562. FRANCIS TROWBRIDGE SHERMAN PAPERS
1 item, microfilm, 1863-65
Diaries of this Union Army officer, 88th Illinois Cavalry, which give
brief accounts of his participation in the Chattanooga,
Atlanta, Shenandoah Valley, and Appomattox campaigns. He
discussed camp life, prison conditions, rumors of the death of General Grant, and Confederate desertions and gave
an account of several days spent in Charlottesville during which it was rumored that blacks were
plundering the town with the encouragement of the townspeople.
(Acc.
10735)
