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Describes Gunn's experience as a correspondent for ""The New York Evening Post"" in Charleston, South Carolina, in the aftermath of South Carolina's secession from the federal government, including a conflict between A.H. Colt and Mr. Woodward, a visit to Sullivan's Island, John Mitchel's tale of assisting with the lynching of an abolitionist, attending a celebration in honor of Benjamin Mordecai, Will Waud's arrival in Charleston, the scene in Charleston the day the ''Star of the West'' was fired upon by the Morris Island battery, pistol and rifle practice with various Charlestonians, a rumor in New York about his having been tarred and feathered in Charleston, a visit to the quarters of the ''Richland Rifles,'' witnessing a slave auction, and a visit to Colonel Bull's home.
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Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Fifteen
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Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Fifteen
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Creator: Gunn, Thomas Butler
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Missouri History Museum
Date Issued
1861
Language
English
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2010-05-24
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A0632
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Thomas Butler Gunn was born February 15, 1826, in Banbury, England, and came to New York in 1849. During the Civil War he worked as a correspondent for the New York Tribune and the New York Evening Post. He returned to England in 1863, and died in Birmingham in April 1903. The collection includes twenty-one volumes of his diaries, including newspaper clippings, letters, and various other items inserted by Gunn. Diary entries date from July 7, 1849, to April 7, 1863, and include his experiences with the New York publishing and literary world, his descriptions of boarding houses, his travels throughout the United States, and his experiences traveling with the Federal army as a Civil War correspondent.
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Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries
Gunn, . T. B. (1861). Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Fifteen (1–). https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/gunn-diaries/thomas-butler-gunn-diaries-volume-fifteen
Gunn, Thomas Butler. 1861. “Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Fifteen”. https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/gunn-diaries/thomas-butler-gunn-diaries-volume-fifteen.
Gunn, Thomas Butler. Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Fifteen. 1861, https://preserve.lehigh.edu/digital-special-collections/gunn-diaries/thomas-butler-gunn-diaries-volume-fifteen.
