Smith, William Wrenshall.

William Wrenshall Smith diary, 1863. - 1 item.

Open to research.

Diary (1863 November 3-December 2) describing Smith's travels through Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee to Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters in Nashville. Includes comments on profiteering of sutlers, absence of religious feeling among soldiers, morale, foraging expeditions, and the battles of Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge. Persons mentioned include John C. Frémont, Clark B. Lagow, John A. Rawlins, William Farrar Smith, and John Harrison Wilson.


Typewritten transcript.
[S.l.].


Union army officer; cousin of Julia Dent Grant.


Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

mm 79005721


Frémont, John Charles, 1813-1890.
Grant, Julia Dent, 1826-1902.
Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885.
Lagow, Clark B., -1867.
Rawlins, John A. 1831-1869.
Smith, William Farrar, 1824-1903.
Wilson, James Harrison, 1837-1925.


Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863.
Lookout Mountain, Battle of, Tenn., 1863.
Missionary Ridge, Battle of, Tenn., 1863.
Sutlers.


Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865,
Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Equipment and supplies.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Psychological aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Religious aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865


Army officers.