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

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“Nothing of importance occured today but the City is very full of strangers, besides soldiers.”—Horatio Nelson Taft

July 29, 2011

Diary of US patent clerk Horatio Nelson Taft.

MONDAY 29

Saml Androus and his Regt (Mich 1st) went home today. I am quite well today after my attack of yesterday. I went down town and staid part of the day. Nothing of importance occured today but the City is very full of strangers, besides soldiers. I went down to the Camp with wife & Julia. The Surgeon, A L Barnes, came home with us to tea. He was on the Battle field at “Bull run.” Quite a number of the Regt, 27th, are on the Sick list, but generaly doing well.

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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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