| Collection Name: |
Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865 |
| Repository Name: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress [Repository Details] |
| Repository Location: |
Washington, District of Columbia, United States |
| URL: |
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/tafthtml/tafthome.html |
| Dates Spanned: |
1861-1865 |
| Description: |
Washington during the Civil War: The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865 presents three manuscript volumes, totaling 1,240 digital images, that document daily life in Washington, D. C., through the eyes of Horatio Nelson Taft (1806-1888), an examiner for the U. S. Patent Office. Now located in the Manuscript Division at the Library of Congress, the diary details events in Washington during the Civil War years including Taft's connection with Abraham Lincoln and his family. Of special interest is Taft's description of Lincoln's assassination, based on the accounts of his friends and his son, who was one of the attending physicians at Ford's Theatre the night Lincoln was shot, on April 14, 1865. Transcriptions for all three volumes have been made by Library of Congress staff and are available online along with the digital images. |
| Broad Subjects: |
Military; U.S. Politics; Politics; Wars and Conflicts |
| ASP Subjects: |
Abraham Lincoln Assassinated, Washington, DC, April 14, 1865; Confederate States of America; Diaries; District of Columbia; Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Abraham Lincoln; Presidents--United States; U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865; Union States; United States; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives; United States--Officials and employees; United States--Politics and government--1849-1877; White House, Washington, DC |
| Collection Code: |
OHC0005092 |
