William F. Townsend's War Diary
Scope and Content
The collection is a scrapbook entitled William F. Townsend's War Diary. It contains newspaper clippings from Pomeroy, Ohio's The Leader. The clippings contain of his reminisces about the Civil War. The end of the scrapbook contains a typed genealogy of Townsend's family.
Dates
- Creation: 1900
Creator
- Unknown (Person)
Language of Materials
The records are in English.
Biography of William F. Townsend
William F. Townsend was from Meigs County, Ohio, and served as a Major in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. In 1900, Pomeroy, Ohio's newspaper The Leader began publishing Townsend's reminisces of the Civil War.
Extent
0.1 cubic feet (1 folder)
Abstract
The collection is a scrapbook entitled William F. Townsend's War Diary. It contains newspaper clippings from Pomeroy, Ohio's The Leader. The clippings contain of his reminisces about the Civil War.
Statement of Arrangement
The collection is a single item.
Description Note
Original, legacy collection inventories may contain inaccuracies or be incomplete. Collection descriptions may change or be updated as they are verified. Please contact Mahn Center staff if you note any errors or discrepancies.
Subject
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for the William F. Townsend's War Diary
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Holly Deakyne, June 2011.
- Date
- 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- The finding aid was converted into EAD with funding support from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Revision Statements
- 5 January 2024: Subjects and other notes added from ALICE MARC records and Mahn Center Microsoft Office finding aids by Ohio University Libraries Metadata Services Department Python scripts.
Repository Details
Part of the Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections Repository
