Civil War Diary Of D. B. Arthur Civil War diary of Lt D. B. Arthur of the 20th Wis. Vols covering the period Apr. I June 29 1865 during his service around Mobile abt, 80pp. in pencil with a fine 12 page description of the fall of the city In part our mortar has shelled the rebels one of the tin clads got blown up by a torpedoe. rebels opened on us this morning but our batteries silenced them gunboats are firing rebels evacuated at midnight captured all their artillery and stores a duel all day with the two forts 1200 prisoners came through all the forts are ours Forrest has surrendered to Gen l Thomas the line news is that the President is not dead news of the surrender of Johns[t]on man got his leg blown off by a torpedoe. fighting ended by an armistice news of the capture of J Davis Concludes with general camp new Lacking covers interior clean and fully legible