loc_harr_001_185_transcript

Transcript of the Civil War diary of George Washington Harris.

Harris served as a private in Company F of the 149th Indiana Infantry Regiment, which occupied Decatur, Alabama in 1865. He enrolled at Terre Haute, Indiana, on February 15, 1865 at the age of twenty. Harris records his experiences as a soldier and traces his journey south to Decatur. Harris was discharged on September 27, 1865. The transcription includes a key to the cipher that Harris sometimes used, as well as notes and clarifications in brackets and parentheses. Also included are the complete lyrics to the Union song "Reply to the Bonnie Blue Flag," part of which Harris records in an entry here.

1865

Moulton (Ala.)

Lawrence County (Ala.)

Danville (Ala.)

Decatur (Ala.)

Morgan County (Ala.)

George Washington Harris Civil War Diary

University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives, Special Collections, and Digital Initiatives, Huntsville, Alabama

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