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

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“Had an offer of a post in the Qr Master department at $1,200 salary.”—Horatio Nelson Taft

October 14, 2011

Diary of US patent clerk Horatio Nelson Taft.

MONDAY 14

I have done but little today but attend to my cold, altho I have been round the City some. It is understood that there has been a general advance today of our troops over the River. Saw the Qr Mastr of the 27th Regt on the Ave. He said that Genl Slocums Brigade was moveing forward a few miles. I was at the Prests this morning a short time. Had an offer of a post in the Qr Master department at $1,200 salary.

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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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