Copper Country Journal: The Diary of Schoomaster Henry Hobart, 1863-1864

356 Pages·1991·57.225 MB·English

by  Philip P. Mason

Copper Coun __
Journal
Edited with an Introductory Essay
by Philip P. Mason

Copper Counhy Journal
'Ifie 'Diary ofS clioo{master
:J{enry :J{o6art, 1863-1864
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GREAT LAKES BOOKS
Dr. Philip P. Mason, Editor
Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
Dr. Charles K. Hyde, Associate Editor
Department of History, Wayne State University
A cornplete list of books in the Great Lakes Series
may be found at the end of this volume.
J
Copper Counhy oumal
%e 1Jiary ofS clioo[master
1ienry 1io6art, 1863-1864
Edited with an Introductory Essay
by Philip P Mason
Bureau of History, Department of State, Lansing, Michigan
~ Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan
Copyright ©1991 by Wayne State University Press, Detroit,
Michigan 48202. All rights are reserved. No part of this book
may be reproduced without formal pemtlssion. Manu
factured in the United States of America.
95 94 93 92 91 5 4 3 2 l
Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
ISBN 0-8143-2341-3 (alk.paper) 91-10290
ISBN 0-8143-2342-1 (pbk.:alk. paper) CIP
Cover: This painting "Snap the Whip" (1871) by Winslow Homer
is from the collections of the Butler Museum of Art, Youngstown,
Ohio, and is used with pennission. Cover photo inset is of Henry
Hobart circa 1864 and is used with the permission of Mrs. Violet
Hobart, Underhill, Vermont.
To George F. Wiskemann
(1904-1988)
'1f only he had kept a Journal..."

Contents
Preface . ..... . . . 9
Acknowledgements . 11
Introductory Essay by Philip P. Mason . 17
Journal
January-February 1863 . 77
March-April 1863 97
May-June 1863 . . 135
July-August 1863 177
September-October 1863 197
November-December 1863 . 225
January- February 1864 . 247
March-April 1864 . 269
May-June 1864 . . . 285
July- August 1864 . 299
Epilogue ..... . . 321
Illustration Credits . 334
Index . 335