Wiley, Benjamin Ladd. Diary, 1847 | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

Title: Wiley, Benjamin Ladd. Diary, 1847

Collection identifier: 395

Extent: 1.0 item

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Scope and Contents: Benjamin Ladd Wiley (1821-90) , enlisted in Co. B, 1st Ill. Vols. in the Mexcan War, becoming acting quartermaster of the unit. This collection contains a carbon typescript (35 pages) of his diary during ther regiment's march from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe, July 8-Dec. 27, 1847. The original diary from which the typescript was made in 1952 is in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.