To Norma; I am delighted you have shared the experiences of a soldier of the Civil War through his diary writings. My own gr.grandfather served in Company I, 8th. Regiment of the Iowa Calvary, enlisting at Davenport (Scott Co.) Iowa, 10 July 1863. His experiences could have been very similar. Thank you. Pat P. FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Norma F. Jennings" <njennings@lisco.net> To: <IALOUISA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 7:10 AM Subject: Mifflin Jennings Diaries > Merry Christmas! > > Family members and Civil War buffs alike have received a nice Christmas > gift this year from Kansas. > > Ron Smith, an Attorney in Kansas, and a great, great grandson of Mifflin > Jennings, has provided an electronic transcription of the Diaries of > Mifflin Jennings (1843-1922) During the Civil War for use on the Louisa > County Genealogical Society web site. Sixty pages of day by day > accounts of his experiences of the war and of news from home. An > original letter from his father Benjamin Jennings is included and > accounts of boys from home joining the fight. Benjamin mentions the > service to be preached for Mifflin's brother Elijah who had died from > the war. Knowing that Mifflin, too, was ill, Benjamin requested he have > a likeness taken of himself to send home in the event they lost him, > too. Benjamin Jennings who was a deacon in the church addressed > everyone as "brother" including his son according to his faith. > > It was a great privilege to have the opportunity to convert these for > use on the Internet. I hope you enjoy them even half as much as I did > in preparing them for you.. > > These diaries can be found at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ialcgs/mifflinj.htm > > Norma Jennings > > > > ==== IALOUISA Mailing List ==== > SUPPORT ROOTSWEB! HELP KEEP GENEALOGY AFFORDABLE. SUBSCRIBE TODAY!! If you would like to help RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative > by becoming a member, sponsor, donor, or patron, please visit: > <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html> > >