Asbury, Samuel L., Diary, 1862-1864 (C206)

4 folders, photocopies

INTRODUCTION

Samuel L. Asbury was a Confederate first lieutenant in the 45th Mississippi Regiment. He was wounded and captured at the Battle of Murphreesboro, Tennessee. The diary was written while he was a prisoner at Fort Delaware, Peapatch Island, and describes the trip to Fort Delaware, his treatment by the "Yankees", and the perils of prison life. The diary includes hospital lists, addresses, poems, and other miscellaneous papers.

DONOR INFORMATION

The Asbury Diary was loaned for copying to the University of Missouri on 11 December 1956 by Mrs. Elmer McKay (Accession No. 3301)

INDEX TERMS

These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff.

• Asbury, Samuel L.
• Civil War
• Civil War--Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
• Civil War--Diaries
• Civil War--Fort Delaware, Peapatch Island
• Civil War--Kentucky, Louisville
• Civil War--Medical and sanitary affairs
• Civil War--Poetry
• Civil War--Prisoners and prisons
• Civil War--Tennessee, Murfreesboro
• Civil War--Women
• Diaries--Civil War
• Fort Delaware, DE
• Kentucky, Louisville
• Pennsylvania, Pittsburg
• Rosecrans, William Starke (1819-1898)