urn:taro:utexas.cah.01272 A Guide to the Richard I. Stone Diaries Original EAD encoding by Evan Hocker according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. August 2009 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Stone, Richard I. Richard I. Stone Diaries 1860s-1870s (bulk 1860-1865) Materials are written in English. 1/2 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Civil War diaries of Confederate soldier Richard I. Stone, describing camp life and travel through Arkansas and Louisiana. Biographical Note

Richard I. Stone, teacher from Warrensburg, Missouri, served in the Confederate army in Arkansas and Louisiana during the Civil War.

Scope and Contents

Civil War diaries of Confederate soldier Richard I. Stone, describing camp life and travel through Arkansas; fighting near the Arkansas River; Company C.; and Camp Bragg, Louisiana.

One of the two leather-bound volumes includes Stone's financial accounts and the attendance records he kept as a school teacher (ca. 1860). Also included is a single page furlough handwritten and signed by W.P Anderson (1864).

Preferred Citation

Richard I. Stone Diaries, Dolph Briscoe Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2.325/A157 Diaries 2.325/A157 Furlough