What follows is a list of Civil War related diaries and journals from the manuscript holdings in the Department of Special Collections, University Libraries of Notre Dame. Diaries included in the drop down menu to the left, or highlighted in the list below, are accessible online as images and textual transcriptions.

• THOMAS BENTON ALEXANDER DIARY. 1861-1865. 1 vol., 13 cm., 59 leaves, with 118 pages of manuscript entries in Alexander's hand. Thomas Benton Alexander (1839-1928) was a native of Henry County, Tennessee, and was working as a farm laborer in Maury County when, in October 1861, he was mustered in to Confederate service. From 1861 to 1865 he served as private and sergeant in the Maury Artillery Battery and the 1st Tennessee Heavy Artillery Regiment, Company B (3rd). Alexander was captured and paroled three times, having been present at the surrenders of Fort Donelson, Tennessee (1862); Port Hudson, Louisiana (1863); and Fort Morgan, Alabama (1864). The diary includes dated entries ranging from June 1862 to May 1865; undated entries probably extend back to 1861. Much of the narrative content was written during the last year of the war; among the subjects treated most extensively are the Confederate defense of Mobile in the summer of 1864 and Alexander's subsequent imprisonment at Elmira, New York. MSN/CW 8003-1.
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• DAVID B. ARTHUR DIARY. 1862-1863. 1 vol., 15 cm., 47 leaves total, with 90 pages of manuscript entries in Arthur's hand. A diary kept by David B. Arthur (b. 1837) as 1st sergeant and 2nd lieutenant in Co. I, 20th Wisconsin Infantry. Arthur was a lead miner, from Beetown, Grant County, Wisconsin. He was mustered in to the 20th Wisconsin in August 1862 and served in that unit for the duration of the war, ultimately rising to 1st lieutenant. The diary includes dated entries ranging from 20 October 1862 to 12 June 1863; during this time the regiment was attached to the Army of the Frontier, serving in Missouri and Arkansas. Arthur's entries describe three distinct expeditions or campaigns, the most important of which culminated in the battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas (7 December 1862). MSN/CW 8001-1.
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• THOMAS J. BARB DIARY. 1863. 1 vol., 14 cm., 18 leaves total, with 37 pages of manuscript entries in Barb's hand. Though the author of this Confederate diary never identifies himself by name, the manuscript can be attributed to Thomas Jacob Barb (1842-1899), of Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas. At the time the diary was written Barb was serving in Archibald Dobbin's 1st Arkansas Cavalry (CS). Entries extend from 18 June to 11 September 1863, and provide accounts of several key engagements in Arkansas, including the attack on Helena and the defense of Little Rock. MSN/CW 8002-1. [Introduction, Images & Transcriptions]

• JAMES BOARDMAN DIARY. 1863. 1 vol. partly printed, entitled Pocket Diary for 1863; 13 cm., 66 leaves total, with 121 pages of manuscript entries in Boardman's hand. James Boardman (b. 1833) was a resident of Salem, Olmsted County, Minnesota, who served as corporal and sergeant in Company B of the 3rd Minnesota Infantry from 1861 to 1865. His diary contains daily entries ranging from 1 January to 31 December 1863; entries for 16 days are lacking. Included are descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg. From August through December Boardman was away from the regiment, convalescing from an illness contracted at Vicksburg. MSN/CW 8000-1. [Introduction, Images & Transcriptions]

• WILLIAM CLINE DIARY. 1863-1864. 1 vol., 12 cm., 123 leaves, with 213 pages of manuscript entries in Cline's hand. William Cline (1830-1899) was a resident of Waverly, Pike County, Ohio when he enlisted in Company B, 73rd Ohio Infantry on 14 October 1861. He was captured at Second Bull Run (30 August 1862) and did not rejoin his regiment until April 1863, spending much of the intervening time at home. In January 1864 he was detailed as brigade blacksmith and attached to Company H, 136th New York Infantry. He transferred back to the 73rd Ohio in March and mustered out on 31 December. The Cline manuscript includes two distinct narrative segments. The first is a 53-page memoir, perhaps derived from an earlier diary, in which Cline describes his service to August 1863, including an extended account of the Gettysburg campaign. This memoir was most likely written in July-August 1863. The better part of the volume consists of 134 pages of dated diary entries running from 20 August 1863 to 5 October 1864; for most of this time the 73rd Ohio was attached to the Army of the Cumberland. Typical entries range from 20 to 75 words, and describe several major engagements as well as the entirety of the Atlanta campaign. Also included in the volume are 26 pages of non-narrative material, including accounts, song lyrics, and a copy of a tombstone inscription. MSN/CW 8007-1. [Introduction, Images & Transcriptions]

• MARTIN FLIPPIN DIARY. 1862-1863. 1 vol., 15 cm., 119 leaves, with 225 pages of manuscript in Flippin's hand. Martin V. Flippin (1840-1889) was working on his father's farm in Nottoway County, Virginia prior to mustering in to the 1st Virginia Light Artillery Regiment (CS) in 1861. The diary at hand contains daily entries running from 29 June 1862 to 23 February 1863; most are one full page (roughly 70-90 words) in length. From the diary's opening until late July Flippin was stationed on the defenses of Richmond, as a member of the Virginia Henrico Artillery Battery, Company B. After a month's furlough at home he reported to Petersburg, Virginia, where he remained stationed for the duration of the period covered by the diary. In October 1862 Flippin was assigned to what he calls "Young's Company" (i. e., the Virginia Halifax Light Artillery Battery). Because Flippin's units remained mostly in reserve, the dairy recounts little in the way of active campaigning (though it does describe a scout to Southampton County, Virginia in September 1863, and a movement into North Carolina in November). There is much on camp life, socializing in Richmond and Petersburg and other recreational activities, and news of the broader war. Acquisition funded by Robert and Beverly O'Grady, 2008. MSN/CW 8013-1-B.

• JOHN W. LANGFITT DIARY. c1865-1885. 1 vol., 36 cm., 59 leaves, with 99 pages of manuscript entries in Langfitt's hand. John Wesley Langfitt (or Langfit) (1843-1909) was born near Candor, Washington County, Pennsylvania and raised near Taylorstown, in the same county. In August 1861 he was mustered in a private to Company A, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry. Langfitt remained on the regiment's rolls until July 1865, though his service in the field ended in May 1864, when an ankle wound suffered at Spotsylvania led to the amputation of a leg. The manuscript in question is a postwar copy, in Langfitt's hand, of "memoranda" or diary entries set down during the war. While Langfitt occasionally adds editorial commentary, most of the entries appear to have been copied more or less as written. Entries appear for almost every day from 26 January 1863 to 8 September 1865, with the notable exception of a 50-day period after Spotsylvania. Individual entries seldom exceed 50 words, and are often significantly shorter. During the time covered by the entries the 100th Pennsylvania was attached to the Union IX Corps, serving with the Army of the Potomac (to March 1863, and after April 1864); the Army of the Ohio (March to June 1863, and August 1863 to April 1864); and the Army of the Tennessee (June to August 1863). Mention is made of the sieges of Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi (June-July 1863) and the Knoxville campaign (November-December 1863). Entries from July 1864 to war's end pertain to Langfitt's hospitalization and convalescence in Philadelphia. There are also entries relating to Langfitt's postwar life; these comprise about 15 to 20 per cent of the volume, and date mostly from 1873-74. The manuscript cannot be dated with precision, though it appears to have been compiled over a number of years, probably in the two decades after the war. MSN/CW 8008-1-B.

• ALFRED MOORE DIARY. 1864-1865. 1 vol., 16 cm., 55 leaves, with 67 pages of manuscript entries, mostly in Moore's hand. A pocket diary of the daily calendar type, kept by Lt. Alfred Moore during his service in Co. I, 11th Virginia Cavalry. Moore (b. c1836) was a farmer from Fairfax County, Virginia; he joined the Confederate army in 1861 and served for the duration of the war, in three Virginia cavalry regiments. Moore kept the diary for around 5 1/2 months. Despite several missing leaves, entries have survived for most days between 12 September 1864 and 11 February 1865. The typical entry is around 50 words; a few, written in an extremely fine hand, are substantially longer. At the diary's outset the 11th Virginia, of Thomas L. Rosser's Laurel Brigade, was attached to the Army of Northern Virginia, around Petersburg. But within weeks the brigade was ordered to the Valley District, to confront Sheridan; it would remain in the area of the Shenandoah until March 1865. The diary provides a detailed account of Moore's movements during this period (which were not always consistent with those of the regiment: he was sometimes on detached duty, and left on furlough on 28 January 1865). Among the events that figure prominently in Moore's narrative are: Wade Hampton's famous cattle raid into Surry County, Virginia (14-17 September 1864); the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1864-65, including the battles of Toms Creek (9 October 1864) and Cedar Creek (19 October 1864); and Rosser's successful raid on Beverly, West Virginia (11 January 1865). The diary itself was originally the property of an unidentified member of the 1st D.C. Cavalry (US); Moore must have acquired it on the September 1864 cattle raid. The original owner was responsible for a few brief entries, mostly dating to July and August 1864. Acquisition funded by Robert and Beverly O'Grady, 2007. MSN/CW 8010-1.

• GEORGE H. MURPHY DIARY. 1865. 1 vol., 13 cm., 29 leaves, with 53 pages of entries in the author's hand. George H. Murphy (b. c1836) was a native of Martinsburg, Berkeley County, Virginia; he was practicing law in that community, in the Eastern Panhandle of what would soon become West Virginia, at the outbreak of war. The diary in question contains daily entries written between 1 March and 13 April 1865, when Murphy was serving in the Shenandoah Valley as a lieutenant in Co. D, 23rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment (CS), then attached to Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early's Army of the Valley District (Lomax's Division, John D. Imboden's Brigade). The diary entries range in length from about 30 words to over 200; the volume also contains memoranda and other notations in Murphy's hand, some of war date and some post-war. Even as Murphy was leaving his home in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, to rejoin the army after winter furlough, Early was routed at the battle of Waynesboro and effectively eliminated as a fighting force (2 March 1865). The subsequent entries chronicle Murphy's movements around the Valley over his final six weeks of service, ultimately with remaining elements of the 23rd Virginia Cavalry under Lt. Col. Charles T. O'Ferrall. O'Ferrall disbanded the regiment on 14 April. Acquisition funded by Robert and Beverly O'Grady, 2007. MSN/CW 8011-1.

• FRANKLIN YIKE DIARY. 1865. 1 vol. partly printed, 13 cm., 209 leaves, with 182 pages of manuscript entries in Yike's hand. A pocket diary kept by Pvt. Franklin Yike (1844-1905) during his Civil War service in Co. C, 87th Indiana Infantry. Yike, a resident of Richland Township, Miami County, Indiana, served in the 87th for the full course of the regiment's history, from August 1862 to June 1865. The diary contains daily entries for Yike's last calendar year of service (1 January through 25 June 1865); these describe the occupation of Savannah; the Carolinas campaign (January-April 1865); the march to Washington for the Grand Review; and the return to Indiana and mustering out. Throughout this time the regiment was attached to XIV Corps (2nd Brigade, 3rd Division). Daily entries range from under 20 to a maximum of about 75 words; each entry occupies one page. MSN/CW 8009-1.