Davis E. Castle journals, 1864-1865

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Summary

Creator:: Castle, Davis E., b. 1835
Abstract:: Davis Castle's journals provide information on his service in the Signal Corps of the Army of the Potomac.
Extent:: 2 volumes
Language:: English
Sponsor:: James S. Schoff Civil War Collection
Authors:: Collection processed and finding aid created by Manuscript Division Staff

Background

Scope and Content:

Davis Castle's journal provides limited information on his service in the Signal Corps of the Army of the Potomac. The document is made up of brief entries, at times illegible handwriting, and empty pages. Castle tended to report second hand information rather than his own experiences.

On the first "Memoranda" page following December 31, 1865, is a list of births in Davis Castle's immediate family. The pages dated November 1, 1864 and August 25, 1865 contain coded passages.

Biographical / Historical:

Castle, Davis E., b. 1835

Rank: Captain and Acting Signal Officer

Regiment: United States. Army of the Potomac--Signal Corps

Service: 1861 July 29-1865?

Davis E. Castle received a commission in the 19th Indiana Infantry at the start of the Civil War, and served with that regiment in Virginia from 1861 through 1863. Castle was commended by his superiors several times, and perhaps as a result, was rewarded with a commission as Acting Signal Officer in the Army of the Potomac in 1864.

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