TY  - GEN
AU  - Daniels,Nathan W.
AU  - Richmond,Cora L.V.
TI  - Nathan W. Daniels diary,
KW  - Weaver, C. P.,
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Native Guard Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1862-1863)
KW  - Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
KW  - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
KW  - African American churches
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Civil rights
KW  - Lectures and lecturing
KW  - Middle West
KW  - Spiritualism
KW  - Theater
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1865-1877
KW  - Cuba (N.Y.)
KW  - History
KW  - Louisiana
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - New Orleans (La.)
KW  - Ship Island (Miss.)
KW  - Participation, African American
KW  - 1861-1865
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Army officers
KW  - itoamc
KW  - Lawyers
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Handwritten diary with photographs, illustrations, and newspaper clippings mounted throughout the text in 3 volumes.  Includes a typescript of summaries and transcripts of the diaries byC. P. Weaver; In volume one, Daniels described his Civil War service with an African American regiment, the U.S. Army 2nd Native Guard Infantry Regiment, chiefly while stationed at Ship Island, Miss., and his time in New Orleans, La., during the summer and fall of 1863.  In volume two, Daniels discussed military, political, and social affairs in Washington, D.C., during his years in the capital, 1863-1865.  Subjects include civil rights, creation of the Freedmen's Bureau (U.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands) in March 1864, radical Republicans, and the theater; Volume three was written primarily by Daniels's wife, the Spiritualist medium Cora Hatch (Cora L. V. Richmond).  Topics include the Freedmen's Bureau, speaking engagements at African American churches in Washington, D.C., a visit with her family in Cuba, N.Y., and a lecture tour of the Midwest
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