Title: Samuel Beckett Boyd Diary

Date/Date Range :   1865
Boyd, Samuel Beckett.
Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of the original and a transcription of Confederate soldier Samuel Beckett Boyd's Civil War diary. He kept this diary while a prisoner at Camp Chase from January 1, 1865 to April 3, 1865. In it, he describes the weather, his diet, his journey to Camp Chase, letters he has written to and received from family and friends, rumors (especially rumors of prisoner exchanges) he has heard, men released from prison (particularly men who have sworn loyalty to the Union forces as a condition of their release), men transferred into the prison, and his health and the health of the other prisoners.

Call number: MS-0248

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

Aquisition Information:

Elizabeth Allen Lockwood presented this diary to the Special Collections Library in 1961.

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:

Preferred Citation[Identification of Item], Samuel Beckett Boyd Diary, MS-0248. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of two folders.

No biographical informaton could be found regarding Samuel Beckett Boyd.

This collection consists of the original and a transcription of Confederate soldier Samuel Beckett Boyd's Civil War diary. He kept this diary while a prisoner at Camp Chase from January 1, 1865 to April 3, 1865. In it, he describes the weather, his diet, his journey to Camp Chase, letters he has written to and received from family and friends, rumors (especially rumors of prisoner exchanges) he has heard, men released from prison (particularly men who have sworn loyalty to the Union forces as a condition of their release), men transferred into the prison, and his health and the health of the other prisoners.

Elizabeth Allen Lockwood transcribed this diary in May of 1961.

• Boyd, Samuel Beckett.
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisioners and Prisions