1862 Diary of Mary M. Baker from Orrington, Maine

Mary M. Baker is only twenty-three years old when she begins her diary. Living in Orrington, Maine, which is located along the Penobscot River, she starts nearly every entry with some report of the weather conditions. She is living with her mother, father and a sister. There is also a relative's daughter living there, her father's grand daughter, because both her parents have died. This is the beginning of the Civil War and several of her friends did enlist and served in various Bangor regiments...