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Civil War Diary POW 2nd LT. James E Catlin Battle of the Crater Camp Asylum Company I 45th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry DESCRIPTION: This is the diary / journal of 2nd Lieutenant James Edwin Catlin while and after he was a prisoner of war at Camp Asylum, Columbia, South Carolina. Lieutenant Catlin was captured at the Battle of the Crater on July 30, 1864. James Edwin Catlin was from Welsboro in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He enlisted on September 21, 1861 as a Corporal. He was promoted to Sergeant on February 14, 1862, First Sergeant November 1863, Second Lieutenant June 21, 1864, First Lieu... |
