Z 0655.000 Vairin (A. L. P.) Diary

Diary of A. L. P. Vairin, first sergeant of Company B, 2nd Regiment of Mississippi Infantry. Company B was from Ripley and was called to active duty on April 30, 1860. The regiment was sent to Virginia within a few weeks and remained in that area throughout the war. Vairin was wounded and captured on July 3, 1863, in the Battle of Gettysburg. There are no entries in the diary from that date until August 3, 1864, after Vairin had rejoined the regiment in Virginia. The cover of the journal contains the following: "2nd Miss. Regiment. Old Ord's War Journal, 1861, 62, 63, 64, and 65," An entry on the last page directed to Dr. E. N. Hunt, Ripley, and dated February 17, 1886, indicates that this diary was copied by Vairin from other documents. The volume is 20 x 14 cm. in size and contains 162 pages.