Diaries
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Moore, Robert A., 1838-1863
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Identifier
moore_ra_diary_v1
Publication Date
5-27-1861
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Description
Written from in from Moore's time in Corinth, MS through his journey to Virginia and early camps, this diary details Moore's daily activities. Parts of this volume are unpublished poems, letters from friends & daily routine of camp life in a schedule form.
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Confederate States of America. Army -- Social conditions; Troop movements; Confederate States of America. Army -- Equipment; Weather; Skirmishing; Rumor -- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Patriotism; Soldiers -- Wounds and injuries; Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 17th. Company G; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Relational Format
Archival Material
Original Format
diaries
Finding Aid
Original Collection
Robert Augustus Moore Diary (Small Manuscripts 1978.9), Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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Comments
Date range: 27 May - 11 November 1861; For further biographical information on Moore & transcripts of the diary, see : Silver, James W. A Life for the Confederacy, as recorded in the Pocket Diaries of Pvt. Robert A. Moore, Co. G, 17th Mississippi Regiment, Confederate Guards, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Jackson, Tenn., McCowat-Mercer Press, 1959. Cataloged: http://umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/record=b1254723~S0
Also included in the Civil War in the American South collection.