Spine title: George W. Irwin--his Civil War diary.
Includes indexes.
G. W. Irwin enlisted in the 28th regiment. Five companies of the 28th regiment were taken to form a part of the 147th regiment.
Summary
The author entered the Union Army from his home in West Fallowfield Township in Chester County. He served in Northern Virginia, Second Bull Run, Antietam , Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. The diary covers September 18, 1861, through July 3, 1863.The book includes some letters from men in his unit who continued service beyond Gettysburg.
The journal of James L. Purdy : Hopewell Township, York County, Pennsylvania, to Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, and points inbetween [sic] : plus, additional brief information about his life, correspondence, and papers, with everyname [sic] and subject index
This is the personal and business journal of Peter Leibundgutt, an Amishman, who was a weaver.
Summary
Amishman Peter Leibundgutt/Livengood (d. 1826) kept an interesting financial journal of personal and business transactions between 1758 and 1824. A weaver, Peter is thought to be the first Amishman to go by Conestoga wagon across the Allegheny Mountains to settle in what is now Elk Lick, Somerset Co., Pa. This journal is transcribed here along with an introduction, a listing of Peter's descendants for three generations (Beachy, Breneisen, Fike, Forney, Haag, Hardman, Kepple, Miller, Saylor, and Yoder)
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 99, number 4 (Winter 1998), p. 172-177Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v. 99 no. 4
