 Mserafin  | 10 Sep 2013 9:22 a.m. PST |
Of some possible interest: link |
| Mr Canuck | 10 Sep 2013 10:28 a.m. PST |
"It was in a stairway closet," Dorothy Smoke said. "It was an old house, there were a lot odd things in there." Now I'm curious – I wonder what other "odd things" were in that closet with the diary…? |
 ColCampbell | 10 Sep 2013 10:30 a.m. PST |
I can't believe that the Washington State Archives would turn down such a find! At least the Kentucky Historical Society has their head on straight. Jim (who works at the Mississippi State Archives) |
| 45thdiv | 10 Sep 2013 11:18 a.m. PST |
That is a good find. Will look for the online copy when I get home. |
| ancientsgamer | 10 Sep 2013 11:21 a.m. PST |
It's the mind set up there. All war is wrong, I suppose…. |
| Mserafin | 10 Sep 2013 11:24 a.m. PST |
It's the mind set up there. All war is wrong, I suppose….
Not all war – we're 100% behind those fought for good reasons, like livestock. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War |
| PraetorianHistorian | 10 Sep 2013 1:41 p.m. PST |
Anyone up for wargaming the Pig War? |
| badger22 | 10 Sep 2013 3:47 p.m. PST |
I dont see the connection. Why would it be offered to the University of Washington? We are a long way away from Ohio, or Kentucky. Surely it would have made more sense to ofer it to a local group. As for the Pig war, lets go with that. I am sitting less than a mile from George Pickets house that he lived in at that time. I would love to do a pig war game at our anual game in Col Caseys house, but have never got off of my butt to do it. Owen |
| Mserafin | 10 Sep 2013 4:51 p.m. PST |
I dont see the connection. Why would it be offered to the University of Washington? Because it was discovered in a house in Arlington, WA (30 miles north of Seattle). The UW being our local bastion of higher learning, the diary was offered to them and the WA State archives. |
| CPBelt | 10 Sep 2013 5:39 p.m. PST |
"The Arlington genealogists contacted the University of Washington and the Washington State Archives, but neither institution had time or money to make digital copies." Sounds like a money thing more than anything else. Great find! |
| Benvartok | 10 Sep 2013 6:12 p.m. PST |
The odd things also in the closet (hermetically sealed and in mint condition) include the diary writer's uniform, rifle, pistol, sabre, regimental flag plus 5 others he had taken off the field, numerous photos, belts…..ahhh if only…. |
| FireZouave | 10 Sep 2013 7:12 p.m. PST |
I read just a few pages of it! Very interesting! A day by day account with sometimes just a brief word, but I've never seen anything quite as thorough as this. I'm going to have to download it all and read it now. |
| Skeptic | 10 Sep 2013 7:56 p.m. PST |
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| Cloudy | 15 Sep 2013 6:30 p.m. PST |
I read the whole thing! It was interesting that his unit was issued Russian muskets which were exchanged for Prussian muskets which were exchanged for Austrian muskets… |
bases them up.