William Wrenshall Smith diary
Language: eng
Subjects: Lookout Mountain, Battle of, Tenn., 1863; Missionary Ridge, Battle of, Tenn., 1863; Supplies and stores; Religious aspects; Sutlers; Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863; Psychological aspects; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Open to research.

Typewritten transcript. [S.l.].

Gift, Ulysses Grant-Smith, 1925.

Union army officer; cousin of Julia Dent Grant.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.