Diary of a Yankee Engineer: The Civil War Story of John H. Westervelt, Engineer, 1st New York Volunteer Engineer Corps. (book reviews)
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Palladino, Anita, Ed. Diary of a Yankee Engineer: The Civil War Story of John H. Westervelt, Engineer, 1st New York Volunteer Engineer Corps New York: Fordham University Press 265 pp., $27.00, ISBN 0-8232-1724-8 Publication Date: April 1997
John Henry Westervelt enlisted in the 1st New York Engineers in September 1862. He was almost thirty-five years old and the father of three children. From April 1863 to June 1865, he kept a diary of his military service, enriched with numerous hand-drawn sketches of camp scenes and military life. Anita Palladino, a high school librarian, has done ...
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