Simply enter the word you wish to find and the search engine will search for every instance of the word in the journals. For example: Fight. All instances of the use of the word fight will show up on the results page.
Using an asterisk (*) will increase the odds of finding the results you are seeking. For example: Fight*. The search results will display every instance of fight, fights, fighting, etc. More than one wildcard may be used. For example: *ricar*. This search will return most references to the Aricara tribe, including Ricara, Ricares, Aricaris, Ricaries, Ricaree, Ricareis, and Ricarra. Using a question mark (?) instead of an asterisk (*) will allow you to search for a single character. For example, r?n will find all instances of ran and run, but will not find rain or ruin.
Searches are not case sensitive. For example: george will come up with the same results as George.
Searching for a specific phrase may help narrow down the results. Rather long phrases are no problem. For example: "This white pudding we all esteem".
Because of the creative spellings used by the journalists, it may be necessary to try your search multiple times. For example: P?ro*. This search brings up numerous variant spellings of the French word pirogue, "a large dugout canoe or open boat." Searching for P?*r*og?* will bring up other variant spellings. Searching for canoe or boat also may be helpful.
Entering in only one field | Searches |
---|---|
Year, Month, & Day | Single day |
Year & Month | Whole month |
Year | Whole year |
Month & Day | 1600-#-# to 2100-#-# |
Month | 1600-#-1 to 2100-#-31 |
Day | 1600-01-# to 2100-12-# |
Here is another characteristic scene of the dark and bloody year 1863, from notes of my visit to Armory
(I think I see my friends smiling at this confession, but I was never more in earnest in my life.)
A GLIMPSE FROM MY NOTES.
I can say that in my ministerings I comprehended all and slighted none.
It has given me my plainest and most fervent views of the true ensemble and extent of the States.
MY VISITS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.
Looking from any eminence and studying the topography in my rambles, I use them as landmarks.
I have already distributed quite a large amount of money, put in my hands for that purpose by benevolent
I regularly carry a haversack with me, and my coat has two of the biggest kind of pockets. [ To be Continued
From the first I found it necessary to systematize my doings, and, among other things, always kept little
note-books for impromptu jottings in pencil to refresh my memory of names and circumstances and what
But before entering on my personal memoranda of the war, I have one or two thoughts to ventilate before
ABRAHAM LINCOLN—MY FIRST SIGHT AND IMPRESSION OF HIM.
It reads: 'I cannot survive the loss of the liberties of my country.'") THE EVE OF A LONG WAR.