Scope and Contents Collection contains Marion Moss' diary and partially finished contemporary transcriptions. The diary, written in a ledger, includes rosters of Moss’s military regiment and entries about life as a soldier during the Civil War. This version was re-copied by Moss’s son in 1898. The title page bears the following “When you Borrow this Book always Return according to Promise to J. M. Levy.” The following list appears under this inscription: “General Anderson, General Simons(?), General Henderson,...

Scope and Contents Collection contains a transcription (photocopy) of a diary (1861-1865) of Simon Duck during the Civil War and a copy of an article by Robert Cunningham, One Man’s War: From Diary of Simon Peter Duck, Stillwater News Press, Dec. 29, 1982. Subjects include the monotony of cavalry life, descriptions of battles and foraging for food and feed for livestock, illnesses, and the weather.