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Diary kept in 1865 at Fort Davis, Texas  (typescript)

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Fort Davis, in Stephens County on the Clear Fork of Brazos River  

              A week after the October 13, 1864 Battle of Elm Creek, 120 people began forting up at Fort Davis for protection from the marauding Indians.   Twenty families were still there in November 1865.   On January 1, 1865, resident Samuel Pearson Newcomb began this diary, Journal, 1865-1873.  Your author indexed  the January 1, 1865 to December 31, 1865 portion of the diary typescript and included it on two pages of my 1,046-page book as well as my 200-page Name Index. 

The January 1865 part of the diary typescript (original handwritten diary and original typescript owned by Watt Matthews in 1964)  is shown on the right in the 7-page typescript of the 300-page typescript transcribed by Bill Wright and Clifton Caldwell of Abilene, Texas in 1864.    Copies of the 300-page diary typescript on CD are available.

The TSHA Online (University of Texas)

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Your author indexed the January 1, 1865 to December 31, 1865 portion of the diary two pages, part of the first of the two page article is taken from my book.  

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