- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Perry P. Powell diary 1865
- Creator:
- Powell, Perry P.
- Publisher:
- Perry P. Powell diary, 1865. MS 3433. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.
- Date of Original:
- 1865
- Subject:
- Camp Butler (Ill.)
Sultana (Steamboat)
Retail trade--Iowa--Blairstown
Retail trade--Ownership--Personal narratives
Soldiers--Illinois--Waukegan--Diaries
Blairstown (Iowa)--Description and travel - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- diaries
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
image/x-djvu - Description:
- The collection consists of a diary that Perry P. Powell kept during the year 1865. The diary begins January 1, 1865 while 20 year-old Powell is still at home in Waukegan, Illinois. He enlists on February 20, 1865 and starts for Camp Butler in Springfield, Illinois. He arrives in Memphis, Tennessee on March 6. He describes several events such as the celebration over the capture of Richmond and General Lee, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the explosion of the steamer Sultana in the Mississippi River, and the capture of Jefferson Davis. On July 24, 1865 he mustered out and returned home where he continued farming. In September, 1865 he traveled to Blairstown, Iowa to open a store with partner, Oliver Bluffington. The diary describes the stocking and opening of the store, the town, and the townspeople.
Perry P. Powell was a Union soldier in the 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery G.
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_harg3433-001-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/harg/turningpoint/do:harg3433-001-001
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Perry P. Powell diary, 1865. MS 3433. Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries., as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
