[Milton Sawyer diary, 1863, United States Civil War]

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Title
[Milton Sawyer diary, 1863, United States Civil War]
Author
Sawyer, Milton, b. ca. 1816
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Subject terms
Sawyer, Milton, b. ca. 1816--Diaries; Michigan--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives; Military music--United States--19th century; Musicians--United States--19th century; Musicians--United States--Diaries; Soldiers--Michigan--Diaries; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 27th (1863-1865). Company G; United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Hospitals; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Music and the war; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Songs and music; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources
Military hospitals--1860-1870; Military medicine--1860-1870
fife; fifers; principal musician; Union soldier; Union Army; American Civil War; War between the States; War of Secession; War of the Rebellion; 27th Michigan
Kentucky; Michigan; Mississippi; United States
Cite this Item
"[Milton Sawyer diary, 1863, United States Civil War]." In the digital collection Civil War Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/c/civilwar1/USCW005.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.

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p.74 Milton Sawyer diary

[page 74]
Feb. Wednesday 25, 1863

Wife of my bosom in Gods blessed keeping Our lives are still mingled though parted are we Above us He watcheth with mercies unsleeping Wife of my bosom over thee and over me I dare the wild conflict where lives must be rended But faith in my bosom now brightens with morn

7

p.75 Milton Sawyer diary

[page 75]
Feb. Thursday 26, 1863

By thy prayers in the past I have still been defended And He whom I trust will not leave thee forlorn

8

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