Guide to the George S. Smith Diary MSS.1607
Smith, George S.
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Finding aid prepared by R. Rumstay
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W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
March 2008
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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George S. Smith Diary
- Unit ID:
MSS.1607
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet (1 Diary)
- Dates:
1863-1865
- Abstract:
Civil War diary of George S. Smith, sergeant in Company C of the 48th Ohio Regiment, covering his service in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Texas, 1863-65.
Scope and Contents note
The thirty-five page diary covers the period October 1863 to November 1865. It contains entries describing battles in Louisiana and Alabama. Smith was involved in attacks on Ft. Blakely and Spanish Fort, Alabama. In addition, his entries chronicle the surrender of Mobile and a magazine explosion in that city on 25 May 1865, which caused significant loss of life and damage to buildings and ships docked in Mobile Bay. His diary also describes his duties in Galveston, Texas, where he guarded a Freedmen's camp, and contains lists of expenses, letters received and written, and battles in which he participated.
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Preferred Citation
George S. Smith Diary, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum, 2002
Biographical/Historical note
George S. Smith, possibly from Highland County, Ohio, was a sergeant in Company C of the 48th Ohio Regiment during the Civil War. His regiment served in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Texas.
Diary Box 1058 Folder 4
George S. Smith diary http://purl.lib.ua.edu/31339