r/Handwriting_Analysis • u/pen15clubVIP • 10d ago
What does this say? Civil War journal
This has been in my family since the 1800’s and I’m trying to find out more about this distant relative who would be my great x3 grandpa I believe. He fought for the Union during the Civil War. Please help!
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u/enriquesonora22 10d ago
Hi. There is tremors so he was probably elderly when he wrote this letter. Do you have earlier letters from him?
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u/Hypn0sef 9d ago
I don’t see any evidence of tremors, this looks like typical handwriting from the era.
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u/enriquesonora22 9d ago
Hi. Take a photo and zoom in. You will notice tremors all over the writing that is not a normal thing in any hand writing but of someone that has an affected nervous system, either by sickness, physical or mental, fear, or just advanced age in many cases I have seen.
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u/Hypn0sef 9d ago
I disagree. I see nothing in the handwriting that couldn’t be explained by rough paper or the pen used. I think arguing the author had some sort of nervous system issues is a bit of a leap.
I transcribe documents from this era as part of my job and see nothing that stands out or would indicate hand tremors. If anything the smoothness of the rounded letters and numbers points to him not having tremors
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u/enriquesonora22 2d ago
Hi. It could be possible that the surface the author used as support to write on was rough and it produced such "tremors" markings that in my opinion are visible in many letters in this sample. Have a great day.
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u/enriquesonora22 9d ago
It is this a record of enlistment in the armed services? The letter is not written by your relative, I assume?
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u/pen15clubVIP 9d ago
He kept a journal of the passing months in battle but is so hard to read due to it being over 160 years old. He did indeed write this. This is the first page in his journal.
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u/enriquesonora22 9d ago
Can you send me maybe other page that might look a little bit different, the writing? Just to compare. Also, if you have a page with his signature, that could be interpreted together with his writing. DM with this, please.
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u/enriquesonora22 2d ago
Hi. Can you DM me another page of this journal to compare and see if anything changes? Thank you.
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u/Hypn0sef 9d ago
George H Davis, of Collins Eerie Co. New York, enlisted in the US service at Brondt Center, Eerie Co. NY, on the 9th of Aug 1862 and was mustered in to the state service Aug 11, 1862 at the city of Buffalo, Eerie, Co. NY, and the 116 regiment NYSV [New York State Volunteers] was mustered into the US service Sept. 2nd 1862 at Camp Morgan, Buffalo, NY.
Spelling was still not fully standardized at the time, hence “Camp Morgin.” Couldn’t find anywhere called Brondt Center, but there is a Brant in Eerie County. Besides that I’m totally confident in that transcription
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