Charles E. Rogers diary

1864-1865

Charles E. Rogers kept this diary while he was a young man living in New York City. He made entries between January 1, 1864 and February 5, 1865, describing his employment with A.T. Stewart & Co. in the dry goods department, his subsequent employment with George Bliss & Co. and another position as a copyist with the army. Entries describe his attempts to secure an appointment at West Point; social activities, including attendance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, opera and theater; seeing Edwin Forrest as Coriolanus and Richelieu; attending classes at Cooper Union and the church of Henry Ward Beecher. Rogers also mentions Abraham Lincoln's campaign and reelection in 1864