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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01838.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Four Civil War pocket diaries of W.S. Thompson |
| Title | Civil War pocket diary of W.S. Thompson |
| Date | 1863 |
| Author | Thompson, W. S. (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Document Type | Diary |
| Content Description | Only a few entries for this year, mostly payment records for sailing and mentions of cashiering other people. 14 February: "Engaged with M. Buckner as Engineer of Steam ship Swanee [sic]…went to New York where ship was laying and returned." Wrap-around brown leather cover. |
| Subjects | Soldier's Diary Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Pay Finance Steamboat Navy |
| People | Thompson, W. S. (fl. 1862-1865) |
| Theme | Naval & Maritime; The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Thompson appears to have been mustered into service on May 29, 1861 from his hometown of Bristol, Pennsylvania. He joined the 3rd Pennsylvania Regiment at Camp Washington. He seems to have left the army to join the United States Navy in 1862, serving as an engineer first on the "Sussana," and then the "Atlanta" in 1864-1865. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |