HERBERT EUGENE VALENTINE PAPERS #4397, 1861-1864
Personal diary of Valentine, who served in eastern Virginia, North Carolina, and South
Carolina with the 23d Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers during the Civil War. Entries
record Valentine's general observations of free blacks and slaves, including notes on music,
dancing, and singing. Valentine also notes a Union general's praise of an all-black regiment,
and white soldiers' reactions to the incorporation of a black regiment into a formerly
all-white brigade. Microfilm available.
