Journal of John Humphrey

Image of the cover of the journal written by John Humphrey, 117th New York Regiment

Cover of the journal

Description

This is journal kept by Pvt John Humphrey while a member of the 117th New York State Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Fourth Oneida Regiment), Company B during the American Civil War.


Inventory

This exhibit includes images of the 70-page diary and a transcription of the text. The transcription has been encoded in TEI P5 and is fully searchable.

[Note: After you click "View the diary," click "Launch requested item." on the information page for the diary to view the images and the transcription.]

John Humphrey, Jr. was born about 1842 in Marcy, Oneida county, New York, the son of John and Ann Humphrey. On July 22, 1862, at the age of 19, he volunteered for service with the U.S. Army at Utica, New York. View his Enlistment Form.

The 117th NYSV Infantry Regiment mustered in on February 18, 1862 in Oneida county, New York in which Hamilton College is located.

Digitization

This journal was digitized by Backstage Library Works of Orem, Utah at 600 dpi, saved as uncompressed TIFF. They delivered to Hamilton College the TIFF images and JPEG derivatives.

Transcriptions

Transcription of the journal were made by Backstage Library Works who also encoded them as TEI P5 files.

Credits

Digitization of the journal was made possible by grants from the New York State Regional Bibliographic Databases and Interlibrary Resources Sharing Program through CLRC (Central New York Library Resources Council).

Christian Goodwillie, Director of Special Collections and Archives
E-mail: cgoodwil@hamilton.edu
Telephone: (315) 859-4447

Special Collections
Burke Library
198 College Hill Road
Clinton, NY 13323