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Inventory for MSA SC 6084-1



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MSA SC 6084-1-1
RESTRICTED: Do not circulate originals without the permission of the Department of Special Collections
Dates1863/01/01-1863/12/31
Mediumdiary, leather, paper, electronic
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Leather bound diary of Edward L. McVaugh (1840-1864), State of Maryland, Eighth Regiment Infantry, Company A
January 1 - December 31, 1863

Subject matter includes:

  • Camp life
  • Emancipation Proclomation
  • Weather
  • Church Service
  • Troop movements
  • War news and gossip
  • Skirmishing along the Potomac after the Battle of Gettysburg
  • Picket duty
MSA SC 6084-1-2
RESTRICTED: Do not circulate originals without the permission of the Department of Special Collections
Dates1864/01/01-1864/10/01
Mediumdiary, leather, paper, electronic
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Leather bound diary of Edward L. McVaugh (1840-1864), State of Maryland, Eighth Regiment Infantry, Company A
January 1 - October 1, 1864
Edward writes his last entry on September 30. The next entry is written by his sister on October 1, 1864 and records his death. Subjects include:
  • Weather
  • Camp life
  • Picket duty
  • Going on leave
  • War news and gossip
  • Troop movements
  • The Battle of the Wilderness
  • The Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, including the Bloody Angle
  • The Battle of North Anna
  • The Battle of Cold Harbor
  • Siege of Petersburg
  • The Battle of the Crater
  • Sickness and life at Mount Pleasant Hospital
  • Casualty and furlough reports
  • Furlough to recover from sickness
MSA SC 6084-1-3
RESTRICTED: Do not circulate originals without the permission of the Department of Special Collections
Dates1862-1864
Mediumletter, paper, electronic
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Fragment from the first page of a letter from Edward L. McVaugh to his sister, written on March 8th, from a Camp at Maryland Heights.
One sided. Decorated stationary with a scene of Union soldiers leading a bayonet charge against Confederate forces. Colored in red and blue. Includes images of the American flag and an eagle overhead.
MSA SC 6084-1-4
RESTRICTED: Do not circulate originals without the permission of the Department of Special Collections
Dates1862/10/20
Mediumletter, paper, electronic
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Fragment of a letter from Edward L. McVaugh to his sister, written on October 20, 1862 from a Camp at Williams Port (Williamsport).
Front and back. Decorated stationary with the image of a Union solider leaving his family and the title and partial lyrics to "The Girl I Left Behind Me." Colored in red and blue.
MSA SC 6084-1-5
RESTRICTED: Do not circulate originals without the permission of the Department of Special Collections
Dates1862-1864
Mediumpaper, electronic
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Envelope addressed to Miss Sallie McVaugh, North East, Cecil County, Maryland
Postage stamped Washington, DC, June 8th.
MSA SC 6084-1-6
RESTRICTED: Do not circulate originals without the permission of the Department of Special Collections
Dates1863-1864
Mediumletter, paper, electronic
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Letter from Edward L. McVaugh to his sister, July 16 from a Camp near Noxville. Edward asks his sister to send him money because he has run out and "there is no telling when we will get any more." Edward also mentions that his Corps got depleted at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Front and back.
MSA SC 6084-1-7
RESTRICTED: Do not circulate originals without the permission of the Department of Special Collections
Dates1862
Mediumletter, paper, electronic
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
Letter from Edward L. McVaugh to his sister, Sallie E. McVaugh from Camp Concealment, near Williamsport, sometime after November 23rd.
Edward writes his sister asking for more letters and more money, because they haven't gotten paid yet. He also tells the story of an accident with the artillery that killed one and wounded six. One piece of shrapnel "struck our drummer boy in the head and knocked his brains out."
Perhaps late in 1862? Edward discusses the hope that "Burnsides will soon wip[sic] them Rebels so that we Can get home."

Front and back, previously folded and divided into four pages. Decorated stationary with a pine tree with American flags for leaves and big type of the word "Union" in stars and stripes. Colored in red and blue.


MSA SC 6084-1-8
RESTRICTED: Do not circulate originals without the permission of the Department of Special Collections
Dates1862-1864
Mediumpaper, electronic
StorageContact the Department of Special Collections for location.
Description
List of killed, wounded, and missing.
Names include: A Gorrel, W.F. McCall, James D. Alexander, Color Cpl John McCraken, Sgt James T. Simpson, Sgt. James Cameron, D. Murdock, _____ Logan, G. W. Horsey, Joseph _____, James Roach, Charles Norman, William Crumer, William Simpers, John Silk, George _eamons, Thoms B. Poe, John T. Meakens, Andrew B. Runnolds.
One side.

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