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Leroy Wiley Gresham lived Nov. 11, 1847 - June 18, 1865 in Macon, Georgia.〔(USGenWeb Archives USGenWeb Archives, Rose Hill Cemetery Magnolia Section )〕 He was "a longtime invalid" following a broken leg〔(Southern Discomfort ) by LeRoy Wiley Gresham, April 2013, Harper's Magazine〕 and "was often confined to a special wagon that was pulled about town by slave.".〔(Invalid boy’s diary focus of Library of Congress Civil War exhibit ). The Washington Post. By Michael E. Ruane, November 08, 2012〕 His diaries give insight on the Southern life during the American Civil War. Selections from his diary appeared in a Library of Congress exhibit, "The Civil War in America", from 2012-2013, and were reprinted in Harper's Magazine.〔 Started in June 1860, the diaries "reflect the uncertainties faced by those in the path of Sherman's army" in late 1864〔(Finding Aid, Lewis H. Machen Family, A Register of Its Papers in the Library of Congress ). Prepared by John McDonough and David Mathisen & Revised by Patrick Kerwin. Latest revision: 2004-10-21. Catalog record permalink: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm77086777〕 The son of John J. and Mary Gresham,〔〔page (xxxvi), John Rozier, ed., ''The Granite Farm Letters: The Civil War Correspondence of Edgeworth and Sallie Bird'' (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1988).〕 he is interred in Macon, Georgia in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Magnolia Section.〔 His father was "twice mayor".〔 His mother, (née Mary Baxter 1822), is the sister of Sallie Bird;〔 thus he is briefly mentioned in correspondence kept in the Baxter-Bird-Smith Family Papers of the University of Georgia Libraries.〔(e.g. "Bud is writing to Cousin Leroy" page 10; see footnote page 28, John Rozier, ed., ''The Granite Farm Letters: The Civil War Correspondence of Edgeworth and Sallie Bird'' (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1988).〕 ==Further reading== * Georgia in the American Civil War * Sherman's March to the Sea 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LeRoy Wiley Gresham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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