TY  - GEN
AU  - Putnam,Charles S.
TI  - Charles S. Putnam papers,
KW  - Beecher, Henry Ward,
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Military life
KW  - New York Artillery Regiment, 10th (1862-1865)
KW  - Company M
KW  - Trials (Military offenses)
KW  - Ships
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - Fort Richmond (N.Y.)
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Washington (D.C.)
KW  - Fort Wagner (Washington, D.C.)
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research
N2  - Diary kept by Putnam while serving as part of the Signal Corps with Company M, 10th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment.  He describes activities of the regiment stationed at Fort Richmond, N.Y., and later assigned to guarding Washington, D.C., at Fort Wagner.  Subjects include camp life, illnesses and death, court-martial punishments, ship traffic in the New York harbor, and a sermon by Henry Ward Beecher in New York City, February 1, 1863.  The diary also contains a clothing list and a roster of men and officers in Putnam's company detailing their physical appearance and civilian occupation.  Also includes a biographical data form for the Veterans History Project and a school research paper on the history of Company M
ER  -