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THE DIARY OF
BARTLETT YANCEY MALONE
I came across this today, it's a 59 page dairy of private and later Sgt. Bartlett Yancy Malone, 6th N.C. from June 1861 to his parole in the spring of 1865. As he stated himself he graduated from the fields and his spelling and writing reflects it, which for me was like he was sitting right here telling me the story.
He was captured in the fall of 1863 and spent the rest of the war in Point Lookout prisoner of war camp in Maryland.
He downplays his own parts in battle, at one point noting that he was cut above the eye by a piece of shell but saying nothing more about it or playing up his own actions.
Being a farmer and living the soldier's life outside he sometimes writes only about the weather and having been a ranch hand and a farm hand this strikes a very close cord with me.
I was really excited to find a enlisted level diary from what looks to be a plain and very simple man.
The hosting site-Documenting the American South- seems to have a treasure of other documents and such, but I'm already up way past my bedtime today and have not looked through them yet except a peak here or there to see what I want to read next.
Here's the link:
I ran his name through the search feature and didn't come up with any hits. If this diary has already been covered please forgive me
BARTLETT YANCEY MALONE
I came across this today, it's a 59 page dairy of private and later Sgt. Bartlett Yancy Malone, 6th N.C. from June 1861 to his parole in the spring of 1865. As he stated himself he graduated from the fields and his spelling and writing reflects it, which for me was like he was sitting right here telling me the story.
He was captured in the fall of 1863 and spent the rest of the war in Point Lookout prisoner of war camp in Maryland.
He downplays his own parts in battle, at one point noting that he was cut above the eye by a piece of shell but saying nothing more about it or playing up his own actions.
Being a farmer and living the soldier's life outside he sometimes writes only about the weather and having been a ranch hand and a farm hand this strikes a very close cord with me.
I was really excited to find a enlisted level diary from what looks to be a plain and very simple man.
The hosting site-Documenting the American South- seems to have a treasure of other documents and such, but I'm already up way past my bedtime today and have not looked through them yet except a peak here or there to see what I want to read next.
Here's the link:
I ran his name through the search feature and didn't come up with any hits. If this diary has already been covered please forgive me
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