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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07921 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates |
| Title | Diary of Captain Samuel J. Chaffee, Co. D, 49th Mass. Volunteers |
| Date | November 1862 - October 1863 |
| Author | Chaffee, Samuel J. (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Document Type | Diary |
| Content Description | Siege of Port Hudson, battle descriptions, strategy, black soldiers, sketches of camp and battlefields, casualties etc. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Soldier's Diary Battle of Port Hudson Battle Art, Music, Theater, and Film African American History African American Troops Promotion Pay Death |
| People | Chaffee, Samuel J. (fl. 1862-1863) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach |
| Civil War: Unit | 49th Massachusetts Volunteers, Company "D" |