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Henri Jean Mugler Diary and Memoir, 1838-1899 A&M 1335

Henri Jean Mugler Diary and Memoir, 1838-1899 A&M 1335


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1335
Title
Henri Jean Mugler Diary and Memoir 1838-1899
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/201754
Quantity
0.44 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 1/4 in. (3 reels of microfilm (38 vols))
Creator
Mugler, Henri Jean
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English .
Abstract
Diary and memoir of a Confederate soldier, railroad laborer, and shop owner from Grafton. The memoir begins with Mugler's birth in Alsace-Lorraine in 1838, and covers his immigration to the United States; enlistment in the United States Army in 1851; military duty in New York, Boston, Rhode Island, Texas, California, and the Washington Territory where he participated in the expedition against the Yakima Indians as a member of Company B, Third Regiment, United States Artillery, under Phil Sheridan; and his return to Orange County, Virginia, where following the passage of the Secession Ordinance he enlisted in the Thirteenth Virginia Infantry serving as chief musician. The memoir concludes with Mugler's military career during 1861-1862. The diary covers the remainder of his military service, 1862-1864, and his confinement as a war prisoner at Elmira, New York, 1864-1865. Following the war, Mugler returned to Washington, D.C., and eventually gained employment with the National Cemetery Corps, working at various Virginia battlefields. While in Virginia he served as a delegate to the Virginia Republican Convention of 1867. He worked at the National Cemetery at Grafton and for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, eventually becoming superintendent of painters on the Road Division in West Virginia. After 1874 he worked briefly as a self-employed painter, and then opened a paint and hardware store in Grafton which he managed until the end of his life. Subjects include the Battle of Mine Run, the retreat from Antietam, the Battle of the Wilderness, prison life at Elmira, New York; reconstruction in Virginia; railroading and the railroad towns of Keyser, Oakland (Maryland), Parkersburg, Fairmont, and Wheeling; the strikes of 1877; interviews with Generals Ord and Sheridan; the Murphy Temperance Movement and W.C.T.U. activities; the Liberal Republican movement of 1872; the Greenback Party; the Chicago World's Fair of 1893; political figures such as John S. Carlile, John G. Carlisle, John T. McGraw, John W. Mason, Frank Hereford, John E. Kenna, John A. Logan, James G. Blaine, and "Sockless" Jerry Simpson.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Henri Jean Mugler Diary and Memoir, A&M 1335, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Loaned for duplication by Mrs. L. B. [Dorothy W.] Cardot, 1960

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Alsace-Lorraine (Germany)
  • Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
  • Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893
  • Boston (Mass.)
  • California
  • Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878
  • Carlisle, John Griffin, 1835-1910
  • Cemeteries -- National Cemetery (Grafton, W. Va.)
  • Cemeteries and cemetery readings
  • Civil War - United States 3rd Artillery Regiment, Company B.
  • Civil War - Virginia 13th Infantry.
  • Civil War battles - Mine Run.
  • Civil War battles - The Wilderness.
  • Confederate States of America - secession crisis.
  • Diaries and journals.
  • Elmira (N.Y.)
  • Fairmont.
  • Grafton.
  • Greenback Labor Party (U.S.)
  • Hereford, Frank, 1825-1891
  • Indians of North America
  • Kenna, John E.
  • Keyser (W. Va.)
  • Logan, John A.
  • Mason, John W.
  • McGraw, John T.
  • Mugler, Henri Jean
  • National Cemetery Corps
  • New York (State)
  • Oakland (Md.)
  • Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883
  • Parkersburg.
  • Politics and government.
  • Railroad Strike, U.S., 1877
  • Railroad workers.
  • Railroads
  • Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
  • Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
  • Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
  • Rhode Island
  • Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
  • Simpson,
  • Temperance
  • Texas
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
  • United States. Army
  • Washington Territory
  • Wheeling (W. Va.)
  • Women -- Societies and clubs
  • Women's Christian Temperance Union

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893
  • Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878
  • Carlisle, John Griffin, 1835-1910
  • Hereford, Frank, 1825-1891
  • Kenna, John E.
  • Logan, John A.
  • Mason, John W.
  • McGraw, John T.
  • Mugler, Henri Jean
  • Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883
  • Sheridan, Philip Henry, 1831-1888
  • Simpson,
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Alsace-Lorraine (Germany)
  • Boston (Mass.)
  • California
  • Elmira (N.Y.)
  • Fairmont.
  • Grafton.
  • Keyser (W. Va.)
  • New York (State)
  • Oakland (Md.)
  • Parkersburg.
  • Rhode Island
  • Texas
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons
  • Washington Territory
  • Wheeling (W. Va.)
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