Title: John A. Curran Diary

Date/Date Range :   1864 July 11-1865 February 11

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of a transcription of an 1864 Civil War diary, written by John A. Curran of the 32nd Iowa Regiment, Co. B. It covers the time period from July 11, 1864 to February 11, 1865.

Call number: MS-3010

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

Aquisition Information:

The University of Tennessee Special Collections Library purchased this collection on January 3, 2007.

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], John A. Curran Diary, MS-3010. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This collection consists of one folder.

John Curran was from Forrest City, Iowa, and enlisted in the Civil War on August 18, 1862. He was wounded on April 9, 1864, during the Battle of Pleasant Hill in Louisiana. Curran mustered out on August 24, 1865, in Clinton, Iowa.

This collection consists of a spiral-bound transcription of an 1864 Civil War diary, written by John A. Curran of the 32nd Iowa Regiment, Co. B. It covers the time period from July 11, 1864 to February 11, 1865. The diary chronicles the soldier's day-to-day life in the military and contains a first-person account of the struggles of an infantry soldier while in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Missouri, including the Battle of Nashville on December 15-16, 1864.

The transcription also includes an introduction, background, and the contents of the diary with an added map of the Battle of Nashville.

• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
• Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• Soldiers -- Iowa -- Diaries.