Pratt in 1955.
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John W. Pratt
was a soldier in Company A of the 27th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
during the Civil War. He enlisted on August 22, 1862, and was mustered out
on August 7, 1865.
Scope
and Content
The Civil War diaries of John W. Pratt date from August 22, 1862 - October 20, 1862 and from April 2, 1865 - August 9, 1865. The first diary is filled with his feelings of homesickness and longing for his wife. The second diary includes short comments about encounters with the rebel forces, mentions Lee’s surrender and Lincoln’s assassination, sickness, and his desire to be released from military service.
Box List
Diaries. Digitized diaries
August 22 -- October 20, 1862.
April 2 -- August 9, 1865. This diary also includes records of a financial nature, such as money spent on food and tobacco.