Folder 3
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Placeholder pages for portraits of men in Heartsill's unit (the original publication of the journal included portraits), also including a list of the unit's fallen soldiers
Item — Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of an original manuscript diary by Elizabeth Craw, which contains entries from 1833-1841. The diary recounts in short, sporadic entries her 1833 journey from Cleveland, Ohio, to Saint Augustine, Texas to see her soldier fiancé, Samuel Evans. Craw writes of the methods and difficulties of their long trek on horseback, along the Mississippi and Red Rivers, and across Louisiana bayous. After Craw and her future in-laws arrived in Texas, the entries stop until March 20,...
Dates:
1833-1841