Dates: 1864 - 1866.

Diary of Captain John P. Morton, Company K, Eighteenth Regiment of Mississippi Cavalry, C.S.A., and a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware. The entries are fairly complete for the period from August 1 to November 23, 1864. The few entries for 1865 and 1866 are financial notes. The volume is 9 x 14.5 cm. in size and contains 88 pages.