Twitter, WordPress, and the Diary of Charles H. Bushee
January 1st marks the sesquicentennial of the third year of the American Civil War. We in Special Collections at Virginia Tech thought it might be interesting to follow a soldier’s experiences for...
View ArticleA Few Notes on Transcribing (and Tweeting) the Diary
If you’ve started following us on Twitter (and we hope you have!), you may notice some interesting things about Charles Bushee’s diary transcriptions: Misspellings. We are not making any attempt to...
View ArticleLocation, Location, Location
Charles Bushee talks a lot about local landmarks. While the spellings he records in his diary may not be correct (hardly surprising, given that he was a stranger to Suffolk), with a map on hand, it...
View ArticleOn the Move!
If you’ve been following our tweets, you may have noticed that our friend Private Charles H. Bushee is on the move! In late June of 1863, after more than 7 months in the Suffolk and Norfolk area, the...
View ArticleLate November and December Posts
You may have noticed a trend in the last six week or so of Charles’ diary. Things were not going well for our soldier. In fact, November 18th was his last entry. However, it wasn’t the end of his...
View ArticleDecember 8, 1863
As you may have noticed, things were not going well for Charles from late September through mid-November of 1863. His health declined rapidly, eventually resulting in nearly seven weeks of...
View ArticleThe Legacy of Charles H. Bushee
The 112th NY Regiment remained in Charleston, South Carolina, until February 1864, before being ordered to Jacksonville, Florida. In April, they returned to Virginia and were embedded in the...
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