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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09356 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents: Miscellaneous Dates |
| Title | Diary of Thomas Dunn |
| Date | 1861-1863 |
| Author | Dunn, Thomas (fl. 1861-1863) |
| Document Type | Diary |
| Content Description | Diary of a soldier in the 25th Ohio Regiment, with wonderful content on the campaigns and battles of the eastern theater, such as Second Bull Run (1862): "August the 31st. the roads was just lined with ambulances and coaches from Washington city they came after the wounded." Dunn's diary ends on April 20, 1863, just before the Battle of Chancellorsville. He sent it home to his mother with instructions, "please mother to keep this Book for me until I get home." He died a little over two months later at the Battle of Gettysburg. |
| Subjects | Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) Injury or Wound Health and Medical Military Camp Military History Union Forces Death Battle of Gettysburg Soldier's Diary |
| People | Dunn, Thomas (fl. 1861-1863) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine; Children & Family |
| 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 | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 25th Ohio Infantry |