Albert V. D. Collier diary

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unittitle

{"value"=>"Albert V. D. Collier diary"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1864-1865", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1864/1865"}

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date_inclusive_start

1864

date_inclusive_end

1865

origination

{"value"=>"Collier, Albert V. D", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Albert V. D. Collier was a lieutenant in the 15th New York Engineers during the American Civil War. He graduated from Albany Medical College in 1866.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The diary reflects the writer's clerical and guard duties as a military surgeon's clerk in Kingston, New York, 1864 April-May, and more extensively his service as an officer in the 15th New York Engineers in Virginia, 1865 January-May. Entries for 1865 describe camp life, drills, disciplinary matters, visits to City Point, construction of bridges and other works, and the siege and fall of Petersburg, as well as family matters, meals and expenses. The writer, apparently a lieutenant, entered the Army on 1864 December 15, commanding men in Company G and, briefly, Company H. Fellow officers mentioned in the text, among them Captain Pierson, identify the regiment as the 15th New York Engineers. Based on internal evidence and other sources, authorship is attributed to Albert V. D. Collier, First Lieutenant of Company G. The endpapers contain a few miscellaneous notes in another hand.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"method"=>"Purchase from", "source"=>"Charles Apfelbaum", "date"=>"2002", "accession_number"=>"MSS 2003M23", "value"=>"Purchase from, Charles Apfelbaum, 2002"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>The diary is in fragile condition, with some loss of text</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

keydate

1864

prefercite

{"value"=>"Albert V. D. Collier diary, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Albert V. D. Collier was a lieutenant in the 15th New York Engineers during the American Civil War. He graduated from Albany Medical College in 1866. The diary reflects the writer's clerical and guard duties as a military surgeon's clerk in Kingston, New York, 1864 April-May, and more extensively his service as an officer in the 15th New York Engineers in Virginia, 1865 January-May. Entries for 1865 describe camp life, drills, disciplinary matters, visits to City Point, construction of bridges and other works, and the siege and fall of Petersburg, as well as family matters, meals and expenses. The writer, apparently a lieutenant, entered the Army on 1864 December 15, commanding men in Company G and, briefly, Company H. Fellow officers mentioned in the text, among them Captain Pierson, identify the regiment as the 15th New York Engineers. Based on internal evidence and other sources, authorship is attributed to Albert V. D. Collier, First Lieutenant of Company G. The endpapers contain a few miscellaneous notes in another hand.", "generated"=>true}

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1 folder

date_start

1864

date_end

1865

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