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Franklin Boyts diary
Boyts was a Somerset County, Union soldier, serving as a Sergeant with the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 142nd Regiment. His diaries, with letters inserted, describe action in campaigns of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Wilderness, where he was wounded, duty in Commissary Department o...
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| Collection: | Franklin Boyts Diary |
| Collection Number: | Am.13752 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| 245 | 1 | |a Franklin Boyts diary |f 1862-1865 | |
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| 520 | |a Boyts was a Somerset County, Union soldier, serving as a Sergeant with the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 142nd Regiment. His diaries, with letters inserted, describe action in campaigns of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Wilderness, where he was wounded, duty in Commissary Department of Columbian College Hospital (Washington, D.C.) and defense of the capital. This is a typescript, edited and with an introduction by Beatrice Edgerly, Boyt's grandmother. | ||
| 541 | 1 | |a Gift of Beatrice Edgerly, Boyt's granddaughter.; 1967 acquired | |
| 650 | 7 | |a United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals. |2 Local sources | |
| 650 | 7 | |a United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal Correspondence. |2 Local sources | |
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Franklin Boyts Diary |c Am.13752 | ||