Union soldier's diary, 1864-1865.

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Union soldier's diary, 1864-1865.

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Diary relating to a private in Company E, 9th Regiment Maine Volunteers, and his service in the Army of the James including the Petersburg Campaign, Battles of the Crater, Battle of Cold Harbor, Bermuda Hundred Campaign, engagement at Ware Bottom Church, Va., African American soldiers, reception and forwarding of prisoners of war held by the Confederates at Salisbury, N.C., and other places, northward march to Washington, N.C., and removal to Magnolia, N.C.

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United States. Army of the James

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The Union Departments of Virginia and North Carolina merged in 1863. Troops from these departments formed the XVIII Corps. In April 1864 the X Corps was transferred from the Department of the South and the two corps formed the Army of the James. Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler was placed in command. During Lt. Gen. Ulysses Grant's Overland Campaign in 1864, Butler made several unsuccessful attempts at Petersburg and Richmond. At the Battle of Cold Harbor the XVIII Corps was sent to act under the...

United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865). Company E

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United States. Army

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