| Scope and content |
The F. M. McMillen Diary records the activities of McMillen, a clerk who participated in the Petersburg final assault during the Appomattox Campaign. Entries describe camp life, increase in Confederate desertions, execution of soldiers, Confederate raid, a chapel built near the Division Headquarters by the Engineer Corps, and the final days before the assault on Petersburg. Also included is a photocopy of the entry and exit holes in the diary made by a ball that could have taken McMillen's life. |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
F. M. McMillen Diary (#290), Special Collections Department, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Gift of Mr. Carl A. Robin. |
| Biographical note | F. M. McMillen was a Civil War sergeant who served in Company C, 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 6th Corps from January 1 to March 25, 1865. |
