Hello fellow listers, My family inherited a civil war diary from a John L. Foster of Batavia N.Y. He was a coronet player in the 14th N.Y.S.V. band from 1861-1862. It has daily entries of his company and the various battles they were in. Some of the more interesting entries deal with the raiding of Gen. Lees House, Seeing the Monitor, returning Abe Lincolns hat that had blown off in a gust, Spy balloons overhead, Bailey Croosroads, Fairfax Court House,Gen "McLellan", and many Batavia names such as H. Dingman, Tutle Fosey(?), D. Nash, Mrs. Tomlinson, Mrs. Wright, A.W.Gardener and others. While I dont have the actual book I do have a copy of it and have transcribed it as best I can. I would like some input on the best place to post this transcription. Is there a Batavia Historical Society? Any thoughts? Thanks soooooo much in advance, Carl __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com