Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities
Lewis-Starling Collection (Mss 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis-Starling Collection (Mss 38), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 38. Correspondence, Civil War military and personal papers, business papers, land records, scrapbooks, account books, clippings, and genealogical records of the Lewis and Starling families of Logan and Christian counties in Kentucky, and associated families.
0697: Archibald Debow Norris Diaries, 1861-1863, Marshall University Special Collections
0697: Archibald Debow Norris Diaries, 1861-1863, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of copies and transcriptions of three diaries, spanning January 1861- April 1863, of Private, later Captain, Archibald D. Norris of the 7th Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, Co. K during the Civil War, ending with the Fredericksburg campaign. The diaries are extensive, and cover details about the war and specific battles as well as camp life. There are also entries about Norris’ evolving feelings about the state of the union. According to a note in the collection, there are a significant proportion of West Virginia related content in the diaries.