This handwritten account of the Battle of Shiloh was recorde by Pvt. Thomas J. Watkins, Co. H, 4th Tenn. Inf. (Neely's), CSA, 52 years after the battle. The account ends abruptly after 15 pages. The donor contributed a transcript (see additional...
This page in Mitchener's diary shows the oncoming Russian advance into Poland and Germany in January 1945. It is captioned,"From Memel to Budapest" and "Uncle Joe Moves Again." The diarist has drawn a calendar with the date January 12 circled as...