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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09272 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Diary of Ambrose S. Nichols, a Union soldier in the American Civil War |
| Date | 1863 |
| Author | Nichols, Ambrose S. (fl. 1863) |
| Document Type | Diary |
| Content Description | A war-weary soldier's diary provides contemporary eyewitness accounts of the entire Gettysburg Campaign, including the march from Maryland up into Pennsylvania, the battles at Brandy Station and Gettysburg, and the later push in pursuit of the Confederates. Nichols served in the 10th New York Cavalry. His entries are dated January 1-6 and April 12 - November 27, 1863, describing cavalry battles and engagements, the execution of deserters, and the horrors of battlefields during that critical war year. From Saturday, July 4, at Gettysburg: "They kept up the fite last nite till 10 o'clock and thair is som firing hear this morning but not a grate deal for I think that the Rebs had enough of it yesterday for thair loss must bee vary hevy for we mode them down like grass." Approx. 400 pp. |
| Subjects | Battle of Gettysburg Cavalry Death Penalty Union Forces Confederate States of America Desertion Soldier's Diary Military History Military Rations Military Camp Disease Health and Medical Death Injury or Wound |
| People | Nichols, Ambrose S. (fl. 1863) |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 10th New York Cavalry |