Joseph W. Crowther diary

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
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Preferred citation:

Joseph W. Crowther diary, 1864-1865. MS 0330. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1 items
Creator:
Crowther, Joseph W., 1833-1925
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Joseph W. Crowther diary, 1864-1865. MS 0330. VMI Archives, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the one volume diary of Union soldier Joseph W. Crowther, who served during the Civil War with Company H, 128th New York Infantry Regiment. Entries begin November 9, 1864 and end July 23, 1865 when regiment is disbanded.

Crowther describes:

  • Camp life
  • Foraging
  • Skirmishes
  • Winter quarters in Winchester, Virginia
  • Transport via steamship to Fort Monroe, Virginia and Savannah, Georgia
  • Soldiers receiving news of the assassination of President Lincoln
  • Description of soldiers'return to New York at end of the War
Locations mentioned or described include:
  • Kernstown, Virginia
  • Front Royal, Virginia
  • Winchester,Virginia
  • Martinsburg, West Virginia
  • Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
  • Baltimore, Maryland
  • Savannah, Georgia
  • Goldsboro, North Carolina

Biographical / historical:

Joseph Wesley Crowther born in 1833 in England and immigrated to the United States in 1842. He was living in Fishkill, New York at time of Civil War. On August 29, 1862 Crowther enlisted in Company H, New York 128th Infantry Regiment. He was promoted to Full Corporal on September 2, 1864. He mustered out on July 2, 1865 at Savannah, Georgia. After the War Crowther lived in Bridgeport, Connecticut and died there on July 17, 1925.

Physical location:
Manuscripts stacks
Physical facet:
one volume (131 pages) bound in leather; 3.5 inches x 6.3 inches