Wimer Bedford papers
Language: eng
Subjects: Campaigns; Sherman's March to the Sea; History
Description: Diaries (3 volumes; 1864 Jan. 9-1865 July 9) including descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, Miss., and Sherman's march to the sea. An essay, copied by Cornelia E. Bedford with a foreword by her, is entitled "Real Life in the Civil War" and relates to incidents in Bedford's career (1861-1865).
Notes: Open to research.

Purchase, 1908-1929.

Captain and assistant adjutant general of volunteers, U.S.

Collection material in English.