Schoff Civil War Collections

John R. Hunt Journal

Contents listing




Datesubject
January 1862Political sympathies

Hotels

Travels

Church

Foraging

Peach brandy

Teasing southern women

Society for mind improvement

Smallpox
FebruaryRecreation

Capture of firearms

Scouting expedition

Prisoners

Tracking a black man

Description of St. Louis

Confederate money

Washington's birthday

Dress parade

Home of "the Hermit"

Incident of the horse

Predictions for Union victory
MarchEntertainments

Prisoners and parole

Orders to leave Missouri

Journey south

Tennessee patriotism (Union)

Pittsburg Landing battleground

Missing soldier
AprilDress parade under Grant
MayTrip north to Cincinnati

Quinine as medicine

Skirmishes

Advance on Corinth

Description of Corinth
JuneFall of Corinth

Strained tempers

Prisoners

Trip to Ohio
AugustOhio Copperhead

Draft
NovemberCorinth battlefield

Corinth fortifications

Dances

Brass band serenade

Cemetery

Card playing

Grant and McClellan

Camp diversions

Field practice

Blacks "entertain" troops

Preparations for a seige
DecemberChristmas Day horse race



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