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From: "Dorothy Falk" <>
Subject: [ILCLINTON] Justice
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 16:15:00 -0500

The following diary is at the Illinois State Historical library in
Springfield. Check with your local library as to whether this is obtainable
thru the lending library system.

Diary,
Elihu P G Justice

1864-1865
English Archival Material 1 14 cm. v. (88 p.) ;
Mark:
Database: WorldCat
Ownership: Check the catalogs in your library.
Libraries that Own Item: 1

Title: Diary, 1864 Jan. 26-1865 Aug. 9.
Author(s): Justice, Elihu P. G., b. 1840.
Year: 1864-1865
Description: 1 v. (88 p.) ; 14 cm.
Language: English
Abstract: Civil War diary, table of distance traveled, accounts, &
miscellaneous notes. The volume's diary section (71 p.) contains brief but
detailed accounts of marches, maneuvers, encampments, fortifications, and
battles, including skirmishing & fighting near the Big Black River, during
the Red River campaign, and at Shreveport (La.), Pine Bluff (Ark.), &
Nashville. In the back of the diary, Justice lists the mileage of each
regimental journey on foot, by rail or boat for the entire 1862-1865 period
(10 p.), and money expended during 1865 (4 p.). Other brief notes cover the
death of Elly Eunice Justice, an 1855 duel in Yuba County, Calif., and grain
measurement.
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Soldiers -- Illinois -- Clinton County -- Diaries.
Named Person: Justice, Elihu P. G., b. 1840 -- Diaries.
Named Corp: United States. Army. Illinois Infantry Regiment, 117th
(1862-1865). Company E.
Geographic: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal
narratives.
Illinois -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Note(s): Bio/History: Civil War soldier from Clinton County, Ill.; served in
Company E, 117th Illinois Infantry, 1862-1865.
Entry: 20000407
Update: 20020419
Document Type: Archival Material
Accession No: OCLC: 43798034

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