This collection contains a transcription of a diary kept by William Albert Crouse from May to August of 1864. It also contains a letter dated January 22, 1865, from Augustus H. McFarland to William’s wife Margaret Crouse. The diary contains daily records of the weather, personal health, meals and general conditions inside Andersonville Prison. According to Crouse the prisoners’ rations generally consisted of cornbread or corn flakes most days, but were occasionally supplemented by bacon or “old sow’s belly.” The diary also contains a catalog of clothing issued to Crouse before his imprisonment as well as a list of his debts and credits. The letter from Augustus H. McFarland details the conditions of William Albert Crouse’s death in Andersonville Prison. He stated that Crouse died of diarrhea, but had lived in high spirits prior to his death. McFarland reassured Margaret that her husband’s faith saved him, and that he was in a better world.