Operating Along the Coast in 1862-- Part 1

From the April 4, 2012, Dvids "Civil War diary is the latest museum acquisition."

The 85-page diary of Cpl. William B. Howard, of Company F, 48th New York Volunteer Infantry has been donated to the New York State Military Museum in Sarasota Springs.

It was donated by Jim Livingston and Sherry Penny, who obtained it 30-40 years ago.  It begins the day after his enlistment, September 16, 1861, and ends July 6, 1863, twelve days before he was wounded and captured at the failed attack on Charleston's Fort Wagner.

The museum holds one of the largest Civil War collections in the United States about campaigns in North and South Carolina in 1861 and 1862.

Some Selections from the Diary Next.  --Old B-R'er