Robert March Hanes papers (#4534). Diary, 30 April-2 December 1918 [electronic resource].
A short diary documenting Hanes's activities at the front during World War I. He served as Captain of Battery A, 113th Field Artillery, 30th Division, and recorded in the diary his journey across the Atlantic, training for combat in France, and actual fighting conditions along the front. He included descriptions of several military maneuvers, among them the Argonne Drive against the Germans, detailing the use of infantry, camouflaging of guns, endless marching at night through rain and mud, the use of spy balloons, and other details of combat at the front.
Electronic resources
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 electronic resource
- Edition: Electronic edition
- Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Diary transcribed by Amy Davis. Page images scanned by Harris Henderson. Text encoded by Melissa Meeks and Natalia Smith.Includes images of the handwritten pages from the diary.This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection North Carolinians and the Great War.Title from TEI Header (viewed June 10, 2002).
- Type of Computer File or Data Note:
- Text (HTML and SGML) and images (JPEG).
- Original Version Note:
- Transcribed from: Robert March Hanes papers, 1908-1919. Transcript of the manuscript. Call number SHC #4534 (Manuscripts Dept., Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).
- Funding Information Note:
- Funding from the State Library of North Carolina supported the electronic publication of this title.
- System Details Note:
- System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection.
- Biographical or Historical Data:
- Robert March Hanes (1890-1959) was a North Carolina banker, legislator, government official, and business and civic leader.
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