Schoff Civil War Collections

Charles M. Barnett Journal

Contents listing




DateSubject
1863 MayBlack barber

Billiards

Drunk orderly

Execution of prisoner

Possible spy

Deserter caught

Fortifications

Nashville prepares for attack

Sermon on swearing
JuneReview

Mint juleps/whiskey

Recipe for "curing blood"

Firearms

AWOL court martial

Second guessing Lee vs. Hooker
JulyPrisoners arrive at Murfreesboro

Picking new campsite

AWOL soldiers
AugustMuster of troops

Blacks mustered in as teamsters/cooks

Ordnance stores condemned

Trip to Columbia

Andrew Johnson

Looking for guerillas
SeptemberTennessee civilians pro-Union

Tennessee and Alabama countryside

Chattanooga Campaign

Chickamauga

Ringgold, Ga.
OctoberChattanooga Campaign

Shelling of Chattanooga

Colonel dismissed for cowardice

Fixing a barn for horses

Prices

Corn and straw shipments at Chattanooga

Pontoon bridge over Tenn. River

Wauhatchie Night Attack
NovemberPontoon bridges broken

Trip: Chattanooga to Nashville,
to Columbus O., to Cleveland,
to Buffalo NY, to Schenectady,
to Saratoga
DecemberMarriage

Commission
1864 FebruaryList of supplies

Drunk on guard duty

Inspections

Insane asylum burned
MarchDance



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