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(CIVIL WAR--NEW YORK.) Milbourne G. Whited. Diary of an artilleryman chasing Lee's army in the wake of Gettysburg, with photo. [122] manuscript diary pages plus [7] pages of manuscript memoranda. 24mo, original limp cloth, minimal wear; many entries with contemporary overtracing in ink, hinge split; author's inked stamps on front endpapers. Virginia, January to December 1863
Milbourne G. Whited (1840-1918) of Orleans County in western New York served in the 12th Independent Battery of New York Light Artillery. The battery was on garrison duty outside of Washington for the first half of 1863, during which his most exciting diary entry was "Played a match game of ball" (21 February). Days after Gettysburg, though, the battery was dispatched in pursuit of Lee's army. They camped on the Antietam battleground (10 July). At Wapping Heights on 23 July they had their first taste of combat: "Moved forward to attact Longstreet in Manassas Gap." On 29 August he noted "5 deserters shot today," and on 7 September the battery was reviewed by General Meade. At the start of the Bristoe Campaign on 13 October he noted "the Rebs are after us yet." They caught up with the Rebs at the Second Battle of Rappahannock Station, 7 November: "6 a.m., comenced to advance. Came into position on the Rapahannock and first our first gun at the Johnys. Crossed the river at Barnett's Ford." At Mine Run on 30 November, "laid in position in front of the enemy and threw shell into their rifle pits." Whited went west after the war, spending his final years in Yakima, WA.
WITH--16th-plate cased tintype with light hand-tinting, 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches, with later manuscript tag reading "Milburn G. Whited just after the war was over."
