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Washington During the Civil War

Link: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/tafthtml/tafthome.html

Washington During the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865Although diaries are personal memoirs not usually meant for public viewing,they can sometimes reveal history more vividly and accurately then actualhistory books. With that said, Washington during the Civil War: The Diary ofHoratio Nelson Taft presents three manuscript volumes, totaling 1,240digital images, that document daily life in Washington, DC through the eyesof Horatio Nelson Taft (1806-1888). An examiner for the US Patent Office,Mr. Taft logged events in Washington during the Civil War years, includinghis connection with Abraham Lincoln and his family. Of special interest isTaft's description of Lincoln's assassination, based on the accounts of hisfriends and his son, the latter being one of the attending physicians atFord's Theatre on April 14, 1865, the night Lincoln was shot. Donated as agift from Mrs. Willoughby Davis, a Taft descendant, the three-volume diaryis now housed in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress. Thisonline collection spans the years 1861 to 1865 and is browseable by date ofentry.

• Cataloged: 2002-04-23
• Contributor: mailto:[email protected]
• Author/Creator: American Memory -Library of Congress
• Publisher: American Memory -Library of Congress
• Rights: American Memory -Library of Congress
• Source: American Memory -Library of Congress
• Resource Availability: 200 OK

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• Beneficiary: Learning organization / school system: Higher Education
• Beneficiary: Learning organization / school system: Teacher Preparation Programs
• Educational Type: Primary source
• Language: English
• Learning Type: Narrative Text
• Network/channel: Technology Applications for Learning
• Network/channel: Technology Applications for Learning: develop or conduct assessment of learning

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