• William Need, New Mexico Civil War Journal, 1862

Collections:

• Manuscripts (Welcome Additions Exhibition)
• Rose Early, Grass Scarce
• Western Americana Collection

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9983157403506421

Call number:

• C0938 no. 665

Extent:

• 1 v. ; 14.5 cm.

Format:

• Manuscript

Type:

• Diaries
• Sources

Subject:

• War correspondents—New Mexico—19th century—Diaries
• Albuquerque (N.M.)—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Sources
• New Mexico—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Journalists
• New Mexico—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Sources
• Diaries—New Mexico—1862

Title sort:

• New Mexico Civil War journal, 1862.

Date:

• 1862.

Abstract:

• Original manuscript journal kept by “Simon,” the New York Times correspondent in New Mexico during the Civil War, covering the period from September 25 to December 28, 1862. Describes local military affairs, issues surrounding the suspension of habeas corpus and the trials of Confederate prisoners from Texas, relations with hostile Apaches and other Indians, religious matters, and everyday life in Albuquerque. Approximately 11,000 words in 124 pp., bound in small wallet-style clothbound volume.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/4x51hq50f

Location:

• MSS C0938 no. 665

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Range label:

• Logical

Creator:

• Simon

Author:

• Simon