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Henry Mosler Civil War diary, 1862
Creator: Henry Mosler
OCTOBER 9, 1862
Born in New York City, Henry Mosler first gained recognition in 1862 as a Civil War illustrator for Harper's Weekly. Mosler, then 21, kept a small pocket diary in 1862 while serving with the Union Army in Kentucky as a volunteer aide-de-camp to General R.W. Johnson and as an artist correspondent for Harper's. Though only 37 pages long, the diary provides a firsthand account of the suffering and weariness of war. He wrote, TODAY WE SKIRMISHED AND ADVANCED IN LINE OF BATTLE IN PERRYVILLE AND FOUND IT EVACUATED. IN THE EVENING COL. BLAKE COTTON AND MYSELF WENT OUT TO VIEW THE BATTLEFIELD WHICH WAS A SIGHT THAT I HAVE NOT THE POWER TO EXPRESS. |