Alphabetical index to the Schoff Civil War CollectionsE. Augustus Garrison Journal
Contents listing
| Pages | Contents |
|---|---|
| 1-26 | Accounts of T. Garrison |
| 27-57 | Daily entries, 1861 July 8-September 10 |
| 58-59 | Synopsis of war at close; list of family and slaves |
| 60-72 | Synopsis, 1861 September-1863 February |
| 73-104 | Daily entries, 1863 February 20-April 5 |
| 105-106 | [Missing] |
| 107-114 | Synopsis, 1863 April-October |
| 114-118 | 1863 October 2-12 |
| 118-129 | Synopsis, 1863 October-1865 October |
| 130-244 | Occasional entries, 1865 October-1869 October 9 |
I. pp. 27-57 1861 July Concert at Port Gibson, Miss. Miss. school graduation Church service Southern patriotism Bull Run reported; gloating Abe Lincoln scorned Shingling a cottage 1861 August Town vs. country living Black church service Gloating over Bull Run Whites/blacks, separate churches Prayer meeting for Confederacy Preaching to blacks He joins army 1861 September Formation of company War news Justification for war: religion and country Departure for field II. pp. 60-72 Richmond President and cabinet Yorktown Regular army colonel's discipline Peninsular campaign J.S. Magruder Yanks at Peach Orchard Evacuation of Yorktown Williamsburg Seven Pines Beaver Dam Robert E. Lee Gaines Mills Malvern Hill Jubilation over success Maneuvers in Virginia Antietam/Sharpsburg Fredericksburg "On to Richmond" (ha-ha) Fighting Joe Hooker Mission home after conscripts and absentees Visit with family List of his battles fought Description of camp at Fredericksburg III. pp. 73-104 1863 February Slaves working on Vicksburg fortifications W.R. Barksdale's farewell address Newspaper article about battalion Railroad accident 1863 March Methodist convention Mistaken for a conscript "Colored prophet" Description of southern family Plantation on fire Romance nipped by soldier's death Siege of Vicksburg Thanksgiving day Description of Vicksburg April, 1863 Southern womanhood Child drowns Off to war IV. pp. 107-114 Commission as Chaplain Chancellorsville Religious revivals Union sentiment in Maryland Gettysburg News of Vicksburg Church services V. pp. 118-129 He destroys diary Building camp cabins Confederate desertion Battle of the Wilderness Soldiers' comments in battle Before Petersburg Land mine experiments Army fate, Summer 1864 Religion in the army Hatred for Sherman Confederate generals Petersburg campaign Confederacy crumbles He is captured Lincoln's assassination Release from prison Brother's death Cotton stealing IV. pp. 130-244 1866 Barter in land-trading Black servants Stolen cotton Farming in Mississippi Port-war fortunes Fourth of July European wars Jeff Davis in chains Trans-Atlantic cable Union Convention in Philadelphia Black servant gotten from jail Confederate postage stamp Thievery and black unrest 1867 January-February Mississippi Annual Convention (Methodist Church) He sells farm Assassination and gold theft attempt "Mad radicals of Congress" 1867 March New Congress convenes Black-white relations on farm Slave vs. servant status Reconstruction bill in Congress He attempts suicide Military rule passed in Congress Lazy black farm hands Former slave's advice 1867 April-July 1868 election predictions Southern economy Purchase of Russia Jeff Davis released from prison Knife fight over blacks' "place" Fourth of July in Mississippi Lazy blacks 1867 August-December Blacks speak in own behalf Johnson removes Edwin Stanton Blacks owe white man money Reconstruction politics 1868 South in debt Lazy blacks Johnson's impeachment Wife discontented with poverty 1869 Selling patent medicine Reconstruction politics
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