Title: Michael Houck Diary

Date/Date Range :   1864
Houck, Michael, 1839-1916.
Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection contains a photocopy of a transcription of Union soldier Michael Houck's 1864 diary. The diary describes the weather, Houck's chores in his unit's camps, building fortifications, his unit's movements (including the towns that his unit passed through), the Confederate Army's movements, and his experiences in battle. At the end of the diary, Houck includes several tables showing various properties of artillery, a poem entitled What I live for, a list of his clothing and equipment, and a list of his accounts. Houck served with the Ninteenth Independent Battery of the Ohio Light Artillery.

Call number: MS-0245

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Michael Houck Diary, MS-0245. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of one folder.

Michael Houck was born on June 29, 1839. During the Civil War, he served with the Ninteenth Independent Battery of the Ohio Light Artillery. This unit was organized in Cleveland, Ohio on September 10, 1862. They were stationed in Kentucky until July of 1863, when they were assgined to General Burnside's campain in East Tennessee (August - October 1863). They then participated in the Knoxville Campaign (November - December 1863), the Atlanta Campaign (May - September of 1863) and the Nashville Campaign (November - December 1864). Finally, they were stationed in North Carolina until mustering out on June 28, 1865.

Houck died on June 22, 1916.

This collection contains a photocopy of a transcription of Union soldier Michael Houck's 1864 diary. The diary describes the weather, Houck's chores in his unit's camps, building fortifications, his unit's movements (including the towns that his unit passed through), the Confederate Army's movements, and his experiences in battle. At the end of the diary, Houck includes several tables showing various properties of artillery, a poem entitled What I live for, a list of his clothing and equipment, and a list of his accounts.

John G. Whipple, Houck's great-grandson, made the original transcription of this diary in 1960.

• Houck, Michael, 1839-1916.
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.