Schoff Civil War Collections

Lucius W. Chapman Journal

Contents listing




PagesSubject
pp. 1-20Leaving home

Railroad trip to D.C.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Description of western Pa.

Maryland and slavery

Description of D.C.

Plantation of a union man

Description of chapel

Dying solider

Sabbath music
pp. 21-40Profanity

Card playing

Morality

Soldiers; upstanding vs. slothful

Sanitation and religion

Sabbath drill and parade

Religiosity among soldiers

Culpepper Couthouse, war-torn
pp. 41-60Description of quarters

Scarlet fever/typhoid fever

School textbooks

Regret over enlistment

Blue Ridge Mountains

D.C. camp vs. the field

Morning routine
pp. 61-80Religious musings

War-torn Culpepper

Philosophising on war

Christian Commission quartered in a church

Slavery

Presentation of colors

Ponders resignation

Illness
pp. 81-108Sit-down dinner

Preaching out-of-doors

Emotional depression

Grand review

Contraband

Virginia civilians' fate

Communion



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