Margaret Hersman, Collector, Memoirs of Confederate Soldiers

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West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
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1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Margaret Hersman, Collector, Memoirs of Confederate Soldiers, A&M 4360, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.1 Linear Feet 1/2 in. (2 publications in 1 folder)
Creator:
Gallaher, DeWitt Clinton, 1845-1926, Dewees, Daniel S., and Hersman, Margaret
Abstract:
Two autobiographical publications by West Virginians who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War: "A Diary Depicting the Experiences of DeWitt Clinton Gallagher in The War Between the States While Serving in the Confederate Army" (1945) and "Recollections of a Life Time" by Colonel Daniel S. DeWees (ca. 1904). See "Scope and Contents" for further information.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Margaret Hersman, Collector, Memoirs of Confederate Soldiers, A&M 4360, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Two autobiographical publications by West Virginians who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The first, entitled "A Diary Depicting the Experiences of DeWitt Clinton Gallagher in The War Between the States While Serving in the Confederate Army", is the compilation of Gallagher's memo books and related fragments, which were then transcribed and published by his son in 1945. Gallagher was born in Jefferson County and later lived in Charleston, where he practiced law. The second, "Recollections of a Life Time", written and published by Daniel S. Dewees of Gilmer County, regards his service in the Confederate Army, local history, and genealogical information about early settler families in North-Central West Virginia. "Recollections" was published ca. 1904 when Dewees was in his eighties.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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