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| Title | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Nineteen |
| Full Title | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Nineteen |
| Description | Includes Gunn's descriptions of his experiences as a war correspondent for "The New York Tribune" in Virginia while traveling with the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsular Campaign; the Siege of Yorktown; the Battle of Williamsburg; his departure from Alexandria on the steamer Kent; the ruins of Hampton, Virginia, after it was burnt by John B. Magruder; touring the gunboat Monitor; the death of Fitz James O'Brien from a gunshot wound; Jim Parton's temporary separation from Fanny Fern; and seeing Robert E. Lee's house in Virginia. |
| Date Text | 1862 |
| Subject | Civil War; Gunn, Thomas Butler; Journalism; Marches (U.S. Army); Marriage; Medical care (U.S. Army); Military; Military camp life; Peninsular Campaign (Va.); Prisoners of war (Confederate); Siege of Yorktown (Va.); Slavery; Slaves; Travel; Women |
| MHM Subject | African Americans; Art and Literature; Military; Slavery; Travel; Wars-Civil War; Women |
| Collection | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries |
| Creator | Gunn, Thomas Butler |
| Coverage | New York, New York; Washington, District of Columbia; Alexandria, Virginia; Hampton, Virginia; Yorktown, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia |
| Note | Thomas Butler Gunn was born February 15, 1826, in Banbury, England, and came to New York in 1849. During the Civil War he worked as a correspondent for the New York Tribune and the New York Evening Post. He returned to England in 1863, and died in Birmingham in April 1903. The collection includes twenty-one volumes of his diaries, including newspaper clippings, letters, and various other items inserted by Gunn. Diary entries date from July 7, 1849, to April 7, 1863, and include his experiences with the New York publishing and literary world, his descriptions of boarding houses, his travels throughout the United States, and his experiences traveling with the Federal army as a Civil War correspondent. |
| Type | Document |
| Format | Text |
| Language | Eng |
| Scan Date | 2010-06-17 |
| Rights | Copyright 2010 Missouri History Museum. |
| Publisher | Missouri History Museum |
| Collection Number | A0632 |
| Institution | Missouri History Museum |
| Title | Page 001 |
| Full Title | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Nineteen: page one |
| Description | Front cover. |
| Subject | Gunn, Thomas Butler |
| Collection | Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries |
| Creator | Gunn, Thomas Butler |
| Type | Document |
| Format | Text |
| Language | Eng |
| Scan Date | 2010-06-14 |
| Rights | Copyright 2010 Missouri History Museum. |
| Publisher | Missouri History Museum |
| Collection Number | A0632 |
| Institution | Missouri History Museum |
| Fulltext | [front cover] |
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