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[Identification of item], in the Wooster E. Woodbury Papers #3799-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, January 2005

Updated by: Laura Hart, December 2021

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• Diaries.
• Hampton Roads (Va.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Soldiers--United States--Diaries.
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• United States. Army--Military life--History.
• United States. Army. New Hampshire Infantry Regiment, 13th (1862-1865)
• Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Woodbury, Wooster E., fl. 1862-1865.

Wooster E. Woodbury served in the 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment (13th New Hampshire Volunteers), Company C, during the Civil War.

Diary, 23 April-27 August 1863, of Wooster E. Woodbury, a federal soldier who served in the 13th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment (13th New Hampshire Volunteers), Company C, during the Civil War. Woodbury kept this diary while he was behind the lines in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Diary entries mention military life, picket and guard duty, dress parades, inspections, a hospital, troop movements, working on fortifications, making roads, building a cook-house, pay day, and other matters. Also included is a promissory note, 1862, and Wooster's commission as a corporal, 1865.

Microfilm reel (M-3799/1)

Oversize paper folder (OPF-3799/1)