Ithamar Stowe Chaffee's Journal, October 10, 1864-May 11, 1865, a little 38-page, stapled paper booklet, published in 2000 by Orest Ranum.
ISBN: 0-9660997-1-0

Ithamar Stowe Chaffee was born in Berkshire, Vt, in 1827 and moved to Wisconsin in 1849. In October 1864 he enrolled in the 11th Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers and soon was sent down to Louisiana and Alabama, where he spent much of his time waiting and commenting briefly on the weather and on camp life. This little booklet makes Ithamar's diary available to Chaffees, historians and civil-war buffs in general, who may be curious about what the Civil War was like for those who served by standing and waiting.