Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Richardson, Charles E., 1844-1936. Diary, 1865. 1 vol.
Call No.
Mss. A R521 1
Content
In the early portion of an 1865 diary, Richardson records his thoughts and activities regarding the war. His entries suggest that he held ambivalent opinions about the war and politics. He describes fleeing to Illinois from Kentucky with his brother to avoid rebel agents seeking to arrest him He mentions reading books which had a definite Confederate slant (he thinks very highly of Gen. John H. Morgan) and he mentions Lincoln's assassinition in a rather off- handed fashion.