Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Gardner, Andrew M., 1830-1865. Diary, 1865. 20 pages and 1 volume.
Call No.
Mss. A G226 Vault
Content
Diary dated 11 May to 13 December 1865 belonging to Andrew M. Gardner of Augusta, Michigan. Gardner is a veteran of the Civil War who is suffering from a terminal illness, most likely tuberculosis. Gardner occasionally mentions news related to the Civil War or comments on his past military service. On 15 May Gardner learns of the capture of Jefferson Davis. On 22 May Gardner presents his visitors with gun caps and pins that he carried with him during Kirby Smith's raid in Kentucky and Morgan's raid in Ohio. On 1 June, Gardner reports that people in Augusta are attending church to hear a sermon of thanks because of the war's end. Gardner briefly mentions his service during the Civil War in entries dated 2, 4, and 5 September. On 2 September he describes his enlistment in Cincinnati, while entries on 4 & 5 September briefly refer to his regiment's service in Kentucky.