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

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“Long rows of Army wagons continue to rumble through the streets to remind us that a terrible war is raging.”—Horatio Nelson Taft

October 27, 2011

Diary of US patent clerk Horatio Nelson Taft.

SUNDAY 27

This has been rather a still Sunday. I have not been to church, I have rather too much of a cough left. I have written a number of letters, one to E P Taft, to Doct J Taft, and one to Lieut Swan. Almeron Field called this evening. He belongs to the Co F 8th Regt of Regulars. Long rows of Army wagons continue to rumble through the streets to remind us that a terrible war is raging.

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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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