Captain Penfield's Civil War Diary 1863-1865. First Edition published by Penfield Foundation. This is number 240 of 500 numbered editions, measures 9" x 6" and is 285 pages. Captain Penfield was the cousin of breveted Brigadier General John Hammond, also of the 5th NY Cavalry. Penfield offers several first hand accounts of encounters with Mosby. Example: Saturday, May 30, 1863, Train fired into by Mosby guerrilla's-track torn up and cars burned-5 NY & 1st Vt go in pursuit about 10 mile & after a running fight-charge on the Gun & take it. Lt. Barker & 5 men wounded. Corpl S. Orlando Drake Co. H killed-Murphy Co. B killed. Captain Haskins of the reb (an Englishman mortally wounded by ___________. Lt Barker horse badly wounded & one horse killed-Co. H. Penfield was captured at Hagarstown MD on July 6, 1863 after having fought at Gettysburg and spent the remainder of the war in southern prisons including Libby, Macon and Charleston. More than 500 different soldiers are mentioned, as Captain Penfield made note of most everyone he met while in prison, and most of them have been identified. The 5th NY served with the 1st VT Cavalry and the 18th PA Cavalry
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Captain Penfield's diary was left completely as written. No effort was made by the editors to change line length, grammar or spelling. He offers a unique perspective on life in officer's prison during the war.
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The Penfield Foundation is a nonprofit organization in upstate New York. It is located in the Ironville Historic District of Crown Point NY, the Birthplace of the Electric Age.
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