Bonsall, George W. (1845-1910)
Diaries, 1861-78, Ms97-015
Introduction
Resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a corporal in the 138th Regiment Ohio National Guard (originally formed as the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Reserve Militia) during the Civil War. Collection consists of two volumes of a manuscript diary, copied in 1865 ofentries Bonsall wrote between May 23, 1861 (his 16th birthday) and 1865. Continues the diary sporatically after the war, with entries indicating his marriage in 1876 and the birth of his daughter in 1877. Bonsall writesin detail about his regiment's movements throughout Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia during the war(particularly 1863 and 1864), but they never engaged in a battle with the Confederates. Bonsall also writesabout working as a mason building dormitories for a new college in Berea, Kentucky, in 1869.
Selected Images from Bonsall Diary
 Military Record |
 July 27, 1865 |
