Scope and Contents Memoir of Benner's Civil War service plus a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Benner in old age. Benner’s diary is actually a narrative hand-written summary of his military service form May 14, 1861. It does not consist of daily or other periodic entries, and this account is not dated. Very likely it was written long after the war. The inside cover and first page are quite browned, compared to the rest of the text, which indicates it was displayed that way for a long period, inserted into the diary...