Civil War journal letters, an account the Civil War between February 7th 1864 and May 25th 1865 by Major Harlan Page Lloyd. Major Harlan Page Lloyd was a Captain of the 22nd New York Cavalry and was injured while serving as an aid to General Custer. Inscribed in pencil on the back of the last letter: "letters written by Harlan Page Lloyd during the Civil War (great-grandfather of Norman & Robert McMath). The Journal describes many encounters with the rebels and his meetings with many Captains and officers. All pages have Queen City stationery logo (some logos faded). Pages numbered 1 - 49 plus page 19a, with page 10 missing, a notation saying pages 23 and 24 were left out. Some excerpts: "I saw many historic places, many hardly contested battlefields, many beautiful views and thousands of brave soldiers of the Grand old Army of the Potomac", "From the top of the Pony mountain, I could see Gen. Lee's Army", "I cannot describe to you this roving gypsy life we lead, not knowing in the morning where we shall be at night. We broke camp at Leesboro at 7 pm yesterday, marched through Washington and Georgetown up the bank of the Potomac and crossed the Chain bridge a little after Midnight".