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The collection consists of a Civil War diary of Lt. (later Capt.) Cornelius C. Platter from November 1864-April 1865. Platter's
diary details Sherman's march through Georgia from Rome to Savannah and the march north through the Carolinas. He gives dates,
times, and lengths of marches; describes the weather, locale, scenery, and food as well as orders, rumors, positions, troop
moral, and administrative duties. The diary includes a description of the burning of Columbia, South Carolina, the news of
the Confederate surrender, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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