Kelsey, Stephen R.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Diary, Stephen R. Kelsey, 1865 (Ms1990-029)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1990-029_KelseyStephen_Diary_1865
Stephen R. Kelsey Diary and Notes,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-029
Scope and Content
Union soldier in the 5th New York Regiment, Battalion J, during the Civil War. Papers include a diary written between January and May 1865, while stationed in New York and Virginia. Participated in the occupation of Petersburg, Virginia, in April 1865. Entries refer to the assassination of Pres. Abraham Lincoln and the capture of Jefferson Davis. Also includes a typescript essay by Ernest Flint Kelsey (Stephen Kelsey's son) commenting on the diary.
Dates:
1865, 1920
Found in:
Special Collections, Virginia Tech