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Collection Reference Number GLC09357.02
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1860s 
Title Diary for 1868 of Samuel K. Thompson
Date 1868
Author Thompson, Samuel K. (fl. 1867-1869)  
Document Type Diary
Content Description Officer diary of a Civil War veteran who had served as lieutenant in the 54th U.S. Colored Infantry during the war. This is one of three diaries written during service in one of four "buffalo soldier" regiments created after the war, comprising African-American volunteers and white commissioned officers, to occupy the South during Reconstruction and to man frontier forts on the Plains. Each diary includes additional notes and small newspaper clippings and a copy of his will (written April 1867). They provide great insight into the early history of one of the most celebrated "colored" regiments of the post-Civil War period.
Subjects Soldier's Diary  African American History  African American Troops  Military History  Reconstruction  Frontiers and Exploration  Infantry  
Theme African Americans; Government & Politics; Reconstruction; Westward Expansion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Additional Information Thompson lists his regiment as being the 39th US Infantry, which was reorganized with others into the 25th Infantry Regiment in April 1869.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945
Civil War: Unit 39th U.S. Infantry  
Related documents Diary for 1867 of Samuel K. Thompson  Diary for 1869 of Samuel K. Thompson