3 CIVIL WAR SOLDIER DIARIES AUGUSTUS P. GRINDLE MAINE

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I have owned these authentic and original diaries since 1982, which I purchased at the peak of my collecting of Civil War diaries and letters. Thesehave never been published and are being offered for sale for the firsttime in 25 years. Please see my 100% positive, 1500+ positive feedbacks and bid with confidence. These are three diaries and an original 7th Maine Battery document of AUGUSTUS P. GRINDEL who served in the 2nd and 7th MAINE.It took me a while to figure out that after the war, for some reason, he slightly changed the spelling of his last name to Grindle. He is one and the same soldier, however. GRINDLE is w you'll find him in the Soldier's & Sailor's Records, so I put that name in the eBay title in case you looked him up online. He is also listed under Augustus P. Grindell as well. I did just a very little research on him so that will be the fun of the next caretaker of these diaries.Grindel (Grindle) was born November 26, 1839 and died in Penobscot, Maine on April 2, 1908.His wife was Inez Ella Perkins. She was born on March 7, 1852 and died on October 20, 1935.Grindel's name appears in all three of the diaries.Grindel was engaged in many bloody and historic battles including Bull Run, the Siege Of Yorktown, the PenninsularCampaign, and the Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.I have never transcribed these diaries but I'd say they are typical and nice examples of a soldier's diaries.To be able to own three by the same soldier, is, of course, a very nice bonus.The diaries contain accounts of troop movements, marches, pickets, guard duties, some battle content,some historical names mentioned(including Grant, Lee, Sherman and Lincoln) and the expected almost daily weather reports(always useful for re-enactors).The amount of completely filled-in entries of the three diaries combined are a total of 575 separate entries.The diaries are written in both pencil and period ink.As to be expected, they are somewhat fragile. To be more specific:I do not see any missing pages in any of the three diaries.1862: the diary is almost completely separated from the covers but is still very delicately attached, literally by a thread; the pages are still bound together. The 1862 diary shows the most wear to the covers and spine.1863: the diary is loose from the covers; one page, before the actual diary entries begin, is loose; no other loose pages; all the other pages are still bound together but as noted, not connected to the covers.1865: still nicely bound to the covers with no loose pages and the best overall condition of the three. 's a breakdown for each diary.1862 has 324 days completely filled in.Jan 1 through Jan 29 have all days filled in.1/30-2/14 are blank2/15, 16, 17 all have entries filled in.2/18-3/1 are blank3/2, 3/3 are filled in3/4 blankMARCH 5 to DECEMBER 18 has EVERY SINGLE DAY filled in with his writing.12/19-12/29 are blank12/30 filled in 12/31 blank1863 has 129 days completely filled in:Jan 1, Jan 2 filled in1/3-1/18 blank1/19-1/25 Filled in1/26-2/11 blankFEBRUARY 12 to JUNE 11 has EVERY SINGLE DAY filled in.T are no entries after June 11th.As you can see in image provided, t are some pencil scribblings on inside covers of the 1863 diary.T are absolutely NO scribblings in the days of the diary in which Grindel has written his entries.From January to June 11th, t are a few scribble spots but only in blank days w t are no written entries.After June 11th, though, w t are no more diary entries, t is much pencil scribbling, lookingto me to be childish in nature.Still, not a big deal at all since it in no way affects the reading of this diary. 1865 has 122 days filled in and has the best battle content of the three diaries.T are also three mentions of the assassination of President Lincoln.T is also, witho... read more

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