Diaries kept by Sumner Ansel Holway of Bingham, Somerset County, Maine during the Civil War in which he records his daily activity as a private in the 1st Maine Cavalry, Company H. Written during 1862-1863, Holway writes of his experiences in Virginia, including the battles of Middletown, 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Chan­cellorsville, Brandy Station, and the Battle of Aldie, where he received a leg wound that removed him from the war.