Isaac H.M. Pray: A Diary Of The Civil War

Isaac H.M. Pray began his journal on the day of his enlistment on Monday, the 6 th day of October, 1862, as a volunteer in Company K. 13 th Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers. The four diaries of Isaac H.M. Pray were transcribed just as they were written, in the language and spelling of the writer and only appear corrected when it was difficult to read the entries. It is a view of the Civil War through a common soldier at a time when few could read or write. The diaries were written in a nearly indelible ink that withstood rain, snow and handling and some were written with a lead or graphite type pencil. In places where the diaries were rain damaged, he wrote over the old entries. An effort was made to transcribe those original notes and compare the wording to the overlaying notes.The diaries were passed down through the family of Isaac H.M. Pray through his Grand niece, Estelle Thomas Pray Estes and her husband Robert Francisco Estes, of Rangely, Maine and then to their daughters Elizabeth Estes Pray Zimba and Elaine Estes Pray Sandoval.

Author: Antonio Sandoval
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 12/05/2013
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9781493719358

About the Author
Antonio Sandoval is a retired Police Officer from Colorado, living in Alaska with his wife Elaine Estes Sandoval on their forty acre homestead. She is formerly from Rangely Maine and is the Great Grand niece of Isaac H.M. Pray of the 13th Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers. The four leatherette bound diaries were meticulously preserved and passed down through the family. It is with great pride and respect that we have the honor to publish the transcribed diaries as they were written.

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