p2267 SEWELL G. RANDALL: An Inventory of His Diary Finding aid prepared by Kathryn A. Johnson. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Lyda Morehouse, November 1, 1999. Finding aid written inEnglish August 2008Converted from EAD Version 1.0 to Version 2002 by Monica Manny Ralston, Daniel Sher, and Joyce Chapman. OVERVIEW Randall, Sewell G., d. 1864. Sewell G. Randall diary. Jan. 1-Oct. 5, 1864. A Civil War diary (Jan. 1-Oct. 5, 1864) kept by a member of Company I of the 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment while serving in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. 1 folder, containing 1 volume. P2267 BIOGRAPHY OF SEWELL G. RANDALL

Sewell Randall was born around 1838 in Illinois and later moved with his family to a farm in Sargent Township, Rice County, Minnesota. On October 14, 1861 he was mustered into Company I of the Fourth Minnesota Infantry Regiment as a private. He served in Altoona and Huntsville (Ala.), Kingston (Ga.), and Nashville and Chattanooga (Tenn.). He was promoted to corporal and reenlisted on January 1, 1864. Randall died on October 6, 1864 of wounds received at Altoona.

 SCOPE AND CONTENTS

Randall, a native of Faribault (Rice County, Minn.) comments, in very brief entries, on picket duty, guard duty, drilling, the weather, letters from family and friends, foraging, and other activities. He also records a furlough home (March 5-April 24) and his visits to relatives in the southern Minnesota towns of Warsaw, Medford, Wells, Wasioja, and Owatonna. Accompanying the diary are biographical notes compiled by the cataloger.

 CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

 Places: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. Alabama -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. Minnesota -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Rice County (Minn.). Organizations: United States. Army. Minnesota Infantry Regt., 4th (1861-1865). Types of Documents: Diaries. Occupations: Soldiers -- Minnesota. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Sewell G. Randall Diaries. Minnesota Historical Society.

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 Accession Information:

Accession number: 1775A15

 Processing Information:

Processed by: Kathryn A. Johnson, January 1998

Catalog ID number: 09-00320373