Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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“The Committee is investigating the cases of Clerks and others in the different departments who are said to be secessionists, or disloyal to the Govt.”—Horatio Nelson Taft

July 26, 2011

Diary of US patent clerk Horatio Nelson Taft.

FRIDAY 26

Was required to go before the Committee at the Capitol today at 10 o’clock (John F Porter Chairman). The Committee is investigating the cases of Clerks and others in the different departments who are said to be secessionists, or disloyal to the Govt. Went with Julia after dinner up to the camps on Meridian hill. Saw the Meridian Stone or pillar from which Longitude is computed. We took a long walk. I was very tired. Eddy Foster and McIntire of [Woolcut?] staid with us.

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The three diary manuscript volumes, Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865, are available online at The Library of  Congress.

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