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

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“The 27th Regt officers and men are now restricted to their own ‘lines.'”—Horatio Nelson Taft

August 4, 2011

Diary of US patent clerk Horatio Nelson Taft.

SUNDAY 4

The heat has been greater than ever today. Went to Church with wife and the boys. Lieut Swan & Lieut Gould took breakfast with with [sic] us & Chaplin Buck took dinner with us. He preached at the Capitol this morning. It was too hot for any of us to go out to church this afternoon. The 27th Regt officers and men are now restricted to their own “lines.” The Col or rather Lieut Col must have a pass from Genl Mansfield.

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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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