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Finley P. Curtis
P~ o. Box 165
.Butler, 'rennessee
Average number ot word•
.
xxmA.OJ!S PBOM ·THB DI.AR! 01 R. A. SPAIJIHOUR
.
JO, a1,'.l '.)
•
Edi tecl by i'inl91 P • Oun 1a •
Butler, Ten•
l:ITROI>UCTOBI ffl>TB
I:N
~
spri:rig of 1919,
Mr. Spainhour,
in aemrer to a apeoial request,
me the original oow ot a di&l"J' which he .-ote duri11g the war ot 1861-1866,
loaned
to be
used in collaboration with the raniniaoenoea of 19 father•a war life whioh l • • tmn
writing,
and which were subsequently pabli ■hed in di CONPEDEBATE
VETERAB. With
I made a complete typnrritten oow ot that diary.
Not lo'Jlg ago,
his perm1sa1on,
chanced upon rq cow among rq old papers,
I became deeply interested in it.
records,
etc.,
and later read it tlru.
It was ao aatis;ttinglJ complete,
would be .neglecting rq dut7 as the ao11
publi•~ 1t to the reading publio.
camp
so TiTid ot
ao replete with interesting narratives that
and battlefield experience,
1
l felt l
ot a Confederate Teteran if l did not tr,. to
i'hia l now do,
with his hearty permission,
be-
liev•ng it will add appreoiablJ' to the alreacq Tolmninous history of that ,eat lnterState Conflict and,
perhaps,
stir the memcriea of
111 the incomparable armies of the South.
~
other 01, soldiers who fought
lt ia reproduced herewith alomat complete,
w1 th the exception of am aooaaional atrictq prao:nal rterenoe here and there.
A COPJ
of thia manuscript has been submitted. to Mr. Spainhour aud Ile baa •~reaaed hie ap-
proval.
ln a recent letter tram Mr. Spaillbour,
1s very ded',
he tells me tl:lat he 1a 85 years old.
but 1e able to rmnage the aohool book department 1n hia eon's store,
liorth Wilkesboro,
a.
o..
0
where he las passed a long,
uaetul l ite.
19 father's tamiq were tr1encia an4 neipbors tor OTer halt a oen.tu17.
brothers
'
He
(John aDd Jamee)
azi4 1118 tatblr and h1 ■ two brother■
Hie family
1n
and
He aud hie two
(Jud.son and Larkin),
�Page 2
were soldiers together in Uom~ ..,,
Troops. I
He lost his two brothers in the war and
was organized by James
l4ay,
First ~orth Uarolim Regiment of Infantry,
J:S.
Gordon,
my
father lost one of hie.
{Stat~
Compa1J1' "
\'ho was then a prominent merchant in Will111boro,
in
1861.
'lhe first entry in the d1a17· was written while, the regiD&nt waa in the training
1861
' f',
.a. O. -
·camp at Warrenton,
0~ THE I9the clay
P. e,
ot .J1D1B, .ttrother .Jame a received his appointment as chat>-
June 19
lain of the r~iDBnt,
wbioh 1a the firat ot ta ~ o o p s to be organized.
'.L'he ladies a.nd gentlemen of Warrenton paid. ua mrked attention.
and ir eacllft d for a •
a salute,
listened to
•
On the 4th of
"WT,
Several ministera came
we narohed into Warrenton and fired
and then :recehad an excellent dinner from the citizena,
~
esirring apaeohea b;y Col •
stay at Warrenton,
ii. B. Gordon
was
.11.
s.
after which we
Stokes a.ml other oftioera.
During our
promoted to major of the J'irat .aorth Carolina
Regiment at Cavalry and B. J.. Brown to oaptain ot our oompm;y.
Soloman and Finch ot the .oaptbt Churoh pr·e ached to ua often.
•
•· Rev. J. B •
l think a e, eat deal of
the people ot Warrenton •
.July 2'1
We left Warrenton and l&nded in R•ter.aburg.:lata;,atln1ght. Tm trip baa been
.Nut morning we ~ed on to Riohmo:ad. and. pitohed om ·tents in the
quite pleasant.
fair-ground.a.
•
•
I apaa., a fe* da;ya sight-aaeblg.
tiful place •• In a few 48.1'•,
Tha uapi tol 1quare 11 a beau-
we moved trom the tair-grGUDda to Hooket1,
out on the
ea1t side ot the oit7 ••
•
Aug. 14
We have orders to move- to J.oquia Creek,
ed to :Brooks Station,
tour milea abore .A.oquia Creek.
on the Patomac.
•
• •
~ext dq we mov-
I learned how per,ona
ot honor are burried in the &rmJ• When the mil1tar7 prooe111ion reaches the grave, a
salute is tired,
and. the ceremony ia attended with mus1o,
allot which is wr7 aolemn.
We are now under 0(\lWI\81ld o~ Stokes aa oolonel -&ZMl aolmea aa Hr1gad6er-General.
oomp~ ia now beillg drilled in the amal Qt heav7 artillery.
OUr
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(NOTE,
Here is a pe:tiod in the record,
voted to an account o:t the siokness,
whom he sayss
from Oct. II,t!B61 to Jau. 31, 1862,
suffering and death ot James Spainhour,
de-
about
"He bore it all with Ohriatian meekneas, and l have a strong hope that
he 1s now with '.L'he Father in the Region
.out vm:y mourn tor him"f
row and disappointment." . There
ot
How can
.L
give up one
who
l aoknowleclge him as my literary guide and relig-
ready to cheer the drooping heart1
aub~equent aiolmeaa,
•
•
wbo was ever rea~ with good counsel am amid trials eTar
was so dear and good to me,
ious director.
ot &lory.
1■
he aake.
".lie 1a no, beyond the reach
alao an acoount ot his b-m-1&1,
hi ■ re ■t•at
home on fm'lough,
ot sor-
ot the writer's
s
ot the bles"edness ot friendship,
eto. -lf'PO.)
1862
l started back to the regiment,
lamed at oamp three dqa later and
Ja.n.-April
found the malth ot the o CIDp&D1' DD10h better.
thing new.
.tebruary has brought no-
We _lave bem working some on our oabins tor winterquarters and gatbering
on aooount ot the evacuation ot lvins-
wood.
J4aroh brought oonsiderable excitement,
port.
i'roops from that point are in our cqaps tonight.
were ordered to Goldsboro,
li.
c.,
whioh waa joyful
:£:he latter pi.rt ot .March, - we
neWB
to ua.
We lamed there on
the _28th, after a vvy cold and unpleasaut ride, b.ut in a few d~a -moved down near
rq brother John and l. L. Hemphill joined the oompany
Wilmington.
JJJ1a:, 26
Today we WIIIBe ordered. baok to Virginia.
during
April.
•
•
Stopped at Petersburg and camped.,
but had not been there long when we were ordered back to .bOrth Carolina.
We just about to get on _the train, when~ crder waa countermanded.
June l
~efare day the long roll told a doleful tales
gagement.
road,
we were suumoned to au en-
We moved to Richmond am. then marched out o~ the Williamsburg
where the battle ot Snen Pi:aea had Juat been fought.
hot aud: many of the boya came mar fainti.Dg.
larq struck
w1 th the apeotaole
ot a pile of
We- met
~
~
'.Che -uy was e':x:oeed1Dg].y
wounded,
am l was part1oia-
and legs l71Dg be aide the road..
came
•"l:m4 1.4.
We l:11.Te been doing picket and other· duty ainoe we
.Jim.e J.5
·Xn.1 • mcri.ing we
•er• crderecl on pioket duty,
<!'1' ti, a.d.Ya.n0it'. ·
We DI0119d tOJ'WaJ'4 about two mile a and. met the :i&Dkeea.
here •
ancl at i2 o 'olock were orde~
.. .
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After skirmishing sometime with the enemy and being nearq surrounded by them,
back,
having lost the rest ot our coD1DSZ1d.
out until 9 o'clock that night.
we tell
We got lost in the swamp and did not get
We lost some men taken prisoners today.
June 25
For several dqs
haTe been doing picket duty and other camp duty.
June 26
.oefore d.q11ght this morning we W81"e moTing iu the direction of the .148ohan-
119
where we lqed in line ot battle till late that evening,
icsville· Pike,
when we were ordered forward and orossed the· Ohioahominy under fire ot the enem;y' a
•
artillery.
•
I
.
We moved forward under a ·hta"t'J' tire for near a mile, where
tor sometime at a desperate rate.
_We lost our colonel,
tioers and about halt the regiDBnt.
c.
Webb was killed swididy.
i'his morning's sun rose o n ~
~
~ lhoulcl l be }l'eaerved?
Poor :tellowJ
ensaged them
major, a.D i eneral other ot-
'.1118 aoene was one l cannot describe,
of death snatching men :trom all arOWJd. me.
friend J.
'ti8
the miaslea
~ good/ oid
Be little thought of death so soonl
blooming J'OUDB 11:te, who are now lying on thia blo~
battlefield cold and lifeless bodies.
June 27
'..l!llia morniJJg the 1aikeea are gone trom our front.
We :tollowed, and after
marching over a large •~ope ot country 000'1pied by the en&D1' tor twelve miles,
:L'he fight was long and desperate a the musketry tire was the lBavieat
tered them asain.
l have eTer lleard.
both sides.
. till 1'uesday,
lt lasted till atter dark.
We held the field.
Few fields are so bloo~ as that of Uold .tiarbor.
the lat of Jul7,
l,
ad tor sometime.
We lost
■ ome
brain fever and lived but a tew clq1.
the last of the two
good meri from our
besid.ea naey wou?ld.ed •
»rotl:lar John was taken aio- with
He bore his a1okne81 and suttering well.
aDd waa not in ll11 senses tor a da7 or t110 before he died.
. burried below the oit7,
was
We tben moved back mar Richmond., where we remained e n ~
We lBd a geat deal ot sickness.
tered a great deal,
011
We tollwed tbe ~ e a
Hen:lren, ·.Johnson and sneral others killed,
.asrotber iJohn as not hurt.
were killed
being in the COlllliasary clepartment,
ordered to remain out and. take charge ot some itorea.
Harley,
~
when we a@Jit,in overtook them at .148.lve~ Hill, where
anotber desperate engagement took place.
compa:ny1
encoun-
near the 'lorlt Bber Bailroacl,
brother ■
near the tlree mile post.
mo ha.Te ·b een in the arm;y with me.
lie sut•
iie wae
M 1a
.i:da death oocure4 on
�the 9th~ of August.
l:r.oTE, liere f'ollowa
brothers,
.
a poem
.iamea and John,
I'
signed ; ... "Rufus"•
ot
36
lines written about the sad deaths ot his two
expressing a verY' beautiful Uhr1at1an faith.
ihe poem 1•
l reproduce the la st verse onqa
"Lo! James and John know war no meres
ln Heaven there is no war, we mow,
DUt Jo1 and ~11aa and Perteot Love,
With the Prilloe ot Peaoe in .i::teaven above."
Augu.st to
Sept. 16
. Soon, 'a fter the death ot '1113 brother John,
Court House,
we moved
where -we wait~a·eneral ~a -tor our wagon-trains.
then moved on by way ot ll'ulpepper Uourt .t1ouse,
WaITenton,
eto.
battlefield two ~s after the seoond battle at that plaoe.
such a sight in 'fllT U.te;
b7 train to OranB19
:We iassed over the
l have mv.- witnessed
the de8'::"ank:eea were thioker than l eTar saw before.
this point we moved to J..eesburg,
where -n crossed the Potonao River.
.Lt
tho we were not inclined to laughj! ,
ot us should 99t our center ot sravit7 beyond
l l 0 1 olock at night,
Olr
.i!'rom
one unaooua•
tomed to seeing an a ~ maroh bad seen us oroasiJJg tbat river by- moonlight,
have been tilled with laughter•
We
he would
ezoept when some
lase and tall into the water.
About
we la.med on the -.i"7lam. shore without resistance •. ihe first
thiDg that attracted 'fllT attention-was aome
boat ■
wh:loh lad been captured on the Was~
1ngton alld Ohio vs.ml. ·
We moved to lrederick town, where we 0&11ped several 4.aya;
and to Hagger•C1own,
am encamped there a few dqa.
troops
(D. H. Hill 'a division) -
Farry,
which they- captured -
then on to .Boonesboro,
On the 14 ot September,
our
the remained.er ot the &l"'fllT laving gone to Harper's
moved baok to the Gap 111 the South Mountains to oooupy
it and thus keep the lankeea from moving suddenly upon us,
On
the same day
(Sunday)
the Yankees under l4oClellan attaaked our troops and a desperate fight ensue4, which
lasted till :EJ.ight,
when we tell baak to Sharpsburg,
mar the river.
l remaimd up
near Haggerstown unt 1l near midday l4onclay in eharge ot :tour a tar ea~ whan I was oompelled to make '1113 w,q as be st I oould to the al'DIJ' at Sharpsburg.
I t~
there in line of battle and the ta.Dkeea JDOTing down on the other aide at
nw regiment
~
a.m all stream.
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Heavy oanno:nading ooimnenoed,
Vthioh lasted till dark.
Cannonading was kept up all day.
Sept. 16
and barbeoued beef'.
Sept. 17
We cooked for our oomnand on rooks
The tiriJ18 tonight is tnqueu/, and heavy.
The engagement oomnenoed quite early, and by 10 o'olook lll8JlY,
had fallen to riae no mare.
very man1
i'he f'ight continued till late and night
found the enenw ocoupying the same ground tl:ley had oooupied t bat morning,
tbo several
times both armies had driven eaoh other baok and forth 0118r the same groum.
tle was perhaps the bloodiest tbat iaa 19t ocoured on thia continent.
good men t~m our company and both the ottioers who were pr·esent.
Bouschelle was 'tadly wounded in the Jaw and i'hird _Lieut.
'.L'm ba~
We lost many
First Lieut. T.
s.
J. l4. Peden in the thigh.
The
number of good men tlla:t fell there oannot here be enumerated.
Sept. ~8 to
Deo. Ia
A calm s,nerall.1' tollon a itorm,
so today we lave a calm.
tioe was agreed upon in order to buiJey the O.ead.
removing and burrying the dead,
An arm1.,..
'1'ha dq was
■ pen&
but aoon after night we oomnenoed to retreat and were
a.11 night moving baalt acroaa the river.
We oro11ed at Shepherdstown.
I did. not oroaa
J
-till next mornizg.
·en the 20th, while the Iankeea were following up our toroea, we turned on
them and
(
destroyed a great Dl8ZJ1' while th~ were crossing the river.
burg,
where we remained a few clays;
rested for about two weeks.
there.
Royal,
trom there wa removed to »UDkerhill,
where we
1'ben we went to Oharlestmm and tore up the railroad near
Then on to BerryTille,
Ridge at Paris,
We then moved to Martina- ·
orosei:ng the Shenandoah at »erry' a Ford and the .blue
to uppenille, where the iankeea followed,
where we remained several days in line ot. 111.ttle.
and then baok to Front
J:Sut they did not come on, ao
we moved up to Staunton and oamped there about a week.
We then took up our duds and mo'V8d on up the Valley as A.r aa Mew Market,
struck the Gordonsville Pilm and landed aafe~ at liorcionaville after
1:ng.
'J.lhe mn suf'tered much -ror want o~ olothing,
ver7 hard marolP
JDaD1' being wit.bout ahoaa.
only one or two day's rest till wa reaohacl l'or, -Ro,al,
11th of December wa reached i'recleriokaburg.
■ ome
where we
below i'rederiokaburg.
We got
About the
�Page 7
December
and on the morning ot the 13th
Our regiment marched nearly all night,
went into line of battle, and were upoaed to ahall-tire all day.
were wounded.
Lieut. Vanoy lad one eye shot out.
we won a great victory,
ot
h11 men to v1otor7.
General Cobb,
of our men
Thia was a bright day for the South;
tho our joy was mingled with .sadll8H•
maey officers and DBD•
Many
We mourned the losa
ot Georgia, tell while gallantly lead1Dg
Fred.er1cklburg was almoat aemol1abecl by fire and.
the battle we went into camp near the olty.
■hell,
Soon after
We sened on p1oket duty till the cloee
of the ~ar.
~
Another yesr las passed and no J9aoe
1863
t.
!L'he
monster War seems· to be still
January
active 1n hie ireparat-iona to destroy more 11vea,
to take his plaoe.
mote his cause,
his stead.
lie seems to be atrenglahening
bet<re he allows Peace
ff.,Y nerve and
d.oing all he can to p+o
but 1 hope he will be . disappoint.eel and that Sweet Peaoe will reign in
On liew lear's morning our regiment waa relieved of piaket duty and moved
oamp a halt mile.
1'he army oommenc.ed fort1ty1ng M'rederickaburg,
■ ant
Dlir111g this time a good numbs of our foroa was
we were tranaferred to !!!alliafarro'• brip.da,
ot
vti.ioh was well done.
to .Morth Carolin,., About the 2i&th
lfaokaon' ■
division.
We tben mo'99d
clown the ri var several IDiles.
'.l!his baa been a month of perfect ~latitude, with the exception of JDIID1'
Fabrua17
aham snowball battles, which were hard-fought and interesting.
had some Revival interest.
little man.
I am t.enting with him this winter.
ner 'a ~eek".
Karc.h
Our ohaplain ia Rn.
•
•
!l.'his
ma
month,
w.
R. vmltne7,
We ha"t'e
11ho 1a a very fine
We are camped near what is oalled "Skin-
1'.b8 month oloaed quite cold and wet •
been another month ot nAn,
anow an_d. mud.
Lee whipped the tamcees at Fredericksburg,
The bealth of the troopa 1a good,
On the 3rd 4ay
ot last
on the Upper Rappabann'>ok•
and religious interest 1s high.
I
April
A heavy snow tell on tll8 5th.
18th,
J:Srother William
out with him, but went back
:a.
■ 0011..
Religious interest still 1noreaaea.
Spainhour oame to Join our __regiDBnt•
On
the X&Jlll&ea were gone when we arr1w4.
On the
l"atllar came
the 23rd our regiment wnt to Port Ro;val, 'but
Oar troo:p9 IIIO"t'ecl up to hecJeriokaburg on the 29th
,.
�as the 1ankees were orossing.
·.che troops remained in line! ot battle all next dq.
Today our troops moved lip the riva- in the direotion or
IiJey
Cha.noello ■ sville
•
. Jaokson •s arm::, moved to the lett of tbB uni tad States b'ord and by a flank
movement atmok the enenu in the rear,
turing mmy irhonera.
bloody.
driving them
JDally
Un the next day a g9neral engagement ocoured, lih1c.h was quite
Jliany men in our oompany were killed on the tield1
and Samuel Pennell,
miles b:y darl: and oap~
v1za
:a:.
J. Eller,
W1llliam Pilkington and aeveral . other■, . besides Ulark,
tington and others who were mortally wounded,
and George Johnston eaoh lost an arm,
ed severly in wrist and arm,
/.l :.,t ,_,.,
I/ 1 U
-'. · 1 r,.,i ._; , · '..i,
'Ft-:'r
1, 1 ;, . • , ,., 1 , • ,.,.
,Jolm
Whit-
John),t Estes
and .orother William R, Spa1JJhour was wound•
w'hioh has inoapioatecl him for lite.
During thia
en-
gagemen~ Gen. Jsokson was tired upon by his own men and died of his wound later.
1'he l'.ankeea w~e drawn baok aorosa the r her.
(~OTE,
lorsville,
first,
Here appears a poem ot thirty-al% lines deaor1b111g ti. la ttle ot Uhanoelwhioh had Juat been fought,
signed "Rutus" •
I reproduce harew1. th the
fourth and 'sixth verses a
"Spring. la now again on hand,
With sorrow ln our love~ lend;
lt br0118bt a scene ot hWIBn strife
Ami Dea th to many a blooming lite II
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._
.1:1er.g ot our .l.&nd
bam •
.lie 1eai"1ils men to v1otory' a door,
.out ......_.
fell , before he ,P could do mare."
" ~be noted
b"ell there among our noble
•
•
•
•
"i"here J::1.0oker with his Dig1ons bold
Was routed trcm his stro~st hold, .
By !!!., a.nd hia braya xeterans true•
Who told by ~ wllat ~he;y; could !i)" I
Attar the battle,
things beoama quiet,
.lt'ord tor near~ a week~
der ot the month.
and after remaining . naar the United: States
w mcnad ,,o
lfamilton•a
Oroaail2g,
where we 1pend the remin·
.
.
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c .1
Early in the month we mo~d otf in the d1reo tion or the Valley of Virgin-
June
ia.
After several days' hard marching h"'well 'a Corps landed. near Winchester
and in front of .llllilroy'a forces there.
lie
Milroy escaped w1 th avtew man.
captured.
Jolm JaUller ot our oompa~ was killed.
State of Iwlaryland at Shepherdstown
was S11rroullied and nearly all his army
We got nearly everythi~ he lad.
We imnediately mowd for-ward,
.MoConnelsburg,
July
On the 1st,
tysburg.
and after
IDaDy
enta-ing the
am oamped one night on the Sharpsburg attletielcl, ·
We passed thr-a l:laggerstown and entered Pe:nnsylvania,
burg,
Captain
Chambersburg,
moving tbru .t~ew Castle,
Mercers-
am. near the town ot Uharslie.
2nd and lrd ot the month our troops E111g:apd the enenw at Get-
:rhe iankess were tor ti tied on a mo-qntain in the rear ot the town,
attempts · to drive them out,
our troops were oompelled to desist,
Jiot until the hardiest fighting l have vver :beard tell ot bad taken plaoe.
day or the battle was one oontinuoua roar ot oannon and musket.
tho
1'he thin.
l suppose that more
than two hUildred pieces of artillery were a ~ d in the duel at the same time and
the slaughter was terrible on both sides.
and that night commenced a retreat,
progress.
oross.
We reDBined on the field on the fourth daJ,
but the mucl waa ao cleep that.we D&de very little
At length we landed at Williamsport, but toulld the river too swollen to
lfhere we remained in line ot battle tor several daya,
be constructed.
We then croBSed the river,
until pontoons ooUld
moved on up the Valley and croSBed the
»lue Ridge without mol~s~tion.
August
We moved near Orange Oourthouse,
rest1Dg,
recruiting,
eto.
where we apen& several weeka in camp,.
»rother 'William came back to the regiIIBnt,
but was not tit for service.
September
We remained in camp at Orange Courthouse until Sept. 14.
llam reoeived his disohe.re, from the service
am
»rother Wil-
started home.
About
t~t time we moved camp and attar several ~•• hard ma.rahing ,o different points,
went into oamp again e.bou, 12 miles below uranse Court .Holl8e• _ ~here 1s eTidence, ot
deep religious interest in the :regiment.
•
•
. Ootober
J
~his month las been noted tor
it ■
hard. :marohea.
~n the 8th we left
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oamp and narohed by way of L4aidiaon Court House to Culpepper,
but failing to cut
off the Iankees there, we marched forward again to Warrenton,
wbere we eDCOUlltei-
We moved around to their rear and ainBd to cut them ott there,
ed them,
misunderatailding on_ the :part of an otfioer oasued a mistake,
.i,ut some
We then retied to the
Ra.ppanhannook and stationed. our1!18l'98 a near .t1ra.lldy Station,
~ovember
We stayed bu t a short t~me at .t1ramy Station,
whsn the I&keea made
some demonstration at or mar the Rappanhannook .lir~ge.
Hoke' s brigades were aent ov_e r the' river to meet than,
but the enemy came upon them
in suoh overpowering force that the two brigades were marly- destroyed.
killed,
acme were drowned and na~ were captured.
:Rapid.an River,
Ha,es•s and
Some were
~he aney then mo-ved south of the
where we remaimd qut••ly till mar the cloee ot the month,
On the 2'1th we an-
were moved to uerman1a .i!'ord to·meet the Iankeea orossing there.
gaged them in battle.
when we
Lee's oavalry attaolmd them and dron tbem baok aorosa the
river.
December
'.Che month oomnenoed cold,
and our men were in a bad way to endure U,
being unprotected in line of battle;
but after a few I.lays the J:anlmes
retired to the north side ·of the rivar and we to our former oamps,
where we had not!P
ing to disturbe our quieti tude during the rena1Dd.er of the month.
· ,·
A bloo~ year had Just cloaed;
ed,
1oae1,
had transpired during the year.
the bloodieet our country had ever witness- ': ;
It ma turniahed the historian with a laJ-ge
■ tore
of material tor f'\lture history.
1864
January
~oth111g ot great interest has transpired duriJJg this month,
We bad plent7
ot anow and oold weather, whioh made our pioket duty very hard.
February
Earq
in the month our brigade,
went on picket duty,
then on picket~
now under :Orid.-1:ien. Geo •. .ti. Steuart,
but Juat as we were about to relieve the troops
the :iankees oroased the rive am attaoked us.
Considerable akirmiah-
ing was required before we could dr1Te them back.
d
.
We a.Te ooppletela ohurobhouae tor worship,. al.so a ■ ohool tor the 1nstruot1on ot
I
those who cannot read and write,
a:nd. n are hari~ aome interesting meetiJ::ga.
�March
. .1.n the first i:e,rt of this month a oavalry toroe
river and mo'Ved in tp.e direction ~ RiobmoDi •
ot 'iankeee oroesed the
i1hey were near the city
when they were attaaked by our troops and driven baok with some loss.
was ·to take the oity,
bu.tit failed.
On the 22nd a deep snow tell and we bad a sham snowball battle,
.l~Orth uarolina 1'teg1ments against the 10th,
was as stubbornly contested as any tight.
nearly all the uontederate winter camps.
relatives and friends,
the lat and 3rd
23rd and 37th Virginia RegiIIBnta.
•
,~o~E•
•
Here follows an in-
.
duriJJg which
the author viai ted bis ·
.
and rested trom the hardships of camp and battle- •
field. :tie retur1'l8d to the regiment s,out April 15th. -
_:rPO)
'JJJay 4
uur troops moved from our torrmr piokat lines to .l.ocust (trove.
liiJ&Y 5
About l2 o I olook
OUl".
lt
Suoh sham battles were in progreea in
teresting i;ersonal acoount ot a furlough home,
family,
iheir object
troops
(h'well i a · oorpa)
engaged the ~ - es near
the turnpike a1?ove the old Wilderness ;xavern.
We repulsed them w1 th ma-vy ·
loss in prisomra and took two pieces ot artillery. We also lost oonsiderab J.y.
.
~,. ,. ,_.... :,;;r
Jennings and Hackett and several others int~ lCOm~. were wounded.
iiJJq 6
:ihere was heavy fighting all aloJ:Jg the line today.
Our
troops fo~t b.,;
hind breaUwo:a,ka and repula ed the en~ with baavy lossea.
not very great,
the the alaughter amons tlle :.;aullaea was 1arrilrle.
.Longstreet wounded and .arig.•b-Bnl••!
.i'aw,
JOD.ea and Jenkin■ both ldlled.
our losses were
We lost ueneral
Our victory waa
oomple~•. · , .
•Y 7
We rema1 ned in line of battle nearly all day,
ing.
but there
1'8.B
little fight-
ionight the ene~ are moTi:ag otf to our rigbt, extending their lines
in the direotion ot , ~'rederiokaburg. ·
Sllll.dq We moved about· twenty miles ott in the direction of Erederioksburg,
with
WJ.Y 8
our right wing resting near Spottsylvania uourt nouae and our front taciq
Uhanoellorsville.
.DuriJJ8 the night we t.ortitied. our position.
hot and dusty day, .and .the whole
wilderneas
waa on tire,
:
.
-...'hie ms been
ao the t:Sre,
&
duat,
very
smoke
\
and the intease hM.t of\:tha
1UJ1,
all added to a
TR7
hard dq'• marching,
aerftd to
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to make our condition almost unendurable.
Many- gave completely out,
but most_ of
them oame up during the night.
May- 9
May
IO
We strengthened our breastworks today;
Our lines were assaulted at mmy d1 tterent points,
tailed to aooomplish muoh,
Dole's Georgia brigade baok,
Curtis was instantly killed,
left in the company.
In this relief sally Lieut. Larkin Jun1u
vilila leading _the oom,pa.ny.
He was the onl1 ott1oer
He wa1 a pious Christian.
he liwd to witness few
.Both lines have remained quiet today.
ot the sorrows of lite.
--FPO.)
I have been viaiti.llg some of the
in sp1 te ot everythi11g.
!1.'hey boys 1eem to be quite lively,
Fate Hemphill is asliveq and full of misohiat as ever.
Da.;y had soarcely dawned upon ua,
against the aeoond brigade,
pelled to give wtq,
law was killed 1nstantq,
Nem-l.7
was com-
rear and ,at the same time put a
our men were captured. Jq' brother-in•
mad.
l
He could mve been hOnor-
but he would. not.
Colonel H. A. Brown was
this time in three plaoea. ,Sergent D. ll. Carlton attempted to
make his esoape from the enem;v,
was a brave,
attar desperate fighting,
struck b;y a ball in tm
ably tread from battle b1 the doctors,
again wounded badly,
whioh,
all
There was lit.tle t1ght1:ag,
when the .Yam sa threw a heavy toroe
The Ya:nlme ■ rushed upon our
terrible iressure on our tront.
noble-hearted,
but was mo:t:tally wounded and died on the 14th.
intelligent man and otticer.
en tha)t the three who fell ill m;v company on that d.q.
wound reoeived in the contliot.
Smdq
'l!he reDD&Dt ■
o~ tba
General Daniels died of a
!!!he fighting was moat tarr1f1w,
11r■ t• aD&i
solidated .am plaoecl 1n
but our troops
•
Second. North Oarolina
ClOIIIIBlld
He
few nobler DBn have tall-
tinalq drove the Janke•• baok with heav1 loeaea.
Jlay 16
ot
Dyins on the field.
Here Mr. 5Jle:inhour 1a sp&E?,king of Ill" ta the~'• brother.
. troopa.
Kay 12
always at his post
Ha was a kind and. indulgent ottioer,
of battle 1n the bloom of manhood,
J.fay II
They did drive
but our bripde was aent to their relief and we soon
dilligent and. brave 1n battle.
(NOTE&
bu. t the a ttaokters
save getting their men killed.
repulsed them and reestablished the lim.
d.uty,
there was very little fighting.
I
.
Regiment ■
ot Jng.-Gn.. BamleUl". !J!hne
were oondq'a
�Pap 13
later the enemy attempt.ed to obarge our lines, · but he waa repulsed by our akirmish
lim s in f'ront and artilleey tire :Crom the rear.
Un the next d~ .:ren. Ewell took
his corps on a reoonnaiasauoe to the le:rt and ran upon the Iankees.
ensued,
A 1bapp fie;bt
in \\hioh we lost oona:lderably and oaptured tlree pieces· oc artillery.
i'lle
troops &nd trains are moving ott down to•rd iredericksbur g.
lllay 23
to 1/Jlq 31
We left Spottsylvania uourt house on Saturc:lq and on Sumay landed
at li&nover .lunation, where we oam:r;a d.
•
liere we remained
•
till.about the :t1rst ot .;,une, with very little f'iglting •
.iune I
We moved down to a point about nine mile a fr.om l<.icbmond,
w1 th our left
resting near the Oentral l(ailroad and our rig!lt near Gaintts' Mills.
On
~
the 3rd the enemy assualted our worn at various points,
but
we repulsed;f-11 along
the line with severe loaa,s.J
( 'flilfl~l'lt
.iune 6
~ brother,._bas~l
been sent baok to '1117 comp~,
Joined to the 2nd .i.iorth varolina.
front -and are moTing awq to the righ,t.
June ?
aa the regiment has been
ihe ian1mes lave disappeared trom our
We are now near the .iieohaniosville Film.
~ur two broken re~
".COda;y General i!huraton came down and took command of
1menta,
and ordered tbat the
OOID.pl.JJ1'
1ergent of his rE61nant and
'1117■ elt
should draw lots as to who should aot as OoDIDiBBary Sergent for the two consolidated
regiments.
.iune 12
~he lot telltto ma •
Our corpa 1B not now 1n the works.
We were er dared off var7 early tbia
morning from our oamp aud marohed in a north easterly direction by the
:i:hree Ohop .lf.oad.
June .17•22
l tol"D8d the aoquaintanoe of
the
.UU.Vall family t<lllq,
lj!odq we land.ad at Oharlo••n111e, :Uving paaeed. thru a oountr,
remarkable tor it1 senio beauty aud pretty women.
wred and ideal tor grazing and farming.
.aroadhurst,
At Obarlottnille l met again with Dr •
who treated me with suoh ro19-l kindneae in l86l,
oare of me in his
OWD
haviDg taken splendid
house at nederickaburg _"Vlb.1le l was v~y 1iok.
the university of Virginia,
aohool in progreH.
l t was well wat-
which 11 a me.gn1fi.oanoe building,
-..:benoe we mrohed
l also visited
tho there was no
to .110:rth '4Dder Station, where
we boarded
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the train and went to .Lynchburg the same night.
un the next day,
set out in pursuit of uunter on the pike leading to Salem.
don and .Liberjy,
11um 10,
\Ve passed thru .1.1ew Loir
and camped mar the .nlue Ridge on the nie,bt
ot the 21,
morning crosei:ng the mountain still in pursu1 t ot hunter) s troops..
literally stre1111 with dead horsea alld broken wagons.
near Salem,
June 22
June 23
oookad rations,
of the \'IOrld so tar
■ pot
washed clothes,
&8
l , heard with re~ret of the death
.tie was a brilliant student,
sense of the worl:.
and escaped across
.
•
eto.
i'hia 18 the
l have seen:
ot "1113 old triend Oapt. Jacob ~ • • he
belonged to the 59th '.fenneaaee Oavaley,
Virginia.
i:lis. toute was
ln his headlong flight he lo1t six pieces of artillery.
~oday we reated,
garden
early next
Our cavalry blocked his way
but ha auooeeded in outting a way thru our horseman,
the Allag&l'l1' ~untains.
we
lJ),
and was ktlled at Piedmont
a tine orator,
and a gentlanen in every
'
We mowd today in the direction
of wttotott ('?)
Springs.
June 25
We
ia■ aed
Jaokson.
thru J..ex1ngton today,
where we visited the grave of Uemral
i'he flag sent trCJD England was floating over bis wave.
Country in thia aeotion ia p.rtioularly wonC,..,M.
tary l.nstitute at this plaoe,
June 2'1
wbioh waa
de ■ tr•yed
as we marched down_ the beautiful Valley.
many
b7 the :iank8ea.
when we be-
moving off down the Valley in the direction of the Potomao.
the priZM>ipal
u■
'the fields were loaded with luxurant orops
whioh were owned by a people marked for their liberality.
nice little tow:na,
We
'11bere were mmy •interesting scenes tor
moved dorm the road leading by Croaa uya.
of wheat,
l visited the ra.ina of the .11111-
We landed at Staunton today and oamped there tHl ·11uesda1',
san
i'be
one ■
ot which were Mt. Jaokson,
We passed tbru
Strausburg
and Winohester.
July
On the fourth ot Juq,
•
landed -at Har}era ~erry,
a.nd took their tort1:t1cationa.
drove the 1ankeea out
Ear~ tben left thE111°and mowd his prinoipal
forces aorosa the Potomao at Shepherdstown.
He
nade a• it to
de ■ cend
upon the rear·
of the en•~ at .uar-per■ ••r7,. then mOTed nittl7 in the direction~ of .tredericll-
�Page 15
town,
in Maryland,· where on Saturdq,
Jul7 9,
our troops under General bOrdon
had a sharp enoounter with a po;rtion ot Lew Wallaoe'a oorpa
ly.
1'hey retreated in bad order on the .oaltimore Boad,
day
toward Washington.
City.
aDd
whipped them sound-
and we marohed rapidly all
'.Chat night we oamped within about twenty miles of the Capital
.L"4ext d~ we passed thru Rook.Tille and reached the outer breastworks about 2
o 'olook: in the afternoon.
lD1DBdiatel1 we 0011111enoed altirmiahing w1 th the eneq, on
the outskirts of the oity,
Ju'.cy'
'!'he
troops remained in line of battle near the breastworks BUITounding the
oity and skirmished with the en9JQ" nearly all day.
ing and firing was e::r.ceedingly heav1,
drawing the army,
About dark the fight-
and soon after d.ark General Early began with-
without having mde an attempt to take the city.
nearly all night on the retreat,
We mrcbed
moving backward over the Rollville Yerry Road, and
crossed the Po·tomac within about seven mil.ea at Leesburg.
On the 16th we reeted at
the ~ig Spring near Leesburg and on the ne::r.t day oro~sed the mountain at Snicker's
Gap.
Just before we oroseed the mountain the :a:an1me oavalry ran into our train and
oan-ied off a few wagons.
On the .17th we orosaed the _Shenandoah at Snicker's ~err1
.,
and made our oamp below a short ~•tanoa.
18th our
force ■
About 3 o'olook on the afternoon of the
enoOUDtered the ·1aJikae1 oroseing the river· at Snicker I a ~erry and
a hot :tight oooured between our division and the iankee troops.
from our brigade Carolina Regiments.
gent.
Col. Stallings of the Seoond and OQl.
On
Ramseur•• division was bad.17 out up today,
having suffered a surprise attack of the :iankeea.
near Strausburg,
the .iankees at Kernatown,
Hill,
Wood ot the li'ourth .1.1orth
the 19th 1 received orders to aot as brigade oomniasary aer-
un the 20th we mo'V8d to .Lllewton.
Fisher ..tiill,
We lost two colonels
~hen we moved tran J.1ewton down to
where we rema1.Ded. ti,11 the 24th.
We broke camp,
mat
routed them and drove them helter-skelter beyond .ounkar 1 a
cauaing them to burn about 75 of their -.gone .to aooelerate their flight.
We
then DIO"f8d to Martinsburg and encamped.
Augaat,
On
August lat we oroaaad over to Williamsport and secured the
We returned to .:Omaker '• liill
~
~e camp,
■ tares
there~
'llhare we remained. a ,few cl&19.
�Page
Retracing our steps.
Boonesboro Road•
we marched back to Williamspor~ and six miles beyond on the
stayed there one night.
returned to .Blmker Hill,
wheat,
barnes,
16
and recrossed the river ne:xt day and
The Yankees retreated before us constantly,
houaes and other property,
Our troops moved out toward. Wythfield,
where they engaged the enei:v in skirmish fi@Jlting :marly all day,
Harper's Farry,
September
Retiring to Martinsburg,
burningJ
driving him toward
we went into camp,
Sinoe the 30th ultimo nothing has happened of interest,
Ben-yville to reenforce .Anderson,
.
We moved to
but there 11as no fightiJJg,
• .•
.
A few days ago I received a letter from my little eister Mary sayiIJg she had become
.
.
a Christian and unit&dwith the Baptilt Ohuroh.
l hope she is now prepared to re-
a_lize Eternity when called for,
What a . blassiDg
it 1• to be Il'epared to DBet God
.
, .
0 that 1 lad spent my early dqs in Bia aenioe: Mary 1• only about
in early youth!
1°3 years old, but she is a bright,
intelligent girl and has "!'Omanly ways even now.
md soon after our arrival there our
This .morning we were ordered to Winchester,
Y8Dkee ■
division engaged the
win were killed,
hotl1'•
Early in the da1' brave Generals Rhodes and Good-
We fought· our battle with a fair
~e battled raged turioualy,
measure ot auooaaa until late in the afternoon,
flanks,
broke our line ■,
when the Yanlee oavalr1' oharged our
and created a oomplete atampede,
prevailed among our troops,
The utmost oontuaio~
and every man seemed to be using
hi ■
legs to the best
fhose ot us who had fortimatel7 escaped, -fell baek to Fieher'•
personal advantage:
Hill near Strausburg, · where we had formerl7 thrown up breastworks,
Here we prepared
to make a last stand.,
~he
Yankee ■
followed ua,
iona in our front.
ed,
On the evening of the 22,
they began malting demcnatrat- .
A@ain our f'lank• protected by our cavalry were obars,d. and turn-
Soon the · ene:rq in overpowering toroe was upon our rear,
and another utter
stampede similar to the one oraatei on the 19th ensued.
:su, with complete Tiotory
·in their hands,
We ~ • d to escape again,
with oonsiderable
the ene1111 pa:ue4 to plunder _our campa.
lo ■■,
ot oourae, but it the enell\V had pushed home their ohanoe
they could do~btlesa h&Te utterl7 ruined ua.
Altho we had been seriously danaged
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Page 17.
the Old Arrrr1_ ot the Valley rallied and prepared to
in two suooessive encounters,
face new battlegrounds.
un Sept. 24th we lett our line of·battle at Mount JaOkson and retreated tbru ~ew
Market in the direotion of liarriabnbarg,
.orown 1 s u-ap,
in the .olue Hidge JV!Ountain,
but turned off our course and went into
near Port Republic.
recrossed the river above I>ort :ttepublic and pitched camp
near
large crowds of our division went into the uave sightseeing.
of a half-mile.
ihe uave contained several fine rooms·,
(~O~E•
tags(?) formed by drips from.the ceiling.
Six d,qs later,
Wier's Cave.
".call Jioom" ,
were particularly fine.
ilhat night
We went in to a depth
beautitully adorned with
l presume
.llill".
Spaimhour means the
stalacites usually to be found suspended from the roof's of caves.
Washington iia.11",
we
"Le.die a' Dressi~ Hoom" ,
and
11
--FPO.)
·.i:he lJrum
"i'he
(?) Room"
We bad two good brass· bands. .with
us and enJo~d some excellent
.
-
music.· (~O'iE& -'.L'he cave referred to here is
~eP' ..
"Weyer•s Uave,
a large stalactitic cav-
opening into a western spur of tbs .olue .ttidS'8,
ern in A.ugasta Count1,
va.,
northeast .of Staunton.
lt ranks next in importance to the .lli'l8IIIIDOth and the Wyandotte
Oaves and contains several chambers ot which the. larSBat is
· feet long md 90 teat high." -
Vol• lXXlll,
P• 669 1
111piles
Washington's lla,11. 260
ilew: lnter.i.-,at 1 1 Enoy.
2nd Bel.
·-·
---li'PO.)
•
•
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·xh.e tollowing .IIIOIJ.dq we moY~d up the river to Waynesboro and oampad' near
the Hiobmond-Staunton Hailroad.
October _· We moved down to .a.iount Sidlley and oamped there a day or two.
7th we l&llded at J.WeW -.rket,
but the :iankees had gone on,
nothing f'or the farmers save their land and a few dwellitgs.
A.bout the
having lett
Scarcely a barn or mill
was left arid the amount of wheat and other grain which they bad destroyed and carried
'
oft was beyond calculation.
the valley to ~•tsher'a uill,
18th,
(;eneral liOrdon,
A.tter remaining there tor a few days,
where we enoamped about the 16th.
of' i.Htorgia,
Shell&Jldoah above Strausburg,
.
we moved on down
On the night ot the
took tm-ee divisions ot our· troops,
pa.BBed around the and ot the it'ia.sinut
crossed the
\ 'i') aountain,
Just before daybreak crossed the r1ver again in the rear of the 'iankeea.
and
.
.lt dqbrealt
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18
he feill suddenly upon their rear and flanks,
tured. many prisoners,
camp,
arms,
well beyond .uewtou.
eta.
oompletely surprisi_n g thEm,and ~~
•
and routed them from thetr uedar ureek .nill
lf ueneral u0rdon had not permitted his exultant sold-
iers .to stop &11d plunder tlB :C:ankee oaapa,
aa the eneJitV had done our$on a similar
'
oooasion,
,w
he might have pursued the beaten enemy and complete'-ilemoralized him.
late in the day,
he returned am the fortune of war was reversed.
.0ut
We were caught
(
nappi:cg,
and in spite of the heroic resistance of_ our troops, we •ere driven from
the fiild in great Qisorder.
We retreated in the direction of ""ew JillSrlet.
this engagement ~eneral liamseur,
a brave little of'tioer, · •s killed in the thiok
.PUt in my opinion G-eneral .J • .o. ~ordon carried awq the laurel ot
of the tight.
the day.
DuriJJg
We remained in camp at .1.1ew .r.aarket several days resting,
11ovember
We are a till in the ncini ty of .1.1ew Market.
happenffdduring the month.
bad no tigbtiDg except with cavalry.
etc.
Little of interest has
We made another trip to ~ewton,
but
·.a.:ha remahMlu1·0~7the- month passed quietly.
We gathered up some wheat from the cOUDtry.
l formed nany acquaintances.
I
.uecE1Dber
We remained. quieU1 in camp until the 10th.
ing us in rather a bad ooDdition,
A
deep snow tell,
being without quarters.
morning of t:P,e .14th, we moved in the direction ot Stam:Lton.
desper&te condition.
We reacmd Stauntou on the evening of tlB next day,
than went down to Swift :t1un,
C&IJII and ,built Winterquartera.
a.ear Petersburg.
got aboard
where we remained
l'hera we ma.de our
With the ezoept1on ot an occasioJJ&l call from camp
to picket 11De,. we were inactive duriJJg the rest of tl:le month.
a ray of hope tor the future,
On the
ibe roads were in
the train and arrived.at .hicla:mond·next morning at about B o'alock,
until evening,
oato~
ihe month oloaed with
and i trust ·the enaue1ng 19ar will bring good tidings
of great Joy to the SouthlaJld..
1865
:ihO the .aew iea.r haa Jm t dawned upon ua in infancy,
.ianuary
19t we are prone
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to speculate upon lta · future history,
whether• it·• garments are to be
stained wi•th iliood or whether ·it ia to bring our ;delivel"lt.Doe. . :i:beae are problems
that cannot ·b e eaaiq aolved•
�J:>age .i.9
On ,ianuary 3rd,
mond.,
we received a Christmas dinner tram the loyal people ot li1oh-
Petersburg and the surrounding country,
tor whioh we were v&ry gratef'ul.
-:,:he remainder ot the month passed without mu.oh ot interest.
Eeeruary.
:1'his month also has passed away without muoh. of interest.
.uow and
then we were called to serve our time on picket duty.
~oh
arly in _the month,
our b,igade was separated from the diviaion and
placed on a line to the left ot Petersburg•. .Later we were moyed down
on the Pin-.nsular,
between .Appoma.ttax
(.liiver) and Swift :ttun.
Again,
on about
the 3J.et, ·we moved to a position at the West em ot .i:lalifa.x Street, -near .uutterworth Dridge •
.April l
.wothing muah of intel'8st oooured todq,
with the exception ot a heaTJ'
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cannonading which oonmenced toaq a bout 10 P. :.t. and c ontinu~ thruout
the nigllt.
April 2
;i. t
seems that
80119 thing
.A.a dq dawned,
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important 1a about to' ocour.
fighting beoaae general and. continued to increase in
all along the line.
.irinally our 11:m a were broken in front of
Petersburg and soon the lines on the right ot the city were broken asunder and take1i.
About 2 P. lll. the "'.LanllBea· succeeded in reaching the South iid.e .BailnoadH z_: This.. movement struck great tear into the mart ot the people.
lt was not long then before
the large tobacco warehouses began to mnoke aud great t0Dg11es ot flame licked the
sky from different P,&rt in the oi ty.
uapitol,
uated.
lhe en9D17 had at last entered the S(?uthern
and 1n1neral Lee was now certain the noble old bulwark would have to be evaoihe following scene was one which~ shall never forget,
ineffable sadness.
.
"'eautitul and. proud 1:adies weeping,
on account ot its
some for their sons,
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some
tor their husbands and many, m&J>¥ tor the dear homes whioh they lmew mµst soon fall
.into the hands of the
&D8JD1•
\Jrowds. of 01tizen1 could be see hU1TyiDg from the
place most · dear of all to them.
:.:!o see those le>veq l&diea weepiJJg aa it their hearta
would break was too DllOh tor even hard-hearted soldiers to endure.
which brought tears and
■ aciDesa
it which oould be transported,
to all ot
our
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■ tare ■,
It was a calamity
Abou, dark our government,
arm■,
ammunition,
all ot ·
eto. oomnenoed mov1:ng
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and prooeeded slowly toward the north bank of the Appamattax .hiver.
ihis day has cost us the life ot many a brave,
number is .l.ieut-Cren. A. P. Aill,
April 3
and ~rn,
Among the
who was killed to the right or west ot Petersburg.
We continued our retreat all day,
Oourt . iiouse,
noble and able man.
moving in the direction ot Amelia u
which plaoe we reached late on iuesday evening,
tired
having traveled without sleep and very 11 ttle to eat since we left Petere-
burg.
April 6 Our trains began moving quite early this morning,
and thq md not pro-
ceeded far wh&11 the iankee cavalry charged in amons it and burned about .
one mile of wagons.
April 6
ihis morning .the iaJlkees made a deaperate effort to capture our trains,
but they did not suooeed•
ihey were drivad back by our artillery fire,
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but late in the evening they pressed Vf!l:y heavil,1 upon our· rear and we had to abandon ma.ey wagons.
about midliight,
We moved to uigh .uridge,
near J!'&rmYille,
.
thru which we pa.ssed
where the iankees again presaed us very l:eavily and we were forced
to destroy a large portion of our train in order to facilitate our movem&11t.
.i.iate
in the same evening tb:e enemy cavalr:y made another 4eap:,rate attempt to oompletel:y
destroy our supplies,
but the ti:nal heroic resistance ot our troops once again
caused their failure.
un the retreat we :tad to pus thru a very difficult swamp and
this detaimd us considerably.
un Saturday we proceeded without molestation and
marched within about tour m1la1 of £.ppomattax Court liouae, where we
■tappead
and
got some muclrneeded rest.
'.i:HE SulmEliDER
April 9
'Long before daybreak our troops began moving in the direction of the
Courthouse• and then severe tigh ting commenced.
G-ordon • s oopp1 in
front attacked the enemy in tront and drove him about a mile beyond the Uourt .l:iouae,
but on aocount ot the lack ot support on our t1aJlks,
the 1-avy oolmnna ot tbe eneJq
swung around upon our flanks and toroed. our corps back to the Court .liouse.
'l.'he
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enemy during this manouver was continually moving heavy bodies of troops to our
with the iressure ot his mavy masses of, soldiers upon our rear,
which,
flanks,
the cond.1.tion ot our entire army exceedingly critical.
of our hopeless condition. and desiring to escape turtbar bloodshed,
at about l l O'clock,
on the 9th dq of .April
Arm:, of l-lorthern Virginia to Cieneral u.
ceased.
s.
(1866),
Urant,
ueneral Lee,
su:rrendered the incomparable
and thereafter all fighting
lt was indeed a trying and unutterably sad time for .all of us,
ed to shedding tea.rs as we were,
Aware
unaccustom-
but the very idea of giving up the hope o~ our
ii • •
Country and our Cause filled us with emotion tbat must find outlet in tears.
It seemed more than we could bear to have (!&aritised so much loyal blood and then
to have to surrender all and find ourselves in worse o.ondition than when we aet out·
gai)y from home: ' •
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uenera.l James
Jj.
'.l.'he gallant
u-ordon delivere~· to hie ooppa as fine an address_ as .1. lave ever
.
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,
in which he advise his a oldiers to put aside all feelings ot hatred and
heard,
.r,s··:.t1/.li
enmity and go back to their homes and help build back the beautitul Southland.
J40nday ·and '.i'Uesdq,
the 10th and ..llth, we spent in and about the camps.
~animes were ever oonatantly amongst us and permitted ua to do ae •
'.Che
pleased.
~Hi W.AR IS OVER
three days after the surrender of General
A.pril 12- On the morning of the 12th,
25
·tee, we marohed ·in front of the :imkees and ataokBd our a:nns,
soon as we were paroled, we atarted tor home,
ing their respective oouraea.
.A. pa.rt
l ?) Ferry •. ·
(liOTE1
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places thruout the diary of
ot men ud plaoea.
Som, words have been badly
others have been faded by time.
question mark
(?)
way of
crossing the Staunton (Mountain?) at ~oleaa
lt has been very diffiaul t in
Mr. Spainhour to make out the names
written,
each man or each company ot men tak-
ot :qr oompi.~ and myself went home by
Cam~l Court .tiouse and Osler lt) Dridge~
and ·a•
to denote doubt. -J'PO)
l have therefore placed after them the
Frm l!oleaa Fvr7, we iroeeeded thru
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portions ot .Pittsylvania,
Surry County,
Henry and Patrick Counties ot Virginia and thence into
~orth Carolina,. passing near the Pilot .llllOuntain and crossing the
ia.dkin River at Rockford.
mate of mine,
Jenning;::, tu.
.L stopped near there to see Sexton Jones,
.w ith v.hom I chatted for a ff!l'II hours.
honorably thruout the war in rq oonipaJiy
nw
visit there very much,
of min&.
'.l'hen I proceeded to bome ot .Mrs.
eight milea further on toward Jonesville,
'.&
.114ollie
(A1rs.
.Ill.
whose two sons had served
c. State ~roops).
1
enJoyed
.18D.Jlinga) having been an old soho(?lmate
On Saturday 1 went to Wilksboro,
H.ezildah Curtis•~•
lat
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an ell.a school-
&Jld spent Sunday,
tbs 23rd,
at l4r.
~ext iiay J. want to Lenoir and on the 25th I landed at home and
found all well.
'J.'he remaiJleer of the month ot April,
home,
w1 th the exception
ot
and the JDOnths ot
~
a U:iP to Wilkesboro to a oelebra tion on lial' 27th,
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was just four years from the da,' we left there to go to war.-
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Diary ot R. A. Spainhour, Oo. »,
Ist ~. c. State ~roop int.,
'Willm aboro, .!.'II. c., &Dd eciUe4
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JJy Finley P. Curtis .
JJutler, ~enmssee
ofo
'.Co l4B.. R. A. SPAINHOUR
.
and June l QJmt at
whioh
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Very oloud1, looking llke rain. We·mard omnonadine; a good ,vq
drew a pair ot shoes. The ottloer ■ nade out t.he :rayroll tqdq.
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Very wet dl\V', with oont1nual ratn. ·Heavy aannonadi:ng at a diataioe.Were ordered to oook _tWQ days' rat lona.
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wmt on p1oket dUV near · Germania Hord.
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Same oomr,anies still on ;'iicket dut7.
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Vsry ,olo~ clay, with aolil!I rain. It 1B reported that some Y&IJleee
aaTalry waB captured near Riobmonl. LeaYlng at d,out 12100, we
rea0md aamp at night• :s. "• Nlokle returned to aamp todq.
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Was. a wr:, bluiterr CUV-• 'William .Thompson and Joseph s. Stookard
started l1ome on turlougha to~. w. E. Cranor retumeci to oarnp trom
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�Waa a very pleo.aant day, but olouc1¥ 1n tho eTenlng. J • ?. Alexander returned trom home tod.t\v' on f\ll'lough. No otl:er news.
sun.,
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llaro h 20
Was a Tsy, oold windy day. Rn. Geul-tney preached ln obapel
at 11100 A.~ •• p4 ha4 Sund.q Sohool at 3100 P. K.
Jaon,, Maroh 21
Aaotmr oold., wine,, CUW•
"'llon in the eYml••
Ba4 oomlll,!11 ct.rill 1n tm moming1 bat-
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Jlarah ·22
Oold, bluatar,, alou~ 4q, l6ok1DS muob like mow. \1e haTe m
atay olo ■ e to ti. tires tor warmth. All quiet al~ the lines. Snor
1n the eTening.
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llad.,
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l1arch 23
A very 119,rm, pleasant ~ overhead, but snow on the ground about
titteeti _inahea deep. Ba4 a thrl 111116 ■nowball battle 'betwem tbe Fir at
and Third Borth 0arol1m and aorno Virginia Reglmonte, over whlah, after
hard :fighting, we were v1ator1oua. The battle waa lOJlS and hardr-
to~ht~·
Thar
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Jlarob 24
\Tao a Yer:, \varm dLG'. Nearly Li. ll the ■ now haa dleappeared -- rap1,17.
HoweTor, there ii muoh anowbal.llng among the ret;lllUl ti toc1ay. The
battle ot yeatercuv was renewed. 1 had. a TBr.?"1!1 aeYere hea.daobe 7e1terd.ay am am feeling rat)ler dull today from the etteota.
l'rl.,
ilas very wet,
The
road ■
are
Ila.rah 25
Some 11:oow in the morning.
Orders reoe1ved. to turlo~h one man to the
w1 th allllaei oontlnual raln.
TV1
muclq.
hundred..
Sat.•
Jlaroh 26
Governor Vmoe ■ Poke todq at Geberal »oDantel •a Ileadquartere to
the North Oarolim. aold1era. Jlm:11 people were present - some \hl'ee or
· ,tour thousand, l .uppo1e. All ot our general ■ atten4e4. The oay wa■
oold and. blus teq, bu' ha 41d. not ■ peak lons.
Sun.,
March 2'1
·,:'o s a beautiful, bu, rathol' bluater1 dq• GoYemar Vanoe, ot
North Oarolina, pald. ' u■ a Till\ to aaoerta1n the ac,.ndition •t the
Nor th Oarol1Da 90U1er ■, whom, 1 am gla4 to • • ,. he found ln good
oond.1 tioD. We alao hacl brisa4• lnapeo'1on~
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Kon.,
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Kamb 28
lt was a Ter7 pretty dlf'. Ga,ornor Vanae, ot North Oarolina,
revi ewod the Nor th Coro Una troo }:8 1n Ewell • 11 Corps an4 af te r the
reY18'.t he spoke tl0 tha aoldiers. At night he visited the First
and. Third Borth Oarollm 1'8€1menta and. afterward spoke to them. 1
ha4 a NTere madaaha ln the arening.
lt waa a 41aagreeable O.IV, with almoat continual hard raln and.
1\rorag wind in tm nmlns• I be oome a mi,m'bl r ot, the braaa bani .
Wed.,
Ha.rah 30
Was a wr,y 0001 dal, with· ■om rain Sl4 en.ow. w. L. Perkins
rltw-nad ,o oomp tran turlOUBh• l 4l"8W OM oap. :Na other mwa.
l waa detailed tor regiantal guard
lt was a _~ey cool da1•
4ut7. No other nen.
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Korab. las been a very d1a0t,r11eable month -rain and anovmearly all the tlme, usual~
Yery oold 11114 wl.~.
ot North Carolina, T1e1 ted
ua tar the purpoee ot revlewi~ all tm north
Oarolina. troo~ ■ Ba made aneral 1nt.ere■ t1ne;
1peeohe1 ·to \he _Bor~ QarQllna ~oope - muterq
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Gov81'1lor Vcoe,
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am nm.-.
M •1
AJ?d 1 l
Oloud.y, w1 th solDEI rain. l wu nlieved t:rcm guard duty 1n
the morn1D.g. William Rutlla Janee re tm'ned to oamp t:n>m home on
:tur~ough. No other nan tor to~.
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Sat., April 2
Anoimr ftr-1 · cl11aaraeable dlf', with almoat oontinal rain aD4
an lnoh 6f mow, wbioh melted aw~ in the $Vo:o1~ (bafbre night).
Bun.,
Atr11 3
1, waa a '98J7 pl•sant 48"• Reginmital lnapeot1on. h-eaohbg
at llaOO O'olooJc •• JI. a. H. Parlmr, Ull11&m 'lbompaon and J. s.
a 1iOoJmr4 rs mnecl to a&IIIP .ti-om turlcncha ;... Po.~w. three .,.a late. ,
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April 4
Mon.,
Snow and l'.ai 1 neorly al 1 dl\V,
Beginent went on pioket duty.
but cild not lq on the ground.
l r8Dl:l.1ned in osnp.
llo otmr nows.
Another very cli1881'eeable dq, w1 th 1-11 md rain oontinualq.
We • • ' rat1ou to the men on 4u'J• Bo other news.
Wed, ,
K.
Apr ll 6
Some ro.ln 111 · the momilg I o leored. ott at abom 10 ,oo o 'olook A.
We ae:nt rat 101111 to the men on p1okat 4ut)'. llo other newa.
'lhura.,
AI,1'11 7
lt sa a Yer, boau\iful• warm cll\v• JJ01,, ot ~ G, waa
wounded down on th& p1okel line• aul aen, up to ,he reglmm,. Bo
other newa.
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It was a beautiful dq, and the ~ ar>p01nte4 by the ireaident
of tm Contedera te Btatu a ■ 1ae t lay. l tblllk 1t 18 genen.ll.J observed by the ~ •
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lt wa1 a dreadtlll 4ay 1
.l'lo newa 111 oanp •
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April 9
w1'h illmoat aontlnual
Bun.,
ral1i.
All quiet •
April 10
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A
wet day I w1 th Tery haaYJ thundering. We ·•• ra tlona to
· the man on d.ut:,. 1 spent the da, read1JJg. lio new ■ •
Uon.,
April 11
lt wu a Tel7 pleasant dq. The regllmnt •otarnecl to camp from
anm 4q ■' piokeUzg. · Bo other new11e
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lt
of tbe
was a
ftrJ' pleaaant
da:, prao,1011g
Oool am olol.ldy,
trom home.
t:mm hCIDI ~
4lf°,
A}r11 12 ·
but aomew:t.t bluetiarJ•
1 apmt mo ■t
on '1111 oomet.
?4th eome rain.
He aa wounded ·at l'1J111e'1
Jamaa 111tohell returned to oamp
lar1a. Be bro~ht me a letter
lo other new••
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It wae a Yer~ illoa dllf' • Oar band oaptaln returm4 trom Rloll:Dond
and wrot«t ua ■mm m■lo. Jbo. Oatltlle, an4 J.arJclD wen, ,o 0:razase
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OoUl"t
HoU11e•
.April 16
(Continued from page 66)
It was olo\ld¥, wt th a little
ti,,m boma on· twlo~ ••
ratn. R. H. Spainhour retm-:ned
Sat••
Aprll 16
4 drlHll ci,q. I spent i:art ot the till p-aatio1~ muelo.
partlaular newe 1n oanp.
sun.,
lio
April l'I_
A "fer, pretty 118¥, w1th a little ra1n 1n the morning. Jar.
Oaul\JltV p-eaobecl a, 12100 o'ol00k and ala or lffell Joim'-l \he olml'ah
and were baptl ■ ad.• lio other mwa.
· lion., · .Apa-11 18
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· 1• was a nry prat t;y clq~ We mard maaket-t1re nearlf all d.q O"Qr alarpamotera praoUa~.
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Anathar very pleasant d.q.
drew one Jaoket.
l1na 1
-,1 al tied
April 19
\'la reoe1 Ted a ea.pplf ot olothlD8•
l.ieu,enan, J.ancl,
1
hom tbl J'1tt1-~1'4 lforth Oare- -'
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WI 1i Giq •
fled• ,
Aprl 1 21)
lt waa aool and oloud_y, I iraatloe4 muelo moat ot the CJ.fl3• A• w.
Wilbon.a returned t;o \h9 r•lDBnt trcn mme Oil tvlough. Jone• ( ,,
Bawler al ■o came 'baolc.
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It .was a Te-q pleaaan, clqe-: Dallel SheppU"Cl retm-aeCL to oamp from
· furlough, ifo o~mr new ■•
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April 22
, l t we.e a Yert warm dJV ,. li«;igular p-aotloe .111 , i. band.
·Oolitedara te Tloto17 near Pl:,raouth•
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. lt was a ftrJ wa-m ,..,.
Bo' n.ewa a t all .
I
Ewr~1ihlll8 perteo'1~ q\llet al q
· sun.,
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Beal'Cl ot •
SI.U:llq Sobool ln tiJe·
1111••·
All'l 1 24
•,VC'7 warm,, wtth . , . ~a1n 1D tba evtn11J8•
lal,~•
\he
PreaohlJJg by our
•••llll• ·•o other nan •
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�Pap GT
Mon.,
Very warm Bild. cloudy. Tm l'f€1ment went eomewhere to be auppl1ed
with 'b8¥onatta. We aoJDDl'lllaed praot1o1J18 •
•
• Elli• Ps,ne l T)
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lt was a wry pleasant 4q.
a~lll ~aotlolng 11111110.
,
~Z'1"~1JJB quiet 1n oanp.
Another ftl'J' pleasant ds;y.
wont ott to the hospital toaq.
We ara
April 2'#
Wed.,
Reg1Dlmtal lnapeotlon.
'lhur11. ,
G (T) Uartl11
Ap-1 l 28
1, wa1 a wr, pleasant· clq. We heard aannonading ln Um cllatanoe.
Regi1111nt reael ftd arde:ra to be rea17 tor ploat du~ 1n tbl morning.
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All
que,
ln
AJrl l 30
wl 111. eome rain.
BUWIABl'I Al,'l'll hall been a ver1 beautltul, warm month.
ETer~l~ has bem perfeotly quiet all tl» time •
l law bem p:raot1o1ze moat of the Ua on Jl\V
aormta l la'Ve le81'md to p~ tour pieaea. The
regt.a111 :bas bem on plODt duty t.1d.011. We p.ln' .
. e4 a noter, Sn Korth Oarollm during tbe mon,h.
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April 29
Tba reglmeDt •tarted out O# PlOket dutf. lo
aamp.
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sun., 1111'
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lt waa a w17 warm cl.EV, and 1 waa T&:r1 lom1ome. ·ve-q few 1n
oamp. Jo11eph Sheppal'll returned to . aamp cm turlO'P•
Jlon.. l!q 2
It was a 't8J7 'blua ter7 d.ay, with a haa'f1 atarm 1n ihe nening
Bo otmr mwa •
(not ·muoh raln).
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l t wa1 a ftr7 ple uant clllf' • flit mm 1 et, 1n 08DP etruOk len, a
■ ent t:bem to tm rear,
bu, \hare • • no talk ot breelClng oamp •
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Wed.., , lfeir •
a
It was
boauUtll day. The men ln oanp reoei. ved orders to ~ak
up tonts and be.{~8880, leave and Jo1n the regiment dcmn on the l1ne1.
We I tart ad about 2100 o 'olook .t'. Jd..
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Thurs., liq 6
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We marched down loward Ohonoelloraville and oomnmoed. ftght1ns
S•eml ot \he 0omplll¥ were 'M>UMec.i.1 Faw,
Welalza or Jle1a1D or lla0lal11 (T), Shore■, J. Jenn1zgaand Stookard..
about 12100 o'olook•
,r1.,
l'laa a Tel7 warm d,w,
r28hli.
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May 6 .
and heaTy tighiill;'; 111 tli:, morn111g on the
advanoecl a· little ·and tor tit ied again.
Our ta-oopa· tor'1t1ea.,
Sat., liq 7
!he Ymlm ea oomnm~oed mo-r1~ a ~ tblir let, tl811lc. At nlgbt our
t;roo;i:a oommaaoed movl:rg and DaZ"Oia4 nea~ all nlgi.. We 1ent our
woot
,o
01'11.Jlg'8
OouitthoUN•
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San.,
Kif' 8
. Leal~ the hospital, we marcmd lard, alt.houeh the dq was warm,
. 1n tlB d1reotlon ot Prader.S.altabui'g. Then we tormed a lip of battle·
near Spottayl"YaJl.la Courtmuae.
llon.,
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1 t was a nr7 warm dlf' • We laJ' near thll OourthoQ8e ln line of
battle. some altUmiahl~ and t1ght1ns along the 11ne1. Ila inter• It 1J1; JleWI •
b•.••
Jlq 10
Vwy w d :t1ghUng all els¥• w. H. W1 tblrapoon was w\U'Jdod ln tm ·
attemoon. In ,he 81'811111£ the Yenbea oapiurecl a iar, ot our work•
am were a.ii wn baoJt bJ 81nu•'a br1ga,cte. ln the oll&rge Bni\her
lar'kin waa shot dea.4.
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Wed., l4q 11
·8k1rm111h1q; all ~ , b\1' no resulU' enesigement, OoI1111Jnoe4 runabout tour o 'oloak am was a wet ennlng■ lfo other new ■ •
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Thurs,, J4a1' 12
TlB Yon.keel tried. 'fer, hard al 1 day m breek through our llnea,
:
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oharsl~ oantlnual~•
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Tm tlrlq; •as one oon'1nual roazo trom morJ;L•
hg tdll Di8lm • Earl1 1n \he morning our brlga4e • • flanked b;?'
the lanlmea and 1ialcc p-1eomr■, ·on aaaoQDt ot the ·~eooDl Br18W-d.e
Siv~ a-.y.
am J>. JI. Oarletcm wen 11>\mled.
martall 110un4e4.
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Hemphill waa Jdlle4 -
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rr1.,
1qr 13
It was a oloudy di;', w1 th aorm rain. L1ttle f1r1'1f; duli~ the
d~. Both Bidos, I presume, are bury1~ tmlr dead. Jo other
ne\vs of interest.
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Sat••
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EY.-yth~ aeema t.o be quiet· todlf" ln aamp. Prat t:v mavp!c t1r1ig on the right, and onoe we oo.ptured several Yanl!Ee pria:u»_rs.
Sergent D, 14, Carleton d.lecl tmm hi• •uncle todq. aona rain,
Sun.,
)fay 15
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Olo'llly, w1 th a very bard shower 1n the nenlDg. ThB rooo.s are
vsay mu~. I went out 11> Ur■ Stewart' ■ t.10 1ee Ooloml Brown. 1
found. him rapidly 1m}roT1?1:;.
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Mon.,
Kay 16
lt·.,waa e. very warm, oult17 dEf'. _ I went clown on the battle1'1elCL.
1 a&\f a great man dead l'ecierala and a sreat many ot ~ aaquaintanaea
~ dead. · I went all along the 11nee.
Jl1.fa~hlq; aeana \o be quiet
tads,. :lhe ,1rat am Third llor'11 Oarollm Baglment ■ were tran1ter.ed
to General .Bamaaur'• d1Tia1on.
fuss••
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May l'l
•
It was quiet a pleaaont 44'. We ■ mt ott all our wound.ed. EYer,rth1r:igs seems to be qu1e t all alo• tbs llnea. .L1Ule tiring 1n the
eveniDB • lo · other nan,
Wad., 1
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V•1 beary oannona4l'D8 ln tl'le IIICl'llltig. ftll
ba.t wen re-
Jmkeee nade tc or three ahareB• . on oar breaatworJc1,
lQl.1184 ft'l:3 m.oe~.
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It was a T&r1 pleasant 4a,. b
Yankees laTe fallen b&oll: aome
- ■ tanoe, l went clown cqJJ:ltm ba1ttletlel4, 4 JIILl'I 06 our army l ■
movlnga othvwiu all l•
qU1et.
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kerJth118 11 ftJ7 qulel,
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110· lmpc,rtant news.
Sat.,
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lt was a ve'r:, wal"III 4.q • .The 81'111 let, Spot,ql'YIIDMI Oounhouae
last night ab0\1' 1100 o.'oloak u4 llll'ohltcl to abou,
1111•• wlthln
&no.wr Jano,1an. ,
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sun., Ma¥
22
Loar ing eBrly on the march. we reached. the Junotion about 2,00
o'oloak in t.m eYeni~~ lt was aver, warm day; little riring ooourred..
llon., 1111' 23
The a1m1 went lnto t ha Juno ts.on, but n6 Nb.ti~ ooour ed along
Vary mar1 t1r~ on the lett. V9r7 warm d'i', Bo news.
the line.
limes.,
Mq 24
Oonatant ma"IJ ■ldrmlahi~ all 4~. SeTeral were woun:led while
working on tlm lreaatwork11. H88V)' aannonacliz:g on tla left, · Jlo par-
Unular non•
~unclerllhower 1n the afternoon,
Wad.,
. Bo p&Z'tlCNlar newa,
·1n t ba e"V'Sll~ •.
11£\V 26
md little tiring alcmg the 11ma; Soma raln
!
Thur I• t
Bo news.
Ll.tlla
■k11'ill11hiz:g
liq 26 -
along the 11:nea.
Trooim atlll toru-
f:v1JJS•
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2'1
Artll3 OOJ11Denoed JDOY1JJ@ 'to the 11.gh,, marohed a.own ,o HanoTar
Oourthouae, where w.e atopixtd. ·for a ehort tm, then marched on an4
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oampd wi\Mn tm
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1
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twalTe miles Of lilolJDODI..
Sa~••
Jl&7 28
We lay 1n amp t111 late ln the evcing, maMta4 about one mile,
and. took up- aamp near J4eolanloavUle.. Byerytb1~ qu1• t. llo firing
aloJJg the llnea. llo ;i:al't:loular nawa.
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Sun.,
1 t waa a ve17 pleasant dq.
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Mq 29
We • • • • • • • • reocmcl • • • • • • • the hoe-
p1 tal abou, 6100 o'olaok• There . , .wrr mr«y ••• •• • . ne;htb::ig ln the
.
cwen1ng. Yer7 1111.11.1 llOunded. •• • •..... atJ'leral kllled • • • ••• • and IDBD.J'
•••••• •• ••. died on the tle14 • •••·11•. tl'Om 11011n41 ••• • •••• ( , ,
llon..
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Jlq 30
It 1188 a wr, wam 4tr• llmli-1th1ng quiet along the lines,
lit tla t Srlzg _. I m:.-e bean Tel'J' 110k todq. No otbar news.
SUlllWi.Ia
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bu\
m.11 bem a month ot deaperate tig~lng tzom
the 4th ot (llay, 1884) and la not en'8d 19t (Slat) •
This
liarld.n was killed. on the lOtb an4 the Ret;i~nt waa
aaptured. on Um 12th Un tbe morn1na - Larkin 111
the eTeDlJ:8,) ~ tlght111g 001I1118110ecl along the.
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am la now near l!eohanioaYllle.
one letter from hoa o.u:ri~ the month..
Rapidan IUwr
l ba-ve lad but
It was W J:7 warm. Oonatant oanDO?lfW.lng rE€ularl, all dq.
l'io part1CJ11lar nowa. 1 wont ln ba thi!Jf;. today.
\7a<l. ,. June 2
1 t was ver1 oool 112d pleasant till nm1.nt, when 1t oomzoonoed
1.ongatreet waa engat,"8d on the right, be oaptured BOII8
prisoner•• l was detailed to ooolc raticma • Had a ,,u-y wet tin:e
:ra1 ning.
ot
u.
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lune
a
It wu.e a '9817 pleuant ~ • Pight1~ oamenoed on the· left Ter't
e&l'ly in the momi~ and continue d nea:rl1 all o.a,. l'16ht1~ waa
also ver7 beary on the right. l oarried n.ttou down to the men
ln t m 'braastworn.
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Som ot the mualolau were ordered to tba res11:»nt to help oar17
water w tbs -m 'behind the b:raaatwor:a. A JBl't ot them went down
and. stayed all dq, but thora was little firing along the line.
No Imlreea ln tmn, ot our worka. HaaYJ ftr ~ on the r1sht atter
.dark •
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Sat.,
lane 6
Bad anme rain ln the morni~. Eveqthlng ■ eana quiet along the
lines., l waa on the 11:ne all ,m ume. Ver1 warm ln tm eTen111.
:__ llo parUmlar news t.o report.
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lt was a ver, warm o..,. .All. \he tanimea moTed to ,m ngh,.
:Barl.11 Btrell '• oorpe, followed than lltJme o.liat&moe and
oaptlrad. ■ neral P"laoner■ •. I, with \m re1t ot the mua,01an1 1
• - up IQ' ln1tnmmt to oarry tools tor the brlgLde •
GeDSl'al
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»on.,
June
?
lt was a Te17 warm 48i'P'• Not a sreo.t deal. of f1r1~ on tba line,
l raoal w4 a letter tmm :bollit. Ho aew,~ ·
near Deoban1•T1ll••
1"1i11.,
Pleasant,
b11t
oioucS¥.• ETe:r7thilJ€; aaGDJB 110
llne11 till nen1:ng.
Bwell' ■ ·oorp■
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June 8
be 11U,1e1l alo~ the
1'heb prat,y baar7 oarmona41D.B cm ll:8 rlght.
ra ■,11g · mar llttobon1o■Yllle•
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• Wed.,
lt ,vaa wry warm aDd 1Ult17. Nothing new aloJJg the line•• .lll
atlll anA quiet. Great mny reoruita'oomi~ 1n t.odq, aome ot
them being assisneu to the Seaoncl Hort.h Oarol1m. R(€1nmt. 'lhe
musloian11 carried toola tor ,i. bri@l.da.
~ur
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Juna 10
It was very warm. Little eklrmU~ kept up all d~ and oooaalonal. abella aroHtid ·o•er the works. hwell'a oorlll 1a still 1n
na8l"ft. \Ve naram 4 two or tbr oe mUe ■ dorm tba llnee res tera.a,. lo
part1oular nwn •
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It waa a d4' ot quiatzJesa alo~ the 111l8a, except ocoaslonal
aldrm1ah t1r111t• Mr. 0m1,ne1 preached. a short aarraon. No news.
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heard two 1ermona ,ad.q, one by our oho.plain, the ot nir by l ?t
••••••• ••. · l4eutenaut Martm osne over to ae, • . lo other newa.
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·June 13
It was a T•Y pleaaan, 4~ tor D1Lrahing • Ewell 'a oor:r;:a left
Ooinea • lUll ■ abou, 4100 o'oloalt in the morning and maramd in the
d1reot1on of Ohorlottnllle, Va., about twan~ mllea. 'ile hal tea
about three i'. 11. •n the evmblg and oami:,ed :tor U• nie~.
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-in t be IZICll111za, we ma.J"Olll4 all ds,, halted and oanped at IRU1118t
.· abov. t twant,-tl:r H mlle I from .Loura Oourtllouse.
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V~r wann. We lett oarnp Tety ear11"md ma.rahed
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· :Gor4ona9S.ll• md pUohed aa.mp near there. tor om bour by arms •
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Wed.,
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June 16
· Another warm d.Ef'.
We ·lat'\ oanw at 1unup and ma.robed, w1 th frequ~ \ resta~ near~ all 4~. Res~eci. an hour at noon. Oanped. at
about 4100 o'oloe>k wltb6n fl~• mllea ot Obarlottavllle, Va.
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June 17
Our cUvlalon left aamp Tery · eu-l.J ln the mm-nl~ on the maroh.
Gordon's am liiarl7'1 dlvl11o:aa wen\ by vat.n. OIi our ~ tbrou,;h
.O barlottnllle we ·wun ,reatecl ve17 kllMlq bJ tha oUiaenli. fne
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aoap ~-" lobaooo ~• we pu■ e4 tbroigh.
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It was a. Yery warm ciey. 7/e tooko tho tram at North Gonder.
Station ebout XO.aoo o'clock in the mo.ml~ and :reoab9cl I.wnohburg
at .about tlve o'alock ln the evmi~• Wo a.iasnbarlled there and
cam1:ed about a mile on the. other tide of the town. Hould some
aennonadiq; ln the weat.
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Sat.,
June 19
It was a V81'J' warm •d.14'• Lett oamp llear Lynohburg about 2100
o'olook 1n tho rnarul~ rua1'1 followed. the Ymikeoa very oloaely all
day, purauelng them about twentr-t1ve mllea and. oo.pturlDt many
prlaoner1. 5\0pped to oamp naor nlcht at Libert7. Passed the
night near Bal tlmora.
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June 20
Warme■t 04', as ~t. !L'he Azmt1I OOIIID8noed IDO't'i:ng wry early
ln tm mornlz:ig, J:&B&ed tlro~h UbertJ and a l l ~ tallowed the
Yanleee.·very oloae]¥, 111c1rmlshl~ otten • . We oanped near Beautort'a
· Gap (tl. bre waa BOJIII ak!rmiehlng.
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.Leo 1!lg oanp at a bout 'I 1 00 o 'o look ln the mornl ng, ma.rahed vc -,
hard all dlf' 1n pu:rauU ot the ebemy.· \7e took 12 p1eoea of a~
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and burned about 30 •Som•
Viral nJa.
■ everal pnaoner ■
11X mUe II f mm Bal em,
We lq J.n oamp ,acta, •
no ne\va trom tbe laieea.
Bo other ne,ra.
We oanpe4
rast1~ and olemii~ up. l lr&Ye heal'd.
'lm7 1s sued, olothug la the evs1q.
Wed. 11
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ltiiraa a Ter:, warm, pretty c\q• We left camp '981"1 early 1ii the
mom1ns, ,ook t!le p1le whioh lead.a \o .s,aun11on. arohad about
twm~ mllea ancl amped near Buohannon.
-,~~ ~~;,ing oamp at about 6100 o'oloott ln the m<rnl:ng,
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:·the .~i1aima lU.wr. We orosaed at Buo:hannon 1n knee-deep water • .utbo~b tbB 4zl" was · "fei-J' warm an1 we cttered trm the mat, we
naromd about twenty 1111•••
Another ver.v wam 4q. Lett aamp Te:17 early 111 \be mcrnlng,
zm.romd by t:ta little tOlll of Buobazmon, thro~h tmnston, whaee
olt 1zena waa..S.waa ••7 ·Jd.Dli]i' • &4 where we · vfil1 ied the Bra••
of Oemral Jaoll:I cm.
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7las so oxtra ilatm that a. groat man~ mm ~ve out on the mo.roh.
Leaving 001:lp Tery· early in the morn111g,
we p,i.ssed throuc;h Browns(whDse ladies were
.lfamhed about 20
peap)le 1ireateu ue wr~.r kirnly,
Ts:y klm). Two other little Journeys alto.
· miloa a.nd aamped. near ;.i.1 IXll ebrook ( Y) •
burg,
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Leav1nu aamp about 4100 o'oloak ln tho lll0X'D1~,
we -.robed. abO\lt
nine milH and aam~<i Mar Staunton tor th~ <La,, whioh we reached
at 10100 .a. • .u. 1 reoe1 wd. four letters todq. J.o news ot interest.
!ues.,
June 28
. lt waa a very pleasant d~• 'ile l~ 1n oanp tlll about 4100
o 'olook 1n the afternoon, then, tarm.1€ oTer 1meral waeona,
■tart.ad up the Vall'IV• ite maromd about tl-.e mile• tran Staantoa
and hn1 too. tar Ull nigbt • 1 was not ftrJ well.
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June 29
The nnrOh 0011tlnued. Lett the pike and wont Tia lamatown (Tt.
Marched about twen'1' mi;lea and oomped. mar t:ba ,own.
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Lea,1:ng oamp about 4100 o'olook A. 11. 1 'we rm.rahed wry hard all
ciB¥ •• ebou\ twenty mil.ea _, and aampe4 a m1le1 balar Ii• Market.
1, was a .,., pleasant dq tor marah1ig.
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Armias :ta•e been ve rr aotiw uurl:ng th1s month.
Ewell's OOP)r8 lef1i Riohmond OD t m 13th to drift
Old. Hunter from rhe Valley of Virginia, bat he
ran ao tast we oould never get up with him. He
went to Sal.om am tmn turned h1 a oourse toaard
.Staunton, and mrobed up the Vallef ot Virginia.
Tb., month ha.a been very d.17,
little rain md extremely hol and t he raa4■ 10 ciusty that travel li:g
' la near:q lmpoealble. We laN lad on)1 t110 day•'
rea, 1lnoe_•~ left Biol1Don4. K-rs7 proepeot lo oles
fair tor a ftgbl ( I),
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We left oamp Yer, ·earl1' 1D t:be morning and maromd 11D id.cler ( Y)
lilwr, where we rest.e·d. at J2100 o'oloolc• Here 1 went o\4 ,a 1ee
11W old .uam • and ha4 a wry Dioe d1nnw. We :.to:r;pecl at
tbrea or tour IIDun•· · 1,· •e a veq pleaaanl 4q.
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July- 2
LeaTi~ aamp at ~out 4100 o'clook,
we mu'Chod about 20 miles am aom~u. war Newton -- a var., nioe
little plaoe - about .4100 o'olook 1n the SV"ening. Na news.
Sun.,
July 3
Left oanp at the usual time. Heard. oannonad1t1; Vfil'Y early,
'b1 at tar d.istan09. :Passed throue;h ',/inoleeUtr Qbout 10100 A. •••
on a few mile•• turmd to the r1Eht and marolJH1 clOwn to 3ru1t&
field. - tota11q; a march ot about tweuty...the mile ■ toii~.
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July 4
Loavlng aamp at the usual hour, we paeaed throq;h Smithfield
-- a Yary niae little tO\'ln - on throq;h Charlestown at 10100
o •cl ook A. ll. - n Nol Seoash town .:._ snd on down to IIarp, rs'•
Ferry, whore we lay around· till night. 'l'b9 Tanke ■helled. ws a
great deal., but a.id. little danage.
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J~ 6
•l t was a veq pleasant CUI'. We ." la.y 1n aemp rest 1~. The Yamcee ■
hav& bhen sbell1tJg us with their ■elge guns, bu, mve done no
ciamage. 'lm regi1J1Snt clrew 1hoea tod.q. l wrote amletiter bome. lo
ottiw news.
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Ju)¥ 6
.Loavizrt atinp at tl.m usual hour five miles abo'Ye Jiar~r•a Ferr,,
we mrohed o.om e.nd orosae<l. the l'otomao f\iwr BBTen miles trom oamp
and. t'\I) miles ti,,m Harper'• 1ar-q. ,_e antlered Mar;vlan4, pused
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Harper's F•r, last nSght. We robbed a sood nany atorea •
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We left oamp TH'Y ear :i,. lfarohed. a
ahor, d11tame and. aampd n8'11' a little town oalle4 Parar1esv111•
(?) • We hear cl oooaatoml camontlre trm tho height a dur 1ng the oa,.
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Another wry warm d.q. Loov lJf:' aamp at the UBual ll>ur. we
marahed around 1n Pcm:.... Harptr'a Perr,, JBSHc1 tbrough Ruohettav111e (?), aid started ln the <.l1reat1on of .lred.er1olc Oity. We
passed again thro~h Ru.ohettffllle (?) and aampad mar Jeft1re011
~ . Bal n at nt«l:S.
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Leav1~ aamp at about 81()0 o .'oloolt, we mrol»d' to Predlalt 01t7
and layeci around Ulere all u.,q.·, fhe tanlme• ma.do a 1\ana. at the
l.U.wr. Gordon's dlTlllloJl fta.nke4 ,hem and droYe tmm baok, Jd.11lng and aapturbg a great 01111117.
�sun.,
July ·10
We lett the Monooasr Ri~r o.t tho ueua.l holll'• Saw a t,Teat
m::m.y d.ewi lmilwcs on the i i old. Wo 11B rohod. very hard.", r,asaed
thro~h the little towns of Havannah, W1at11a fawn am out tour
miles :fmm OlarkYUle and oanp911 ln alxteen miles ot Washington
City, the Capital.
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July 11
We lettl aamp very enrl:, on & l'aM narah. lt waa o. very wr.rm
d.'V• Wo pa~sed. thro"Lt;h aevs-al little towna Boohsville, a nice
little ·sesech Town, 1D within about A mile CYt the Pecieral broast"l'IOJ:1ta around tm Capital. \Ve 1ent out Bltll'Dlishere am they aeon
openod t?21r batterlet on ua.
Tues.,
Terror was widespread.
Jul~ 12
We la.Y al"Omid \'iashbgt.on Olty all 4q, The Yai.lm ea threw some · .
1rory lsrge • bells, . but w1th small da!naBEh Ll ttle rain during
the d.a:,.
We oooked rations tor the p!ll'pc»e ot lea"ill6•
1 was ve17
aiok in the nen1ng.
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\'lo lett the U,neB last night at
o 'olook, 1 h8d ommp oollo and \7D.fl unoble to narch •
.All nSgh1: and lloxt d.q I was pretty alolc, walld1ig alo~ ·n1r1 .
slowl.J a.rid Tom1' lng a great deal. fhe enenv fb 1 lowe<i. us ancl. took
a te'IJ prlaonera •
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lt was Tttry war:n. We 'traTolod all daJ, till we o~·osned the
. r1Ter at Leeabm;g, which ves about 3s00 o'olook, Camped about
tllree m1le1 frcm
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ri'tr• · CoOkod three tJ.~s• rations 'here.
Pr1.,
Juli 16
lt wu a ,er7 pleasant 4ay, We rested all dlf'. 1 was ,t.111
ney well. Tae nass \'laShed up their alot:tse toCLq1 I wen,
Ollt ln Ue evening to get son:e berries i
got a goo4 aey. 1
wro,e a letter home. Bo nna aatir. All quiet.
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Sat.,
July 16
lt was a veey ploa.sant &iq. We left .aamp a.t about 6 o 'olook,
marched thro~h Lees town -- a ~r1 handaor:e little tOBn -- turned. to \he right and r.arobed t owar4 Sn1aker'a Gap. A squad of Tankee
oa-.aley dashed. ln among WI an4 destroye4 some ot our wagons. We
aap tured one plaaa ot artiller,v.
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· 1 t was a TflrY warm Wf" ii We lq ln aamp t111 ebom 4 o 'olook
Pe JI., the, marohlzg 4.0WD to the tord at Snlalmr' ■ Gap, we
mat the Tm~e■, angaei,Cl ~hem bo\J.T and. 4JooTer them aoroaa the
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It was a vory pleasant day. Everything aosns to be quiet
alo~ the lines, exoept oaoasional piaket fire along the river.
·.:e 1£¥ • in oamp all dey resting. Several of our men re turne (1 to
aa.mp tadq trom tha hospital. 1 reoeived hio letters. 1;,> partio- ·
ular news to report.
Sun., July 17
( Overlooked)
ltwas a very pleasant dst• Lewiq; oamp at 6100 o'cloak
we croaaed the Shenandoah thia morning, turned.
towa.ltl Oharleaton and oam?3d a~ about 11;00 o'~loak. llarohed nine
miles, No news· to report.
yestel\.lay eveni~,
Wed.,
July 20
It ·was a. ver:, pleasant a.q, with a ·11£ht rain in the evening.
·,1e nal'Ohed nea·r31 all night, halted., oooketl. up rations and moved.
on to Newton, bal tea. am er.aln ooakeci up rations. Bamaaar had a
little tight at ;vinomater.
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','le le tt ?Jewton ear :q in the morning and
maroted. to Strausburg. · Ef'eryt.h11J€ aeema to. be quiet. Reverend
G.aultney returned to oamp th11 morning -- to the Oompa.ey.· Bo new■
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We mromd. down on the rl wr about a mUa ( ?) and went into aamp.
E'leryth1ng quiet. No new■ • Oooked ration■ tor t~ 414"••
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It waa quite pleaaant. No :rartloular newa. Oooaalonal oannontlre 1n the ulreotion of 'dinoteeter. Orders reoeind t.o leave at
· 4100 o 'olook in the. morning. No other news.
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July 24
LeaY 11:Jg osnp at 4100 o 'olook P. M., we mrom d. toward Hinohes•
ter, met up with tlB Yankees near Newton, formed.a line of battle
anci cl:arsed, into their mid.at. ·,,a rout.e~ them, drs:,1118 them to the
otlBr aide ot Winchester, killllig and oaptur1Jlg a great nany. OUl'
loss waa al igls"
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We lay ln aanp t ill abou, &a00 o •oloak or
a100
a 'ol oak ln the
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( Oont1 nued.)
eveniIIB', thm movsl in the u1reot1on of Jlart1naburg, halted
and ami~d \'1.tl'lin a short dhtanoe of the tom. It rainod nearly
all last night aid I& rt o t today. 1 took up a BUn to dey • No
othor newa.
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lt .waa a ,ftlY pleaa,.nt dey. We left oamp at am-up, reached
· llarts.J11burg at about 10,00 o 'olook A. M. and. foum the Yenkeaa
gone. our rttl ,11111t went on provoat
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mmaed. des troy1~ the ral lroad.
Wed•,
111 U• o,oning we OCJDB
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We renalned. 1n Uartiu'burg on provost \guard. lo reporta from
the eneiq. .li.very thi~ a eems 1D be qule t. No news. ;/arm d.tV • I
wrote a letter 'hon:a.
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It was a ft ry pleuant dq. We are a till on duty in the ,own.
We aent otr JI' 11omr1 up the Valley and moved ott aoma maoh1ner7.
~er,tb111& nr,v qui~t. Ho other mwa •
Fri.,
July 29
We left .llartinaburg about d4' 116bt and m&.roheu. toward W1111ameport. Beaalmd the river about 3100 o'olook. ~ aavalry lave bea
ald.rmillh1Jt£ on the otmr eid.e. It was a ftrJ' wann day.
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It vaa a -veiy warm da,'• We left the river at W1111amaport at
about 4100 o'oloak in the morning, marched a dlataioe of about 12
mlilea up to l4ort1naburg and hal tad at 12 ,oo o 'oloolc.
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About the warmest d~ we mve lad 1n Ju17. Lett. aamp at about
d.a,11gl'& and uarcm.d. '1917 hard until 12,00 o 'alook -- a distanoe
ot: 12 mile• - aD1 oamJ;ed at Jhmker■bill• Bo other news of intereat.
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July bu been ave:r~raotift month, but we have
We were at .ulenburg
on the first ot the month, 1·n the Va.lle7. Thm
oommenoea. our raid on \7aah1J:1gton City. We im.rohthmo~h llaryland., cm to the Capital, remained
there two ar tlree o.a;va. and mt.romd. back to
VirglnSa• Mm~ mr■ea and oattled wen the re·nard.
had t-;vo ar three~•• rest.
ot our ral4. ·lJe 1-Te .bacl 1;10'
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1t was 'Very worm in the morni~ and sb:>wers in the evening,
whiah. rrade the air aool, and taus the day pleasant• h"lerythi:rig
■ eema to be 11u1et toCUf'. We are rest int" at Bunkershill• :No news.
1 t was a ver, warm dEV, wl th aoa ram in the evE11iD8• hverrthing quiet. Btill 1n oap. Soim ot the boys went tor~itt;, but
wi t.h Ut tl • u 00111 • Bo newe at lmpgr tlJl.oe ,
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It was ftry pleasant, with
retresbi~ 'shower in the evening •
.Brigade lnapaot1on. Joaejh Stookard rat 1rned to camp trom furlough
home. Shores and JohD10n both lett the reg1nent laat nSgi. •- ·deaerted, 1 mppoae.
It. was a vsry pleaaaDt dq. Lett oanp at 4100 o'ola,k A. M. am
ot W11Uamapart. We DaJ'Ohld 16 mile• UJd
v~ t on p10ket 4uty mar 1all1rig \Vater.
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The ma.rah oon:Unued. \Ve oroBBed. the rher at 10100 A. JI., marohed about fl'9'9 mil•• toward Boone1bo:n, aDl aampad tor tbt night.
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Aug. 6
We left aap Ysry ear~ in the morning in e. hard rain, mioh
beL&,n at 3100 o 'olook A. JI. and continued ti 11 ·9100 o 'olook. We
oame to VI • .11.
(t) an4 omaae4 the river.
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A. Ter, wazm da.7• Left oanp
8100 08ol)ak and a.robed 9817
hard. li.eaamd. Bunkenhlll at 3100 o 'aloak P. K. an4 oanped at the
same olcl oanp11
· 1 t ma Tery warm. We lq ln oamp all dq; ,-ahiJ:g end. oleaning
up •. laew pan.ta am ■ho• - :nr1' (J>od. No new, ot lnter•t•
·still 1n oap,
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rest 1~• Everythl?:f; 1eem_1 to be quiet.
thunder oou14a 1n the erc1!2£•
Wed• 1
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near Jcrd.aD Sprlnsa. Our regfrmmt -.. on ploket. dut)' 81l4 11kirmi1hed
w1 th ?&Ille • OAYalJ7 . ln the ff aniJC •
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Thur11.,
AnOth.tr very warm ~ . We left that position ear:q 1n tbe mol'll•
ing, akirmiahi~ oon ■ tantl1 with the olo1el;v-tlll&oring Yenlme
oaval17 in tm 8't'en1tl8• Camped at night.
Aug. 12
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Leavi~ asnp at ab out 3100 o 'olook in the mom ing, we m :ro h, d to
Strasburg and halted. 1 waa aiok and rode in an ambulanoe all dUiV• It
was a very wam dq. We moved oanp ~ n in '1:1.e ereni:ng and 1~ in
lino ot baUle ol l night•
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Oooupied the aame line till about laOO 6'olooll:• We moved forward,
bull, a Una at tort1t1aat1on■ and li;v behim 1t the re1t ot the 48¥•
Bea'Ty. oamona11ng the . 41r eoUon ot Page Valla7. All qu1e t mre.
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.All quiet alotJg the line ■• :Ro partioular
Was n~t TeJ'1 well. Wol'Jmd some on
1 \ll"Oh a letter hoDB.
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It. was a Tery pleaaant dJf'. .We are still oooupying the same line
ot lfat'1•• . Little t1r1J€ ln the aremng. lo zaewa ot int.erest. !rhB
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All 11oem1 to be q121e t along the line.
Ellis a. Johnson returned to oanp trom lleaertion. 1· an inq.-ovillg,
but feel a lit tl e llOk '1111 eTGni:zg •
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'i/e_latt camp Ywy ear]¥ ln t:bt marnlngand.moved on atter the Yankees, aa they a011111enaed falling be.Gk. Le.at night Bamseur'• dh'hlon
attaoked tmm abd drow than taok.
Thurs., Aug. 18
We lef11 amp In Um mornl11g t\110 miles above W1nomater. It w&l! a .
ver7 olom1 dq, ', w1 th aooe rain ln the momlng. Still tallowing the
YallkBH. Oanpd thl-ee mile a 'below Winobeater.
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We left .oamp 'Ve17 ear~ ln tba mom112g 1n tbe l,1reotion ot Jlartin ...
burg. Jlarohed do• to Bunkonh11l ancl went lnto aamp. ·ver-, olo~
da7, w1 t.h aome .ra1a. ,u~n a· ret urneo. to aamp.
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1, waa ei
wr1
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dq.
b
J>lv1■ 1on
i:repareci to mover.
We
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marchod out a llhort cU.atanaa, the order was oount.ermandeu and we went
baok to the aame old ~ . Little Bkirmiehill{; w1 th the Y:i:nkee cavalry
1n the mornl~.
•
• w. B. Jones returned to oamp trom hoo11ltal.
Bun.,
Aug.
21
.Lealr l?lf; OllDP at lhinlm-r Hlll, we marohed ln the o1rect1on ot Suiithtllld., 11Jdrm1Bh1ng with the menu nearly all the we::,. T~y made a stand
• near Oharleaton. ·,le had a good nany wounded. l was aiok at the hospital•
\
J4oJh 1
, AllS•
22
lt was a very raiey da1• Myealt, with \he siok and woundeu, ,vas
started oft to Wlnoheatar1 sot there after dark. Little akirrniehing
Dear Charle a ton.
'rue 11 • 1
.h.ug. 23
It waa very pleasant though a little oool during the c1ay. \",e left
·.v1nahe•ter about 3100 o'alook .P. 11. cm wecon taaln tor Sta.mton. We
oamped. _at liewton.
Wed•, . Aug. 24
Wo resumed tro.Tal in wagon tral n, Csnped near t3taunton. 1 oama on·
tour mites aboft 'Noodato11lt am ■ pent the ll1ght at a pri'ft.te ~uae. 1
• a ve.rY • 1ok ln the 8'1on1q; •·
Thurs~, Aug. 26
We m<>"99d up th•· road aa tar aa Mount Jaokson.
ln , he e'l'en1Jig 1 1n rain. No nevra.
Got, there about 5100
~ 'olooll:
ll'r1. 1
Aug. 26
very
lt was a
pleasant dq. Lett l4ount P.ookaon about 8100 o'alook
A. M. 1 waa Ter~ alak all o.q. We aam:r-d about ti-v e mllea below Ha.ra-1aonburg. No other nawa.
Sat-.,
Aug. 27
":la . lett oamp thl• mqmlng abom 8100 o 'olook, moveu on, drew ratlona
at llerr1aonbur6 anci oam1Jecl at; Mount Orottord • . lio other news.
l.,e 1' oainp at tbe usual hour and reaobed tbe hoap1tal at Utau.nton a,m erenlng. 1 wa11 no\ wey well• Found ~. J. raw
1;>0~ tour 0·•01oa1t ln
.there.
J&on. 1
Aug~ 29
lt ._. a var, pleamm, 411". No news at all•
moml?Jg11 1 wrote two ow tlree letters.
I .
l -waa
TflrJ
a1ok ln tbt
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1· wroto a letter home.
I
Wod.,
Aug. 31
1
lt was qu1to oool 1n the mom1ng. 1 was exanined by the eureeona
am tzoanaterred to Oharlottnille. ·;1a1 •a ry aiok all day. lio other nna.
Thia l'BB beEll an _ootive month ln the Valley, full of
ski~ishing and hard ma.roJ)lng, up end down the ,Ute.
1 was
very bad malth all the times bro~ down on
the marah of ten.
·
UUJDWil'I
in
Kuoh rain during the month.
• l waa aon, to the boapital on the 22nd from Smithfield,
Va. 1 ht.Ye rooelved bu, one leUer during the month ....
_ that was the orop.
!l'hura., •Sept I
lt was a Tery pleasant da.Y• · l lla\'a bean nry a1ok all dlf'• No
.tlaular newa. lot bem tranate-rred. yet.
Fr1. 1
pal"-
•
Sept. 2
.·· Ver; pleaaant but oool ln the morning. A big crowd went O\.l.t :fran the
.hospital to their .aomnanda. s~ went to Ohar1'ottaT111~ •
. About fttty were ranoftd tram Staunton to Oharlo•tn1lle, and from
· the*• to ·LynohbUJ'g• • The eame d.(9', . ln the toranoon, lt rained. hard.
S\D'le I
Sopt, 4
:Ve were eant from tho reoeiYing hospital to the general hoaT)ital, Bo.
2, · Third Dl"fillon, I took ■ ome medlolna 1n the m::rning. Waa very 1lck
alldfv•
Mon,, Sep, 6
•
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1 t was a Ter:, pleaiant clay • . Bo newa ot lntereat. l was alolt all dq.
Ate nothing but a lit; tle tni11. Wrote a letter home and took a abort
1
walk in t :tm evening.
~e .,
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· Oool and ol ouq,
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abOll~
the
bO ■pS.tai. :
·:o~t '· ,o, .~ ney •
Sept , 6
wl Ch IOJD8 raln.· Bo new■ • .u.'wrythl~ 11 Tery dill
Plenty, ot fruit t or all a, high prt oe1, ),ut 1 am
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·,/au.,
sept • 7
lw.ther oool 1n the morning. I am at1ll aiok.. Bv-orythb~ var:, dull
and quiet. No nows at a.11. Olen.red ott nm. waa pleasant in tho evening.
Thura.'
Oool,
No ·newa ..
Sept B
al.ou~ dEf", with aomo rain. I t~nlc l am im}rovlng a little~
All ver-, 11{lll8t•
Fri•,
·very IJ'etty, _\•rm d.11'•
Sept ·. 9
I wrote a latter to
A. J. Ourtil. No other
news ot 1nt.e rest.
It waa a pretty
1D be put 1n than.
cl~•
Sat • ~
A ·tew l1Ule l'WIIOra afloat,
~an. ,
I. ;
Sept. • 10
It wa1 a Tery warm d.q,
a letter home.
but no rclianoe ·
SeJJ' • I l
ETeryth1ng la vary lonely 111d aull. l wrote
•
14on.,
Sept. 12
.lt was a TGry pla»aa.nt O.a~r• Ona man 1n the ward 1a dan~eroUB~ aiok
and 1 .t hink he will a.le• 1 'belleTe l have lm:troTed. a little in the las
taw days.
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1 t ·was a beautiti,il W'1 •
ly 111 died thla morning
lmpr0vi:rl£•
a,
b
Sep\ • 13
an ot wheal 1 apolm as belt)£ danGeroua-
8100
o 'oloak.
Wed•,
No o\her newa.
1 am atlll
Sept • 14
I
It was a. Yery pretty 4~• At last 1 had t _h e pleame ot r8'1.u1ng
■ ane letter ■ from home, a~ ,trom friends - aeYen ln ail. lio other
I
news.
I
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Tbura.,
Sept. 16
SeYeral lefl the hospital 'Ml report to their oormand.a. No news atloa~.
l■ quiet•
1 hacl a tooth extraoted and wrote a letter to . ~
E:rerythillg
bl'Otbtr.
Frl.,
It wa.1 a -.ery r,ret,y day.
~ep\. 16
&vorything 1a qUiet. No news.
a• .i>ezmall.
I wro,e
a let t.e r to h. "-• ~palnhour and to Oou11n
Sat.,
.
,' .
Sep,. -1 ~
There was a little talk of a ri.id on the South ■lde o~ tm road,
am \Jm aonTaeoel•' wer• marahalle4 to 4eten4 the ho1p.lt.al -- the7 :were
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gett1?18 the numbers ot the oonYa.aoelent in the hoap1 tal reaq to detel'Jd
tho plaoe. No ot be r new a•
It was a very pleaBant dq, with so~ ra:im tn the moming.
ao well tod~ as usual. Had oonaid.erable· fever.
J.ion.,
•
1 was not
Sept. 19
It was a very pleasan, clal • Ho newa ot lntaroat • l~arythlnt la qQ.iet.
1 Yl!'ote a. letter rome. I ihinlt 1 an lmy:rovinc al1gbt)3.
Tuea.,
Sept. JO•
lt ,.,as a Tary warm day. 1 was very alok all WW• it was ror:orted that
General Rhodes was ldlled a tew wws agO and that hie body would be in on
. . the tra1 n thia evcmlng. No other news.
: . Weu.,
Sept. 21"
I
It waa a T.ery pleasant 4q. The Exam1n1zig .t,oard met todn,v f•e the
purpose· ot turlougtil_ng. · 1 waa tWmined arid got forty days fQl'lough.
~hura.,
Sept. 22
1 left tha hoJpl tal tor home on tllrloU:Sh,
went by Rlomoncl to 1ea Judaon.
turned at Burke BTU le and
· 1 went to ihe Wimer Hoapltal &$ took dbner, then l onrried some
bacgage to the dopot.. Rained. Tef'Y hard. all dq, l left fdohmond on the
1
four o 'oloOk train.I
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1 an travel 1ng by tru1n. Raao·hed. Danvllled about day11gh1i, to Oreen11boro at about 10 ·o'oloak A, M. am 1q over there till next morning.
Ban.,
8ept. 25
-1 let, ~al1abuey a.t 6 a_OO o' olodk Me ll., Stateavllle at 8100 o'alokk,
walked to llondq.' a and. r ode a mule tan miles. · 1 f1.n1ahed the journey home
in a oar riage •.
'-.
lion.,
ww
' 1 an at home and spent thla
here.
Thqy were not •xpeaU.11g 1111 at tJBt Ume.
..
~a.
,
1
'
Sept. 26
1 tound ·them all tolerably well·~Sept. 2'1
It waa a wry pleasant 4"1 • 1 apent ~ t ime at home. Olara l'ennell
oamo OTeJ.'i ln t .·h. e .,.,en111g·1a
etq all nlc:ht.
No other llewa , .
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1 t ,\Us a vor y ol oudy day,
·1-✓a1
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at tl:8 •
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:J opt. 28
with eoim rain. (ii.ri tlng un1nte llicible)
. . ot the Yadkin -River •
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•
~hura., Sopt. 29
tord •
lt was very oloudy, w1 th 1100 ru.1n. 1 ,vont t.o town in the morning
have a ooat out. Kr. Allan lxinny oame over 1n the
eveni~.
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1 t was ~ TWY \',Ql"JTl cicq, 1 lllOnt the, c W over tho -"1V4»"• Fa.th~ kUJe d
a beet 1n the 8'en1~. l t.ook a 11 ttle shotting frolic in \he evening.
Sat.,
1 spent the u.~ at ha,
the day. llo othar·nen.
Oot.
The l\iver was past toral~.
Sun.,
'18.B
1
Some rain d.uring_
Oat. 2
1 wmt to the 'l'980hera' Sohoolhouae to hear Rev. MoNeal· iroach,
d.happointed.. l>t ■ Deems prauahad. 1n W1lkeaboro.
but
Mon.,· . 0011. 3
1 t was oourt .~ 1n ·111im1bo.ro1
'Jilkesboro and atqecl w1 th
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I was 1n town, · ReY. Omil.tnpy oame to
us.
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· It waa a Tery warm day. 1 wst to Wlllmaboro to bear Dr. Deems epeak.
_-A YWY lll:1'68 arowd attenled..
ln
I wont over to llr. We lborne • a wl th Mr. Ore ene and a~ Gd a short time.
the eTSl.lnt; 1 went up to Kr. Dennf'a and spent the nigh'•
'.rhura.,
1 ret.a.ted home about ten _
o'aloak
Court weak in Willcesboro.
a.
ll.
oo,.
6
lt reained ' Ter;y hard loday.
Fri. Oat. 7
It wae a Twy t>leasun, d.1q.
1 wo:rlmd. a little on a 1\lnnal -~ make mo-
l~•aea. No other newa.
I
Sat·, 1
'
I• •
Oat. 8
lt :,,as Tsrt pleasant 1n tba momiq;, . bu, oool 1n _the ·evening.
ed a Uttle on the oane mill, .Preuah1,:nc Up at the aahoolhouae.
Sun..
h was vor., oool,
with aome
'fro ■t
1 work•
oat. 9
1n the morniJ~·•
ne't'.
Gaultney and
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:.XoNoal praaohed at the aahoolhou.oe,
No other nows.
Oat.,
Mon. 10
It wa:J a 'fery plonsant dey. lt~ather ooL'llnenoo:i to make molasses. Ma.de
about eight gallons •. No other news.
Tues., .Oat. 11
It was, another pleasant d.ay.
mlll -- mc.iti~ molaaHa,
No ,other mws.
Wed.•
It oloudocl up a little and rained bi
over the hivar. ·
Still world~ at cane
Oct. 12
too evening. 1 spent the 'night
Thurs.,
oot. 13
1 returned hone about ten o•aloak am helpeu make molasses. Ur.
"4artin anl a arowd ot lacilea •~oppeu. for the nit;ht on tmir wa3 to the
Assooiation.
It waa a vm-y 1rett1 d.11". 'lhe Aoaoaiation oommenoed on Louise lt'orlt.
1 tllink t hore w111 be " goat nan1 atte?l':11%78.
It. was a TfJt'Y pleasant d.~.- We all went up to.the AasocSation and
had a rather nloo Una.. . The AaaoalaUon wl tha.rew tron the The h'iah1ng
"OreEk Ollllroh•
sun.,
There ware a ·t ;l'eat nnny people thltr,fl
era diaturbeu. the meeting.
Oot. 16
Had -'1-10 sermona.
Mon."
I
The deee:r.-t-
oat. 17
•
It was a -very pleasant d~. A orowd ot ladles wont up to epena.' the
.de¥ at :.1r. 1>e~•1. l went up 1n. the attornoon.
Tiie a.,
•
lt was a very pleasant a.er•·
went to town in ,he eYenb1g,
s.
'1.Jennl~s spent the aa, w1 th me.
'.·lea.,
It was another· pleasant day.
Oat. 18
1
Oat. 119
1 went to town 1n the morm.11Jl~ early.
At 10 ,oo O 'olook l l!ltar'led to State11T1lle with .Dr. Xoung.
ie left 'll.\V'loran~le earJ1' ltt hm 1111m>.1n6t- got to S.U.tea•Ule o.t 12100
,I
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• I
�o'olook A. M..
twol ve, miles.
loft at 3a00 o'olook with
Pri ••
'I. J~.
Oranor and oame about
Oot. 21
','lo left Stateov1 lle at ab out 7&00 o 'cl ook a.nd reached -.ruko aboro at
about 3&00 o 'olook in ta, eYtm1%l6• Mr. Gontey. Gaultney• e.nd Lieutenant -------· ------ all atom:..ed with us in the ovaning.
3at. •
Oat. 22
lt was a vrry oold day. 'Jo all wont to tho 'loo.ohera' Soho0ll'X>W10 and
oonst1tutod a ahurah. No newe.
sun.
.t
Oat. 23
Rev. Gaultna~ proaoood the tllnerala ot Cousins John aDi Samuel 1iennell.
Margrot Loaoh and Cous1n Suaa Pennell wero b:i:ntizod. •
Xon..
us.
It was a very plaasan, ~ •
no other news.
oot.
lass liollie
24
u.
Hall spent the n1th with
Tuos •• . Oat. 2li
l twas another pleasant d.ay.
li1vor ·and spent the night,
1n tm 9'1'enlng Oal: and I wont over the
- 1 t was a Tery wet day~ 'l!he doa&lle starts d to aamp.
Pennell left home 11:)dq. No other newa. '.
'
It was anotmr we~ c.\ay. '.rhe details left toaq.
cutting up on Louise Fork •.
Frl.,
• I
Cousin IlarveJ
The d.eeertera are
Oat. 28
It was another very pleaaant day. . Jule, Matt. Mollie Hall,
~taley and myoelf ~ll went dole to the Roaooaua tor the night.
Sat.,
•
'i7e lett lilr.
Roaaeat. ■
R. 14.
Oat. i9
about tm o'olook and oame to Col. Petite'a.
C~t
hom ab out 4 ark.
sun., oat.
30
.A part of the HomeglUIZ'd aarne U>roas some daaortera in amb1.1eh below Faws
and f~8'1 into them, woundl~ throe or tour ot thom. Bo other nowa.
Uon.,
I
Oat. 31
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All tl'lt Homegwird are out atter lleaertera to~.
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SUWWl1'1
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~is has bem a vory plebeant month. 1 spent nr;- time
at home. 1 t ha.s oo w an e.o ti vo month tor the Horae6\13,rds t.hoy >ave be m out moot of too tit'.»I huntine
bu.ahwhBokers, d.o:1arter1, robbers, brlt:;ande, eto.,
The dooerte:ra,· eto., haYe robbed a t;reat im.ny oitiaena of the 00W1ty. ·
NoT. l • 1864
t~ea.,
- fhora la l1ttl~ newa.
'lbe llomeg\lar4 111 ~111 out.
Wocl,,
1 m atoyl~ rather ol.ose homBe
liov. 2
No lnt.erestlne; new1h
·:
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iha · Homeguard 111 bringing ln a tew daaerter1. No ~rtloular newa,
I won, over
,m
♦
Rlver and ■ ta.,e4 a eho:rt time. · ·0oua1'1 Harvey Pennell
" raturned home at mgh,.
Sat.~
Nov. 6
1 wen, oYer \he RiTer ln th& nen1ng, :, Olara Pennell oame baok home
with me and etay8'1. all _nlght.
• I
lt was a Yer-:, · pleaaon, clq. .a.unt Suaan Pmnell oame owr.
realer dlad.. 1 won\ ap to Kr. l)enn,•a·.
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•a• a went CliW ,
1ta.,v8'i all 41V.
: lion,•
•
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waa
Hrs. For-
Nov. 7
Oourt Weak ln toe.
1 wont up ,o town and.
No lnten1tlrg newa.
•
, /'
l twas &Dother wet day, ·-·1 went io to,c at'ter the ·nail• Got a letter
from Judao:ll. lo o~'ber 1;1ewa.
·
Wed, 1
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NOT• · 9
Jlt rain todair• 1 wenl up to Oo~s1n Summ. llonnell 'a went wUh me, 1 · 1tqecl all nlah'•
lt
was ·a
Yery pleasant 467• ' w'eZMurn&d borne..
lannle Pennell
Ho intereatll:8
ll8W8e
�•
The Ho~ £I1lard started. on a nao\tting ex111d1 t1on ln tho evmi1ng.
Jat.,
Hov. 12
Jlo lnterostlng news.
Thero was proaohlng up at the eohoolhouso.
deserters are et 111 ouU~ng up at Trap Hill.
Uwi. •
The
Nov. 13
There was preaohl:ng oea.in at tlE aahoolhouse. 1'he Homaguard oaught
Oh~roh and Roth a~d brought them ta town. Tho dosertera aro still out•
ting up a.t ?rap Hill.
Llon.,
NoT. 14
· It was a Vf1l'y oold\dl\V• 1 want to Eaylaa (1)
ra:tUe9es trom 1'enmaseo,
Good
mmy
•
and a ~ed ·a.ll night.
liov. 18
It was a very pleaeanl day,
ed: on to Ruthestord.
No i:arttoular new1.
Wed,,
The ret'ut;eea start-
Nov. 16
It was anothlr ftry pretty d~• I wont out at night with a squad of the
the Homaguard, · but we had. no auoaess ln 1'1nd1ng deaortera.
Thurs.,
Jfoy. 17
I went to tm: Poat Ottloa,- but sot 11ttlo news.
l spent the, 111ght w1 th AUnt Sul!ian ~mnell ■
· Fr1.,
1 retumed
Jilr. Gray • .
.
pome · about
I0aOO o 'olo.a k.
· Sat.,
lt was a oold, 4rh•lJ·dil'•
•
Nov. 18
J'ule and Oal spent the dtq wl th
Rav. 19
l renalned b0me and helped kill a beet •
...
It was a Tery wet day•
sermon.
no news of interest.
·l?reaohinc at Sharon's -- frlplett' s farewell
I · 1pmt the night over ,he ·hiver.
lt waa a nry wet c1q.
1, waa a
Tflr1
0014•
l ranalned. mme.
llo part1Q\1lar
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bluat.-7 lllf' . - .Ibo ooldea, we baTe l'ad. lo newa.
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l t waa i.nother oold. d4f •
evon1Jl6•
I went hunt1na (not bu11hwhaolmra:) ln the
It was et1ll mother ool4 do.~. Jule,
11am Finley'a and spent thit nSght.
.
Wo · spent the at,ernoon
evening.
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llat · and myealt all went to Wl~
Auguatua l'lnley•••
RteuJ'Dlld b0me late ln the·
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James W. McKee Collection: Two Confederate Army Soldier Diaries, 1861-1865
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The James W. McKee Collection: Two Confederate Army Soldier Diaries, held by the Archives of Appalachia [link to www.etsu.edu/archives] at East Tennessee State University, consists of photocopies of typescripts of the diaries of two Confederate soldiers, Finley Patterson Curtis and Rufus A. Spainhour. Both men served in the Confederate Army with the First and Second North Carolina Regiments in the Virginia theater. Curtis' commanders were General Stephen Dodson Ramseur and Brigadier General (?) Warren. Spainhour's commanders included Generals Jubal A. Early, James B. Gordon, Robert E. Lee, G.H. Stewart and (?) Thurston and Brigadier Generals Theophilus Hunter Holmes and Stephen Dodson Ramseur. Spainhour's diary is the more colorful; he covers several notable events (e.g., Gettysburg, the siege of Washington, and Appomattox) and includes sober reflections on the realities of war.<br /><br />Curtis' diary is a detailed account of his service from 1861-1864 and is divided into four books. His diary ends with an account of a furlough at home. Spainhour's diary is a condensed version of the original by Curtis' son, F.P. Curtis, Jr. A question mark (?) used in the typescript indicates doubt concerning whether the word was copied correctly from the handwritten diary.<br /><br />The current digital collection contains PDF file surrogates created in 2022 of the complete content of the collection.
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Finley P. Curtis Diary: Book Four, 1864
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1864
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James W. McKee Collection: Two Confederate Army Soldier Diaries, 1861-1865
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The James W. McKee Collection: Two Confederate Army Soldier Diaries, held by the Archives of Appalachia [link to www.etsu.edu/archives] at East Tennessee State University, consists of photocopies of typescripts of the diaries of two Confederate soldiers, Finley Patterson Curtis and Rufus A. Spainhour. Both men served in the Confederate Army with the First and Second North Carolina Regiments in the Virginia theater. Curtis' commanders were General Stephen Dodson Ramseur and Brigadier General (?) Warren. Spainhour's commanders included Generals Jubal A. Early, James B. Gordon, Robert E. Lee, G.H. Stewart and (?) Thurston and Brigadier Generals Theophilus Hunter Holmes and Stephen Dodson Ramseur. Spainhour's diary is the more colorful; he covers several notable events (e.g., Gettysburg, the siege of Washington, and Appomattox) and includes sober reflections on the realities of war.<br /><br />Curtis' diary is a detailed account of his service from 1861-1864 and is divided into four books. His diary ends with an account of a furlough at home. Spainhour's diary is a condensed version of the original by Curtis' son, F.P. Curtis, Jr. A question mark (?) used in the typescript indicates doubt concerning whether the word was copied correctly from the handwritten diary.<br /><br />The current digital collection contains PDF file surrogates created in 2022 of the complete content of the collection.
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McKee, James W. (Person)
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<a href="https://archives.etsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/318" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James W. McKee Collection: Two Confederate Army Soldier Diaries</a>, Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University
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1861-1865
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Finley P. Curtis Diary: Book Three, 1863
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1863
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.Jan. 22 to 31
UiU ~ a .i:io en tr1 es ln the u iary tor t heae u at oa.
1 was not Tsy well today. ,l sohooner orossed over the ..Potomo
tbe other night. Wo \Dlloa~d lt today - ~ools, eta.
sun.,
lt was a wry pretty dlV.
to the oreek. ·
· We had a
very
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ar. Webb
and 11r. Spainhour went down
lliHlll1'¥ snowstorm .t OWi".
Was a wry p-et,1'
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wrote a letter.
Wea.., . .f'eb. 5
l atooci on gqarcl.
· d.o.m w the \Jreek.
lt was a oool.
, t was a Tery plea~t cl~.
wa, 4ay.
»ouohelle went to the 1"8611l8n,.
lt was a very pleasant day.
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John aart,111 went
•o newa ot . lmporta:i.oe •
Sat.,. •eb. 8
lt was a aoll,
rain, a1ld. aJ10\'IY d.8¥•
V9" pretty 4q. •ired at a wssel ln the morning.
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1 went up the ol'eek tor a load. ot wood..
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l stood. on suard '°dq•
Sun.,
Snow tell
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lnQhea deep.
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Was a very wet and cold da:,.
Waa a damp, olo~ wq.
Waa a v•y wet ~q'•
tiudaon,
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1 went after beef for our meas.
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ot lmportanoe.
Wooo.rutt and ~. ~enaan tor nendenJ returmu. from horr.e.
uolu., o loud,y 4a:,.
tiud.aon want ~to Aaqulb ureek.
Sat.,
•eb. 22
Sun., · •eb. 2a
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helped haul ao4 to
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the tortlt1oatlona.
~vy winds tom a~ the motmh ot AOqula ureek •
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~a a 'beautlffl,
warm dq.
1 was on the alolt ll ■ t•
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Pleasant rnarnlng.
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M'eb. 26
l.t ralJJed 1n the evenl~.
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blu■ te17 dq.
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Tury pretty clq.
Some ot the boys are workinti; on the fort.
Sun.,
.rtad rain,
gwu-d.
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hall and anow today a Ter y d.1aagTeeable.
Was a very pretty
oq. So:ne ot
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a~od on ~ d . .
A be&utif\ll clqe
uol4,
the boya are working on the tort.
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snow.
.a. helped hail wood.
Sun.,
.a1.oe warm d.q •
.i. stood on
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Dome ot the. boya helped h&.ul v;oocl.
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urdora oame to evaouate ·~
~olnt. rle worked all day and. nlsht
dismounting our oannona, wh1oh we -aent awq, &JJd ~an•~e?Ting all.
our ·th1iga to tho regizmnt,
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it ·was a beautiful day. Vie worked at ~ Point• . removing our belongings to •rederlokaburg.
Wed.. ,
Alnother beautltll 4'.t•
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Paakod Cllid t:1ent out thiq;a awa::,, :and removed
the oannona trom ao • .a. and. •o• 2 i.at.terlea.
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We lett wame Point and went to the ret,lll8nt.
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',7e drilleu with the batlilllon, knapeu.oks on.
We wera oruero<l to
b~ in realiine sa for the ~rah ln a raoinen t • a :not loe.
·,1as a v~y wet wq. •O battallion drill. .1.t ls reported that the
i&Dkees are laming a\ .a.venapo_rt ••Y rapidly.
iery wet
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We had lnppeotlon.
1 ~tooci on t,'"llard..
aaroh
Very pleasant in the evening.
oamp and ma.rahed to uroH .noade,
Fret ty- da.7.
.no dr111.
We ware ·order8<1. to mr.i.roh.. \ie, broke
and oamJB d one mu e rem t he oreek.
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oamp to \jrosa itow;ls.
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1 was detailed to cook.
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'° p- epare ·tor \he
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our wa1 to --orth uc4'ollra.
We aent our t hlngs ahe~
.-aro.h ed &s tar as 1'rederlcka-
burg.
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.L,ett •red.erloksburg ai 12 o • a look on the train and trllVeled all night.
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At daylight we wore between Petersbtrg ~nd ·'leldon. 'irav,e led all day
the nlgbt. -.heaohetl voldaboro, •• v.~ - abou~ ~ o'olook 1n tm
night. disembarked, pitched out our equlpzent, and slept on the t~rouDi
,·11tb0ut tents or &.eythlng.
b.llcl halt
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waa,a vary wet day.
sl1el tur of &I\Y kim.
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}1e hud lt all to take without tonts or
'thur s. ,
March 27
'we moTed our oamp ub out two mile B on the othor e ki.e ot town.
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u,ry warm, pretty aay. We e.ent our trunk ot a lothes home toaay.
D. D. Cottey took it tor us.
Sat.,. Mll.roh 29
J.t was it. T&ry cool day uncl rained some 1n the ~ven1~.
our tents, · put them up .azn swept ott the o~p-Ylil.Jld• ,
Sun. 1
;;e reoeive<l
Maroh 30
.u wa1 a cool, olo~ 4iay• . .1 was d.otailod to to to voldaboro to
help_ 1mloacl aCllle linneld. rltles.
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J..arkin started to J'rediokeburg atta- the
boxes lett there •
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l.t was a very iretty day.
ueneral i'/ allmf'• .urlgacie w_&.a on general
ra_v lew tod&~ tlYe regim,nta and a oanp;..ny ot artlll~l7•
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Wad., · April 2
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the Dw>e r,wer ln ·the ffen1ng.
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Oapt • .Drown took the oompany out to
Aprll 3
Yery pretty day. · We 4ld the bayonette drlll •
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was a warm d.8¥• · li~ular clri 11,
six ho1r a a day.
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J.t was -u. Ter.f p-ett;
oamp todq•
w.y.
001. \tOr<.lon and • ·• ·;•~ls.on came to our
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�U was a vory pleasant ICia.y.
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.urUleu In Ulf.i battulion 1n the
Waa a Ttr y oold,
Ume ot u.
rainy dq.
·,;·as a Tery o_old,
•lndy ~ • '\Va Jrllled. ln the battalion today•
rough
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J. • tood. on t;-uu.rd 1.1ui hai a very
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·,,as a very··pleaaant d.aq. 'Je moTed oa.11p about tour miles trom
voldeboro, on '21e Aingston Plka.
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1t was a v•y dull day.
pntt1 dq.
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lt~ular cirl 11
in the
A 414 noi: drill - toda71
•o Jl"&t0bl1!g 1n oamp • .
battalion.
had. •l~headaehe.
Wed.., April .lG
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ple.aaant 4q. A company of aavalr7
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1faa _a •er, pleaaant Cl&J•
Was Ter-J warm.
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.lo d.rlll in the battalS.011 •
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OWDe tl'om
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lio drill in the battfii.llon.
llo drill .
~e assigned. the parole .
Sun., Aprll 20
-fn.is le Easter Sunday, and ver y warm. May Parka oamo to ,Our oamp1
.James Eller alao. .lieoe1Ted a lett er tram bome. 11Uobell brought lt.
J. t. r-~u.i · sane 1n the · eTelllng.
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Had a oonsideruble storm today. 1/Jti.y Hackett oa.ioo to camp.
Ci.pu.ln .urown i22..
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drew ·~•22 tode.ya
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April 22
uold, windy day with aCllle rain ••• ,le reaeivecl new :.tntield 1ar1es
today. aay liaaltett departed.
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Drilled with ritlea betore noen •
lll thrll the· bat~Uon drill.
.1.n the 6Tening Colonel t.~aom
uur regimen\ e·soorieci the body ot' uolonel JJavla, ot the Seaond .a. u.
lteglment of \J~Valry, \o the ~ave at uold.aboro. nod a nloe tlr•.
• -rery
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\re bad r~imental lnapaotlon,
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ite had no drill, ··
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Sun. 1
April 2'1
1Jool 1 olou(\y day,· ~01. 1'ller ~nd .tS. ,oater
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ow oamp toclq,
April 28
\'las .a very warm dq, iuclson wae slok and went to a p-1,ate house.
Uolonel uarber "f'laltad our oemp t.oc:b:q',
Was· a.,.,., warm cia¥~
uolorial Jllller 4ei:arted. ~r ltale1gh.
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We had . 1nape0Uon ln t.he morning, · •~llion drill ln the ovenbig.
lt was 11, 0001 1 oloudy day~ vrlth aome raln,
home tod.q.. Uome ot the boys went· to .J..ns■ to1a.
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mile a,
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~1he r41g1mtnt •rahed out
�wary wa:rm day-.
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\,as a olou~ dq, with some rain. -ihe uolonel returned trom
home. (·that will b&'ftt been UolonE!l "• A. orown. -,PU)
Mon.,
aay 5
very warm cla,y, wUh aome rain ln the evening. il •
returned. from h-0me.
w~y pleasant ciay.
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We drille<.i. in the battalllon t•Hioe •
.very pleaaant ciay. _ .l a.lei not drill ln the eYening on aaoount
ha.Ting headaobe.
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,ery~,pleaaant lkq.
J<egw.ar cirlll.
May 8
.ttegular drl ll ln ihe battalion.
4'udaon ,tarted
o_amp todai' •
home.
sa,., · asq
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uololl81 vordan oame to our
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,er:, warm ua.¥• i wa.a not \l8ll 1wcfle h8'1 preaohlng .ln oamp bp$Our
new obapldn, .11n • .·.atowell.
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\7e had regular ,drill in tho battalion.
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\1e had a general
re•lw~·
"o n8'1'lS.
Wed., . 11ay J.4 .
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vvy warm
Jaoketa.
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Waa a oloUdy cl.q,
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wl1ih rain
ln the
evening. 'We .d..rn shoes ~cl
w1 th aome ralD. ·.urllleu. onoe ln the· battalion.
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·.a:his is the ua, set ~s1<ie by the ..l'rueidant for observwioo ot
l'aet JJ33. .a. went to volu.aboro in the uvenill::• ,ery wet ~veni~.
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·,1e had !lP
\fal'Dl clay.
a.rill.
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;a. stood.
on gu-rd. "i.'e
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had .i.nspeoUon.
had a,. thUilderstcrm 1n the evenl~.
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,t was a ve,ry warm
o.a.y.
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..:he uld "1.lal'U had. to polloa t'tle·.renoampment • . •,
ilea.Ty thunderstorm in the eYen1Jf;.
Wed..,
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-i:h1s 1s m:, b1rthda¥• .a. did not drill~ tor ~ was not well. lt was
a very warm ~ . .(~ ta.ther was 20 years olc1 on this d•. ,.;_ •·Pu.)
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v•y warm d.e;y. Vie had two
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our aarap.
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vsy warm dq.
.11~u1a~ <lrill ln the battalion.
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.mother oool, olou~ uq. ·,le had. oompuny .1.nspeotion. all made preparation in ~e trtenlns to awroh ~t tiTe o 'oloak i~ the morning.
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11e lef't vamp a,1n~oah 1114out ten o 'oloai. on our way to wireinia..
rlent to '70lds'boro, got on the tr. . . in &.nd rolleu on to w1rg1nia. ·..re
reaohed '.}eldon Alt nigh\, d.1aembiirked and. 1,itohod oamp in the r;.1.ln.
·,:e lett ';/eluon veey early -- it was s till pouring rain - some of ua
in box ~ • • · others on top ot flat oars , l n the ru in. 'Je r aa.ooocl. .
Potursburg about 12 o'olook, ma.rahed about. halt a mile, md pitohed
oami;, 1n the rala.·. ~ thla \lme nigh\ ·bf.Ld 'fallea
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·1;'e spent the morning in building bunks ~d drying our bl...nketo.
':/e had Just t'ixecl. avecythings oomtortablJJ, when ordors OWUt) to
rt:turn to 'ilel<l.on, '1lo ''struok" tonta a.m h4ld ovoryth1ng transport:,
eel to l'oterauurG• l'ho r I.E 1rro nt marched dovrn ~nd boarded the train,
when, once moro, in . the very aot ot le1&ving, the order ·,vas oountormandeu., Qlld .we had to go llaolt to our old oarnp. jo we d i<l not t:,-et
our tents till iate in the nif,h.t.
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etruoteu. our beds, a.o news of importance.
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\ie urllleo. in the biittallon. vr<l.ers to m..iroh ~me about 6 o'olook
in tha tiVtining. l\ew.«iy tor the ma.rob with ~pea.aka, ,ten,a, eto.
all paoke<i, a :t.ia.Ty rain oame up WDl we did_ no~ ~O• •
'H~Y ;1leasant d~.
.no drill~
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-"O news ot importi.noe.
•be appolllllttax .r.her was Tery ·full,
Jun,,
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•t. wa.s a Ts-7 '118&.t,;J'Beable, rdn,y morning. ·,:e str... t.td tor .niohmoDd
o'clcc.ici... ••• · but v:as _c.let a 1ned a t the depot tor some t.1':ie on
,..; .,..:~ --~..·:,~•-• '.: u.cuo~t_ Q,f,.rev_i_a :1., .· ~l:!o_g t -"'~ o'olook. We rested ..1. while .::. nci atartE:d on
. . . . ·M:.~i:;."·,~; ,;~ ,; ..:1, t~e _roa;roh ' ~ .11u,<1.. the ,b ~ttlafield • . ium ed vtrry warm. ·.~e mraheti .withln
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· . · : ~·:. ~ . ~- .~ : oiosin&• ...{te:r enoamplng about throe muss, we retired. three miles to
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-~her e we 'ba4,·lett our ~psaaks, and there bivOU&.oe<l..
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toward· the. b~ttletield', halted 1n a pine grove and awaited ordors.
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_small Oak•, · where we again built beds ot brushes and alao slept wltbuut
our ,1mapsaok1. A he~Ty r-... tn wet us ~horoly •
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at 6 o'olook ~~-. RA. · we started on riiokot duty - rain pouring, mud
trom ·s1x to e1E;hteen inohoi <.ltH~P• ~his was lndaed a. severe test, t'll!a~
ot us having not eat.ell breald'ast. l'inall7 - r ... in still pourint;! - we
rt>..aohed tbs line, where we were deployed. ·,/ater stood on the g11uund.
i"rom six to ~went3'-1'iv0 lnahee deep. All ot us were peri'\Jot.ly wet u.nd
covered wlth mud.. .u••r arranging \he Une prop.1 rly, a ~ t of the
oom!)IWy was relleTe'1 and uni to an el4 house tor II few boura, · atter
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l ayeu. Jn oainp three or fo_llr v,ealcs wil,h typUUd. fov~r. vn the 3.a.st
day of Juli, .1. v,ae ~rrl&u to ·•he ·,i 'indor noepital, at l{ichmond,
' whare .l reuia1ne'1 tor fourtetin o.aye. · •'lwn rey. tutmr oomu after' roe
I' and .. want, baok home w1th ·h1m. ·anu. etu.you' untn ' o:aptomber 22.
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1 urillec1. today tor .the first time
in several woeks. ·
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nioo ~rapes•
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with some rain ln the evt1ni1J£•
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olouuy <iuy. .1r'e had no <lrili.
Another oool, oloucly ciay, with ■ome rain ln lhe eYcnlrg.
out of oa111p toliq .and got some apples.
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lt was a Tery olow.1, driuly da¥• .no i?'Ul. heaehe<l ~22 tod.ay
tor the · month of liq and .rune·. John •llqlook return_ed to ownp f~m
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uen~~l Aill '1 »1v1e1on w;..a on genarti.l review tod.~ 1 from eie,ht to
twelTe o'olook. J. stood. on gw,,.rd 1lx hours this eYening. ·,le bad "'
th\Uld.eratorm tonight.
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anu. the ·on1er -.a.e oowitermtW.ded.
oooke<.l two-c14s • rutions,
~7e reIDQiueu. rea~ to march a~ a moD11tnt•e notloe~
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from nuguanate Springs.
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·ile d.rllled. in tho battalion today.
1"/ed.,
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evun~ng -- pmte,
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windy <Aq. ile reo·eivtid a box ot olothint. in the
slips, ahirts and 1ooks.
·,le ti.rilled ln the batti.11on in the evenl~.
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.a. atood. on tf!IM.rO. d.ut1 eight ·hours.
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ubarlestown to wreak the rainroad. trom ;11nohester to nar~r•s •en!y.
- at \liiich we worked all nlgb.t.
';le marched baok and. pUt up our J~i-;,I. flies; it rained -11 aay.
"Illes"· were extn tent-oovera. -,Pc. I
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Yle rested. toda.y.
110 news ot importanae.
We left oamp in the morning (none knew wbe:NI we were t;obJG I,
eisbt or ten miles &.nd pltohed oamp at niB}lt east ot Winchester.
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·we move <.I. oamp about two ~unctre.J. ya.rel a ~nd r emalm <J. there t 111 ·morni!Jei •
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aanassaa, mts:rohed 1.2 mile ■, oampou D&Unba ihenana.oah l',iver and
oookad two '1u.ya' r6t.t1on■ •
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eevoral !)risoners whioh wor~ oapt.ureu by J~Wart 'a oavalry.
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to tho we lit o, uLJ1J0rville. ',le romaiueu thore about an hour I fell
~ok u mile, · wd :reformed. on a little hii>l overlooking tho to·.-m.
l'rom there we oould see the i'lashes :rrom the oarmous. -:-:e L:.tl ployou
as skirmishers and remained. in line a.11 night. .nuthor warm ent~toment.
\/e lett our position &.bout ci&.yl1ght, orossed the alue .tt.idt;e und.
started UlJ the Shenandoah ltiver en route to •·ront .tioyal. "ight
oaught ua and. we oamped -.vi thin 1About 9 miles ot •111rat .t1.0yal.
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uookod tNO day11 ls ra~ions and. e ta;fed till about 3 o 'olook in the nit;ht •
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·.:e broke ~wp abo\lt 3 ' o'olook in the morniJ16•
miles ~u. b.ilteu. t 111 'u..i.ybreu. .&:hen we mo'V8Ci on
. ot battle a abort <lh~oe trom j!ront .Uoyal.
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oross11u. thtt ~henand.oah .t!iver• ~oheu one mile 1a.nd
our position.
pitched oamp.
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at night·. '7/e ~t ow flies 1n the . evening, 1tretohed them, l:illd
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.110 nuwa ot importunoe.
·,'/e left our ChlDp tv.10 milus from •ront hoyal at t.bout lO o'oloak.
crossed t.h& north prong ot the Uhananuoah 1tiver on logs, reaohod. ·
-5trausburt; about uarlt unu p1tohou OMmp.
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river at~in, anu e;ot there about 12 o'olook a. 11. 'i/e wero ordereu
ooo.lc: two tLayll' rations. l t oloua.eu :..nu r ainoo in tho ovon1J€.
lt ililat:J G v~ry prot ty ~ .
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Oha»tiPll touay • . ~1e1.1tw.nt H...mpton returned. to OcaU~• also.
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·,1u.s & very oool, olouny w.i.7","
No other news ot 1Jllportanoe.
lt was a "lery a loudy
it vr..1.s a •~7 wet
u.uy,
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pleua~nt cluy.
11 • .t1rottU returneu. to
with some r~n.
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tho oomp~y.
·,le 4r1lled betoro noon.
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·.le o.r1 lleu in the bu~talion.
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·,ia.s a 'Very ple...s.Jllt u.ay. J. J •· Ge1m1nt!;B alll.l Jija&1-- '.r~lor r eturneu.
to aarap~ ~hey broUBn, my ov&rooat from holll8,
�2U mileu anu. aamtl:iU
JlfJUl' ,ioocl.stook.
Oolonel llro,.n, .k.rkin anc1 l
went out to twco suJlper w 1th 11ra. l-'ainter, a uist:.,nt r~lative of
mine. Juu.son l'etioheu Clci.rnp, . but 1 was not thoro.
\Jo loft awup about sun-up anu oont1nueu towara. .... u..unton. 1larchoo.
abowt .l8 milos to liow .i..4u•kttt on thtt ·Oulpttpper l,rud., und. cur11peu in
,;;, wiles of fo3w li.larke t.
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Left ownp about s\Ul•up in the ulrootion ot uoruonev1lle,
nnroh~xi
,i.bout 14 miles, orossea. tho south prout; of the ;jhe1u.no.oal1 l~i~ r und
tho .Hokett lilrounta.in• at .Louray'a ~up, · a.nd. pltohou 0U1nr n~:t the
.Blue hidge.
Mon.,
";fo left our OQllll)
. the Ulue l,lu.ge. lt
the sumnit a.bout l~
down the other s lc.i.e
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neur the toot of tho mountuin, un route uoross
was ti16 ht miles to the top. ,,e wounu our ·,·:;;.y to
o'clock• :1¥1th raw oowhidea ties around our f'eut,
and on about 18 w._lee, when we pi tohou o~.mp.
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left ca:np .u.bout sun-up ~nd starto<.I. in ·tho o.ireotion of Gordonsorosseu. tne l.apidrann lavar uud. :roo.roheli a rapid. io mil(, s. ';;'e
GaUIJ:>8ci within tive miles of Gordonsville.
ville,
Wed. ,
We layed in oalllp res ting.
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ot 1mporta.nae,
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Utlll 1n oamp neur OordonaY1lle. -Uo lmµortunt ne·na.
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1n the <l1reot1on of i'reu.erioksb\U"~•
~rosa~ thu :r.&1lroad .,,t Ortilll!,8 vourt llouae,·
m.rohed. t. bout 18
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Leaving OLllllp &.t about aun-up, wa o·ontinued our oourse, m:.rohing
12 or 14, miles.· ·,:e oumped slx or seven m1los west ot .li're<leriokabure;.
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l.ett oamp, • ma.robed 10 or lZ miles :Jouthwast ot 1''reJer1okaburg,
oroase'1 1.he rii.1lroad. l~d.lng trom !!'reu6e1okaburg to ..hiobmond., ii.nu
oum9~ within about 12..,mUe ■ of *'rod.er lokaburg,
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Ho news ot 1roportanoe.
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Lo1:1.v1ng o.:mp ubout sun-up, we 1u..rted tow-drds ?ort hoyal,
about 15 miles and oampecl near the river.
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ile iayea. there in oamp, rest 1ng. lio news ot 1mport~oe. ,Je m,~rd.
two or three oa.nnone booming down on the river. :Jeveral of our boys
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Ohatham, Henry Coohr.:.m, H.
'Jltherspoon and Oo~■ in Harvel .;ennel also, whoma wu wtire glu.tl to see.
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,Jo lire still 1n OiWIP hore. 'Jae• aol'1, olo'Udy <J.1;4y, wl th ■ ome rd.in
1n tllo woning, wh1ah, turning into snow, mwd.e us very \UloCllli'orw.ble.
..·• are • till 1n ~i? hen.
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It was a very oold. rJ.&3• No news ot biterast. The eoldiers d.rew
olothing• • abi:faa, aooke, underolotbes, · shirts and overcoats. 1 clrew
shoes.
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very pleaaant clay. We heard. h!wJ tiring near Fori l~oyal
1n the &Ti.mi~. n. Pennel started. hone to~.
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Vfll'y hea-,y owino114cilng on the Ii.apaht,i.nnook 9 ut ~"reciorlokeburg and
Front .hoy.i.l .;._ heavy i'ir1:µg ~ll d~. lt i8 a b$c.i.ut 11\11:, wa.rm ch1.y.
tio!Dfil ot t-he oonsoripta' fu.thffa oume to see them.
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retra.aeu our uteps ·to the ola o~p and oolllllleno~ to oook rb.tione. ';/hen
·.vo were half done with our oooklng• we. were aru.erod on the mroh a ta,1n.
l.eaT1ng o~p at '-'ark• we started towal'Cl M'reuerloksbw-&, maroheu. n early
61.ll night' (abOu, lb mile ■ ~• alld Ob1DP9'1 m,a- \be b:..it. tletlelci.
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roar and flyint, shella. Coming soon wit11in runt;e of tho enemy shells,
wo .vuru oi-uoraU io lay u.own at th<:, foot ot u. 11111. ,;e ohWl{~d positions auvoral times durlnK the u~. 11.my o:r our mun wure wounclod. by
shells. ,~bout uusk th.fl frat:,munt of Qll explouua. shell struok l.ioutenant v~o1 in the f,-,oti. lUt!,ht Oclmo 1:.121<1 wo tell ~ck to the roar to
sleep.
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- ·1;e murohHi. u.o·,-,n into the ·,,ooda and fonned a line of blj.ttla. l~very,thing seorooo to be vary quiot on our par.t of the line. .n. ftiw shells
wid stray b011bs vieited us, during the day. On our right and lett the
- tiring vrd.s very htiavy. ·,ie built breastworks ot rulls and brush and
layeu behind them u.ll nit91t 1n line ot battle.
~6'6Vitlg our night's position, we wont into the roilroad out and
l"'yeu. in plain Vhw of tha enemy. They sent out a flat of truoe at
about b o'oloak for time in ·,'lhiob to hurry their ue~u, they woro allowau. wi hour's · time, but o.1<l not finish t.holr work. lt w.. a now dark .
.anti. the picketa were plca.Ot;d&
the 1·est· l ... yeu uO'iJD to sleep. ;.-bout 3
•O 'olock 1n tho mprnlug,
we were &.rousod .. nd ordera<l to wrook the
ra1lro1t.u. t.raok. About 4 or b o'alook .1t oorm1enaeu raining - hara..
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L&:a.vlns the r .. ilroacl Mt about 8 or 9 o'olook, we •rcheu ~ miles
, or two,. resteu. an hour, then mov&<.l into t.he woocis to camp. Uy d&.y. , breu.k the Yamkoea ba.(l retre~ted aoross the river~ 'Je sont out our
.aklrmllhers :.nd. oapt.urea. atrverol prisoners .... a tine band. ana a 1'1oneer
Corps.
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lt was wry 001'.l ln t.he ewnitt;,
· w.y, resting.
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It was . a very pleasant flay. · 'ile dr111"'1 1n the oompany.
lio other
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lt was a very oool day. \le drilled a~ln • . The Yankoea o:mie over to
Fredur1oJtoburg with a tlas of truce, ~~king time in whioh to 1"1s1eh
bur~ their dead.
lt ~s· 61 vtry oold. a~. '.rhh la the ooldeet '!iether we ruve bad.
drew
boWlt1' dlld. i'our month •• wages, which wue ij,i~4.00. ii. 11.
· -.,1 tb&rspoon azw. ,liro tb.-r· Jw1on • t.ar.._u. to li.1ohmoll4 t0da7.
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BOOK 11
l>lary
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(1862)
ot .1'1nl~ Pa.tt.erson
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have not been well and la Te remaineu. . ln the house all o.q •
1 pw.id our oook up for two months
.U 1s a dull .aew tear' ■ lJa.y.
'lt-2.00 for my J,)al''•
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at.oo~ on guard. ,oaq.
Vaey oold. dq.
'Wery oold weather.
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oold. day•
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liO~, .riumber ot deaiha among our boys at !Loqula ureelu While
we were • ta tloanl at uame i'olnt, trom /Jept, _161 !86.& to· Jan. l.,
five ot our
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•'wo mon ot our
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JanuaJ7 ,, 1862.
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This has been a ead day tor me,
o~ my tr1enas 9 as well.
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Wa lett W1ll11uboro today about 12 or l o'oloOk. vur tl ac was
presented to us by the lac.ilea of 1 1lkes uounty; and a vor y nfoe
po.per v.as re~ to us by Ilise 11a.e ~iett. '...' hen we G.i.me 011 ·to
o.:>1nµ and haci dbmer- anll went out to Urs. lj1ok'a. Jtopr.eo. there
to get water, reste.t_a.bout an hour, then torm,lng a oomp:.i.ny , we
mov1:1ci on bbout a mile lillei p1taheu. oamp on Cub ilreek, ut Una-
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. ,;o left oump at 1 o 'olook und. i:a:.rahed to the to p of the mount_,, • &.in , . -ri.lere we had. refreshment, thenoe on to '...'..,ylorsville, where
~ we ;t'\;e t1.1lmer am reoeived. i"rom i..r . 1;. A. 'oil a pr e oout of t en
pouuds o_f batter. '.rhen torm1ng a.. oompuny 1 ,.,e wont ten mile~
~ · below"'l~ylorsville.
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· Leii.ving aam_p u t l o 'olook l-'~ .M ., we reaohed dta.tesvillo a.t
about 12 o'oloak that night, remained. there till 4 o'oloak £ . ll.
na:..t morning. \ie boardeu. the tr ~1n ·and reool:ed Salisbury a t 5
·o '4look 4i-. Li. A\ the station we were met by a bund and m,.rc hed
do~m thru town. The o1t1zens ~ve us sut,per and houses to sleep in.
lfoxt we l>ouruad. the lru.1n tor huleigh, arr1V1116 there at 6 l' • .Li.
We ·t 1led. out ot t.he oars a.nd pitohed owip.
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A very wet d~. UQ\mte cl to the sU!IJ:lli t ot the Cap 1 tol ::.ni took
an exoollent view ot the oi ty. Visited. the Inst1 tute· tor the Dw. t ,
Dumb Ulld Jlind. 1 and observed the pupils repeat t oo lord ' a 'riiyer,
eto. ln the eveni.ne.we were a\vorn into r ~ ular s eiv100 •.
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Nothing impo rtant. i oh1ght 1 wtmt to the .11.aylum tor' the lnaane •
n i ght there is a 10ung lady- wbo oomea <lown and sings and ' pu.ye on
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�a11· tht.t boys c1.ttende<l th e H~~9tist Ohuroh. F.ev • .Barut proaohcd
st t he Old ~h.ptiot . Olruroh at night. 1 did. not attenu either
s ervioo, for l ·'13.s not well.
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l.'ion. 1 June 3
-~ved camp about a mile and a half.
Uoth1nt; else ot 1mportanao.
~ues., June 4
'lie hola a l1 ttle ol eotion tor Captain, Uert\Jnt and l.1eutollLJllt
today. Oarue a -very bard raln ubout 3 o'olook and oontinued for
an hour.
\led. 1 Ju11e 6
At 7 o'olook we ·wVant to the depot_ ~d saw aomo troops coinc ·
trom Georgia. to Virginia.. hetw.-ned to oamp t:ibout 9 o'oloak wid
drillod. till a bou~ ll o'oloOk.
thure., .June 6
Drilled betore· noon. l\Uine~ very hara about 12 o'olook. ~rill_ed 1n tho evening and went . to the depot. A.bout 300 :Jouth _C arolinians came 1n.
Fri.,
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June '1
~ioth1J16 1mpor;wi\. .Drilled. twice. 1 wrote - letter to . "my
friend.". lt ra.11ried. in the eYen1ng.
d.ear
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l:o~h1ng important. l went to \be branch am had a bath.
1000 volunteers asme s.n •
'about
.l'assed the <lq pleasantl7. 1.. t 10 A. l4. went to . the Ba p\1st
Ohuroh and marc.l a good. sermon by hev. lluttmeh. There wqre about
lOJ O poople iresent.
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A. oom_pany arrived trom hutherfo'rd '(Count1). \le lad a new dr1llimster to dri 11 ua•. In. \he evening V18 wero ' vi s1. tad by s one ladies.
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Tues. •
June 11
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We left ha leigh tor a new st~tlon at I P. M. ,. r ea.oh1~ '.'/arron
•Depot (or Warrenton, 60 miles below l\ale1gh) at 12 o 'oloak that
n1eht. Marobeei. a mile and. md.e oamp. · We rneived our.-artns bare
( shipped Qy rail trca Raleigh.)
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June l i
ln lhatlao morning u.r1lleu in mam~l · ~erciae. Very wu.rm day.
1;ews o~c · o:t a tight in Vir{:;iniu . nea.r Olu. i"oint. Our troopa
-.,on, killing .-.bout 000 unu loosing only one 100.ll•
·~hi& roornina at .a o 'a look l was pl.aed. on r; Ui-.1.rd. duty to servu
until a o 'olook tomorrow. ln the evening a oomµ.ny Otilllo in trom
Chowan Oounty to Join the 1·et,;iment, am some li.iu.ies pat.d us
61, v1:.u.
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14
. I was r til ieveJ. trom ciuty at 8 A. i,i.
The oom1J:.1ny wore va ooina tad.. by .urs. ;;ikinner u.n1.1 .leakea ('l l. 1he lac.lies from ·,iarrenton a:ame to see us in the eveni~. Ur. Karts fro.Ve us about e.
8"llon and a halt _ot milk for c.i.lnner.
3at.,
J\Dle lb
Uoth1ng 1mpartant. Llrilleu. most ot· the ci.q'. ~pent azidhour
or two in town. Some ot the boys went to the oreok two or three
miles a iay to wash.
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Jwie 16
·,lent to the }.;p1aoo~l Church to ireaohine at II A. 14., a nd
servioo in oamp at 4 .P. iii. by liev. ~paillhour. .A oo~ny
bau.
of 71 men oam.e 1n frOtQ Hanover Co\Dlty today
(lfew Hanover).
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· got dimlElr for ti.m.
Uon.,
June 17
1;oth1ng importunt. Drilled most at the uay.
:County Oompany reoe11'eu. t.hoir ~a -to~ •
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·;ias . plaoel.i. on suai-<l . u.uty at
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lt o 'oloolt
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th1 s mar ning.
June 19
,/a s relieved trra ciuty at 8 A • .:J . llrother ' la.rkin cald ~. JJowhill v1a1teu. oamp ut ll A. 14. i:ecoived. a lotter f rom home, f rom
Sister Julia. ·,,'e Here v1a1teu. in"tbe _ev~ning by a orowd. ot l udles.
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at ll o'olook A.
I wrote a letter ·to my
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'1eparted tor home
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~dies visitou us.
Drilled most of tho day.
Sat.,
Vf!ry ·,,.Jrm.
June .:.:2
Drilleli in the morning& 1n the a.tternoon by J. t'ord.
, a.bout three miles· to & mill t.o tulce &. bath.
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\ia.s on guard. u.uty tou.a.y.
ucys wont to Ulniroh.
·;.'ant
June ;::3
lt is vary warm !inl lonesome .to me.
June ~4
.Hes teu. from su.:.~ uuty today. .A oomp;...Jzy ot a. bout 440 oavalrymen oame in. :.-;ome retular u.rill, &nd a new drill-mastor.
Tues. ,
June
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llad ree,ul...r o.rill toQ.'..i.y, u.ll'1 u. Y~y tine 11 ttle shower,, wbioh
was bau.ly neea.ou. to settle the uust.
Wed.,
Iiegular a.rt ll t ow.i.y.
last night.
June 26
Ilothing else or impar ta.nae.
Thur a.,
l;ioe sho..er
June 2.'1
l,e~ular drill• 'rbe ~-lbermurl Guards imprisoned two of their
men for d.runlmDaeaa 1 lett r&nks on woount ot hea.daoh81&
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t:;uard uuty today• anii pertonned the r~ular o.utiee. Very
d.r~H Pl'l"&de ana were visitod by a orowd of
cuq. 1-Jad a fine
WlilT.l
ludies.
Sat.,
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June 29
Vas relieve<i from d.uty _at 8 A. u. and. re?tecl the roiw.inu.er ot
the u.q. ln tho evening l went t.o tONn.
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J 1ne 30 .
llas ~eu .. very wet a.ay. ·,,rote •a let tor to ".ll. E. 1,1." (t) Hall
pr~aohing in ~P "'t 41ao O 'oloak by l~ev.; loaoy, u. presbyterian •.
Than l wen, 'lor u. walk li.nd. round some huokleberr1es •
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heE,ular drill~
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Dreaa J)61'a4a as usual I also
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l,e~lar drill. l'rot. ~'oot came to our oamp. l was s1ok halt
tho u.ay. ~ oom~y arr1wd. from \laahington Coun~.
·,·l ed. ,
July 3
r.~_t;ula.r drill. i • .l::ller and c • .Leach Joined. our aomp.:.ny today.
~even ty or eight ladies O.\UOO out to see our <iraea p::~r ad.e.
~his ha.s "een a big clay for t be T01lunta.er• cit the '-!ta.to trooi;e
at ·1 .'arren ton. ~e o1t1.:,,.ena ot the tovm g;. ve us a :fine a inner. ,~11
the la.di.es were i,rescnt·. Ve mi.rahed e.ll ovor town, firod throe
salutes und beard eloQuent ·.ad.dressea by the o.:tf'ioors ot tho 1·eb1ment.
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l ..egular drill to~. \Ja..s on sentinel duty. A battle is repor~
eu. to have been .tou@lt yoate:niq 'in VirgillSa, between 4000 Oontect.er~t es_ b.ncl. 6000 "t..inksea''. Our loss wc1.s sh men killed a their
loss w·as 00 killed. awl 00 o_~pt.ureu..
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July 6
·,-ia.s relieved. from duty thb .mornillg at 8 o'olook. llacl
sho.ver tod.ay. Went to the oreek this evening to wash.
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I1.ev. • J. c. 3pa1nhour pr~aH, in oamp a1i. ~ a. ll • . l,ev.· J. il.
~olomon prea.obad. at our oamp am · 1n to.-YU tod.lq. . 1 attend8(.I. both
aervioes.
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l.cgultl.l" ur 111 &.Jld a vwybwa.rm morning.
ing.
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»l'e8S paraae in the even-
Visited by la~lea.
ltegular drill. ',-✓a.rmeat oay we have :tad.
r'd.in and wind at 6 .P. U.
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Light ahorer
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t 6 P. ~.
hard
Wed., · July lo
1;.eg,.wi.r dr1 n. A company ot about sixty mon arrbed trom IIalltu
County. A VflrY warm day. .io nev11 ot 1mportanoa •
'ihUr a• •
•ul1 . 11
net-,ular drill. Vie. lave tired a gtn . ,.. ~ halt bau.r,
of t ha YOW rnor • • 4eath. (Whlob oooure<l on Juq t;. ? )
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l1ubular drill.
Ei,et i he u.otails.
i·.-e haar
or
soveral small ~tt;les,
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Drill before noona
July 12
but w.n' t
July 13
in the evenillf,· we went to the oreek to wo.\sh.
ot t-he iilUt.te.
'.rwo ooUIJ.)l:iniea a~1wu. from the eastern p;i.rt
thm., . July 14
·; ias dataileu. as sentinel at 8 '-• ~. llo news.
ot -;..r1,11Tenton.
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IU"uaohint; at
our oump by l~ev. Uoq · (Y),
lielieved from d.uty at 8
14on.,
Ju)i lt,
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li.egular d.rlll.
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1 rested today
u.nd went to town.
·T ues.,
Ju)¥ 16
We dr1lleu. ln DUlUal exoroiao today. I.las been a vert wet ~ news of 1mportana&. i'oatponed. d.:re•s :IBrada • .
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'.!led. 1 . J ~ 17 .
hec,uiar o.rill.-
morning
r rom· :New
Italned be tore naen.
llunova r Cowi~1;
Thur a. ,
A :tine COillllQUY arrived this
Ju]J 18
I-.et;·ular dl'1 11. ~oompm4:eeurv~U'IJ'lills today.
lleadquartera.. ffl81l
l&S uBUal.
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par~e
Frl •. ,
l~ebul.ar drill•
the batt&l10Jh
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July 19
oompaniea reoeived. urma.
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Uo news :f'rom
We began drilling in
Jul,y 20
:.Pap'3r ra~rts a battle at·J.1ariassea Gap, 10,000 Fedurala agains t
"i, ooo. ·1Je reoelved our c;,artridge boxes and were •entered into
rel,ular ·service.
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July al
~ome more oomp&.niea reoe1ved their arma &.nd ~rtrlclt;;e boxea today.
J:an.,
July 22
Lelievecl. :from duty at a A. M. i/ent over· und beard. sme b..ncl mua1o.
Vtn:y wet day. l.~lq)era report.ad a tremondoua battle 1a.t l.bmasaoa Junotlolii
between 10,000 Federal• and 6tOOO ·OOl)fo<lerat&a. Our JlllD drove them
baak to_________; alld oaptured. thell'
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eentonoe missing.
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"bounty" . mon~.
Very wet and oloudy morning.
today.
l-iooeivod. our
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Ju~ 24 ·
heooive<l. _o ur money "tor cl.rt lling".
ll.e6W,ar clrill.
1n ',l111se a County.
At \lilkosboro we got
~a.
lleld a.n aleotlon toany tor nomination of olorkB
ll'ine dress ~rade 1n the evening, . and the :f'ir st
mas1o trom our 15.nd.
Fri.,
Firing,
Jul¥ 26
when it was knOwn we were to start aoon tor Virginia.
We drew oapa.
Bad. a tremendous hailatorm todtq.
Sat.,
July 27
Lett 'd~dTenton thla morning tor c1. DBW home. 1 was deta1leu to
do guard o.ut:,. On the wa::, father 1t.nd Harvey i>ennel overtook me.
Ne went on to J?etersburg_, Va., bad. supper and. remained over nit.ht.
u.,
l.eaving J?eteraburg at a i~.
we reaohau. .h1ohmond. at 8 .f. -•
l&Jld pitohtXi Oti.Illp n~ tm o.epot. lt was reported this evening that
our t.roopa h&1 oaptureJ. a tankee reg1rJen,
~sses Junotione
they brought them to h1obmon'1.
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No drill toa;q • .Are making i:reparations to leure her& tomorrow ..
No news trom H. t.. (lleii._'1quartera.)
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J~ 30
Visited the w"bart and Capitol t~s moming, anci aa.w Cener...J. ---••
- - - (1taBh1DE; tari) on his horse. It ls a b>li.utitul thing. l~owo OQlDO
that Soot, · (General ilintielel Uoott~ · l aupp0ae. -F.t>C)waa dead •
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Re6ular drill-• lfo news :f'rom Head~uutera.
we w111 leave- here tomon-ow.
~hura.,
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It 1a reportecl. that
Aug. l
· Moved <8mp a~out throe miles aid put up. our tents 1n a light raln.
J.oat· halt a uay•a drill.
I,e{!;ulur o.r1llf
Whell
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no newa.
\)oya WttDt out •
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ed to t;uard prlsonera 1n l,iohr.ao:m ..
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Light ot ow roon were detail-
!,o: new1h
AU4J• 4
';/rote two letters:
one to
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Am on guard duty •
.!:Jon.,
Aug. 6
1~estod today: went to town and uown to the wharf.
to leave m re today, but did not go.
Tues.,
\'ie inCleDied
Aug. 6
Vet"y warm day. a load ot watermellone oame to
icew r egula\ions ln our DB aaea.
f,E;€ular a.rill.
oo.mp.
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l{et;ular cirlll• •o~Wlteera !5.ve been oomiDg 1n all ~ • ihe .i.2th
aorth varol1D& .lteglL1ent, oontainlng a uald\'1'811 uount;y oompany, · arriv0Y. to~.
lleS\llar clrl 11.
l went to the lntrenobnenta.
Was detailed. aa aentinel · tb1~ morn1JJS•
a little "srua" ih11 ~ternoon. ao
dQd
Sat.,
l.ett .t.tiohraond abou, 3 ?. -.. tor
Weldon tlll. ll A.••• Sun1Aq.
.Aug.
a.o news from
it. Q.
ha.a been a very warm dq.
new■
ham
'.neadquartera.
.lO
"Uld" · Wllkeabcro.
Stopped ln
l.ett tor Salla'bury .W• nenliig.
JIO!h,
A-gg.
12
Went to Statesville, and there hires two baokl
-iuea.,
l went
aoroaa the r:lYer
tor a
Aug.
to oarr, ua home.
18
few houri.,-
"oihins ot imPoranoe.
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Wed••
LJtayod at home all day.
Aug. 16
l'he r~imant loft Eiohmom.
'tlnr s •,
\'lent to town in the eTeniJJG•
Aug. 16
1.'wo ladles and one f:-.9ntleman
aame to our house to at,q two nights.
ot
·.che people
Wilke ■ County met tor the p11rpose ot t,etting
Yo'lunteere. "- ver1 wet d.ay.
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Sat.·•
- Stayed at homa all
clay. Still
Aug.•
Ta'Y
Jun••
18
wet.
Aug.
19
:,/e started baak to our oompamy to~ • . HarveJ Pennell tolk: ua
to Statenille in a · aarr1~e. 'J!f.lklng a train there, we went, to
Salh'b~ and spent the night.
·;"lent to Peteraburg 1
had supper und ata~ll a.11 night tl~re.
1'u.ea. •
Aug.
2 J.
·aent to Rlobmond., atqed, there till 6 P. •• 1 reeol~d vrederlGkaburg 'by tra1D a\ 10 P. •• ln th:! night. Reeomd oamp that
night.
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Wed••
1 rested tcxiq.
ing.
Aug.
22
Had a tremendoul~ mavy rain atom ln the even-
'l'hur e •,
Aug.
2.3
tta<l a reE,'Ular lnapeotion ot anna and knapsaolts today. mi-. !Sartahog and. Jom Jlartln left our oamp tocla7. J.n the eTenlng we heam
the o anpaey- f Iring a.own on the r lT• •
J"rl•t
W~s ezoused from drlll bj the
Was s iok all the aq.
Aug.
■ argent
24
-on aooount ot elolmesa.
Waa on guard '1.uty tocl~. · Rn. BpuiDhour preaoha<i ln oamp toda~.
A awn dlaa in oawp trom relapse 011 meal lea.
�P&Bo 10
Vias rel'iaTod at 8 A• .11.
" o 'olook P.
\"lent to the .Potomao and at~ed till
1.1.
1"1.m.11., -A\18• . 27 .
· Ii.egular drill 1a the : battalion.
V11iry olotu4' ~ •
·hard rain
ln tho evaning. Uo newa.
1'&le 1
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28
A man by the name ot l:oran died in Capt.
lust night. . 1t1a body was sent home today.
_ollna Regiment pasaeu wl th &bout 2ti W860na.
last night. lt ·was a very wet night.
, llh1Dt• ,Aug.
.ur.
Skinner's D~r.anpt
l\feltth .r1orth -car•lex Cottey sta.ved here
'Li}ie
29
Stll raining. do 4r111. Alex Oottey left here tor hie regiment.
Slllinbour has gone to meet hla ih.ther
J'ri.,
,
•
Aug. 30
"Jaa detu.iled to ~d armnmltlon supply and ueneral nolme'a Headquarters • . :.?r. Sp:duh011r met hie father in .l'reueriaksburL unci. returned. · Uompanies ot venerala l'oot and i;tOOC.t arrived. :an in Ga.pt.a.in
Sllinner'a oompus;y died l••t night trom relapse on measles.
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·tt'aa a\ l.lberty toauy.
to tf-' t aom• · fruit.
l..
·,Jent two orttbree miles into t.he oountry
vot a. ':tew i:eaohes.
·;,as a very pleasant ~ •
aJJd. .a l'. a. am 4 P. K.
.iiolnewa.. Ji.tr. Pm-1to1' i;:rea.ohed in camp
aon. ,
Pleasant
wq.
•O new11e
Sept. 2
liesular bM.ttalion drill.
~uea.,
Uept.
3
Spent l)alt the 4ay oona\ruotlns seat• tor pra,ye:r-meeUng tonight.
i1e~.~- Sep\.
4
i1e <lid a ak1rm1sh cl:rS. 11 this morll111g I . 1n the nening manual ex-
erolae w1 th our
suns.
~burl• ,
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Sept• 6
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Sept. 6
M'r1.,
Stood on 11ent1nul duty touq. '.1.'lseo ot our oom.z:e.n,y wora a.etaUeu to guard aome aoroe oannons to .1.vinspQrt. l'hrl,8 vory lont;
oannone passeu here, drawn by 20 oxen.
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Sat.,
Ha.'1 a. t,en'=lral oloaninc;-up this morning, thw wo all wunt to t he
oreek to w1;1. sh for 1nopeoUon. -Aft~ the bo. th, two ot the boys and
.1. went to a pe&eh orohurd.
sun.,
Sept. 8
~ orclera to oook rations for dinner.
Ve tha went to the J.'oto-.
ma.a to do man~l exer.obe in the oannon unll. i,eturneu to oamp late.
aon.,
i:>ept.
9
i:
Wout to the 2otomao a@lln and dril,led in the oannon Illcillla.l. llud•
sou got a letter tram Slate~ aatt, i..m .&.arldu wrote a letter home.
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..:uas., Sept • .LO
oepn _'batt9r1_ 4r1ll.
Uompan!e ■
'Wed.,
ret\U"ued trc:a lvluport.
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Sept. 11
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I~egular oanncm. drlll.
Light shower.
Thul-a.,
l.tuaket urill ■
f)lea'8aat c1ay.
No news. ·
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Sept. 12
ilrote
~
letter to my mother.
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.We '11d skirmish ·~111 ~11
other boy$ being oiok.
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aq. · 1 am oook on aaoo'I.Dlt of our
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"'was detailed to guard 1.he Comrohsary Dep;.rtment. ~ent to the
oroo~ ln the oironing and htl.d a bl:it h. lloys are r e~1rlng cannon
w-J,£ona.. ~be Arlamsaa l.eglment rtitu:meu. to lvinsport.
Sun.,
Sept.· 16
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ana atarted. tor Aoq•ia
·,;e were roused trom sleep about 4 .1. JI.
Creek. arived there at daybreak.
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Jlon.,
:3ept. 16
·;·. 'orked. Vfll'Y bLl.rd all 4,q on the batter, at Aoqula Creek. ·Ho ne-.va,
exoept the report ot a reoent battle ln \Jeat Virginia • . .No deta.11.a •
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·w1orke'1 on the batter7
ln
the evening.
.tlaci. u. fine aho,,,er.
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�\led.,
!
Sept. , 18
helped haul tutta ot sod to put on -the tort1£1~t1ons.
~apt. 1~
1'hurs.,
3tood on £UH.rd tour
hours
th1a mor~lng.
i have hetad oannons
tiring all day.
I
l rested trom guard 4uty yesterday.
Heair1ng tiring up-river.
· ~iring oontinuee.
11ot.ular work on the tortitioatlona.
lloavy ruin ln \be · av.al~•
·
"Jorke'-L on the fort tod.ay.
trM.cie on s ~ .
no news ~rom the tiring.
•1rat time .a. nary worked. at a~
aon,,
Uept. 23
Stood. on ~rd :tour hours thia morul~, .1. rested in the evenint;.
We tired. tbree oa.nnon shots at a vessel this JDOrnin~• · uo damge.
~'Ues.,
,,
Sept,
24
l<egular wol'k on the tort today. ao news from the tiring. We
ex~d. a few ahota wUh a· vessel tibia eveni~. 'ihey tired. :tour~
een shots,
but could not rea,h ua.
Wed.,
•O
d.amb'8 was dom.
Sep\, 26
tie 11!DY&d some bo11b ahella from ,om mac,azine to another. 'ihen we
1nsr.ieoted the mapzlne. ~ band aame c.iown on ·the train thie eYeD-
1ng.
ihurs.,
Oept. 26
Stood on guard towq. a,am_ returned to 1ihelr ·camp this even1116•
U :ls reported that the rf(;iment la ordEred aw4.
l'rl •• . Sept. 2'1
.
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the wind rolle(l the waves ot the .P.otomao
,,;ent
tor
oh1llkapi:qa
an<i
grapes
ln
the
up to a helBht ot six teet.
eveniiig - anci . sot wet •
·.ttained moat of the <laya
,
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!leoelve\i a letter tr<lll
the boy■ helpul t.o in-ooure a tlag-pole tocl.q.
.t. Ql'ew a k:nlte t.O<iq,
, . : Sun.,
Sept. · 2~
.A.. E~"
11
Some
or
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Il
J!age .&.3
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, 1s ited thu r et;imllnt to s tie i.ar kin.
ne has tl ux.
A ore.,v of
the ooraj_)any w"nt t.o ,vinaport •
.-on.,
:,JtOQd. on
.t\e~1ment
~UQl'~
OLµOU
\oa.ay.
.110
newu.
Uept. 30
A OO!DJ.116~
trom ..:he .a.bird .n. v •
to stay wltll us a wnile.
'i'uea. •
Oot. l.
Went up to \Jamp .0 to eee .L.arkln.- Ile believes he ·hbd be Her so
to .treo.urioub·u1·b this ovening, wheru he ,.ould lbva better ~t-
tant1on.
Wed..•
Oot. 2
I have not boon well to-duy, &D'1 wau ·excuseo. trom ~ " uut;,v
tor tbe first time since! have been1n camp. ·we f'ireu tivu shots
-at a steaJier tb1a momi~.
~burs.•
Oot 3 .
Fell aiok touay at about · 2 o'oloak ~. M.
QDd
suttered all ovai-
1ng with a ~d. beadaohe.
l ha.:a,r that tbe Yankees U"e l _a nu.ing troops about five miles
above lvlnaport today, and that our ret:;"1ment and those in the
nelt?,hborhoo<i .ae crd.erod. away. 'Je raleeu. ow- t~r;-Pole today.
'.fook t1. severe ohlll '6t about l6 o 'olook,
bi a hour by till tawtlll headuohe ■
_,,
tiun.,
v.Llol:i was i"ollow~d
Oot. 6 , ·
l\eoeived.· u. let\.ar trom home touu.y, anu. sent J;>.ii.l't of 1t to
JwJ.son · ut .Lv~nsport. l. b..Te not 'btltill out ot t_~e house tittee11
minutes today •
.1 ·ne~r t.biat i:lttiphen Johnson owne to the ret;1D&ut am wlll be
hero tociay. 1 t ri.1ned, ~ry h,a,'1..
~"uus .,
Oot. · 8
liard. r~1n last night. ~. Jo'bnson was . l:E ro todq_ i.m llaTe
the· nuwa · trom bort1e • ~•1' wera 9:11 -w,ry well.
·.1aa a very oool wq.
Mr. Johnson lett t~ hona.
111
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1hurs.,
Oat-. 10
1 t 1s oloully, llriz:,;ly L4llc.l. ·.,at tou.:'¥. l £1ns11il u r euc. int;: tle
lfow 1eatament. todaJ ~.ncl ainrt<id 011 the Bible.
Jlri..
llave been un·~ll tou...y.
went to !-'reue1·ioksbir 6•
Oat. ll
1.ia<i a. light oh1ll.
Uat.,
h. ••
Ui;.ainhour
Oot • .i.2
~. G. Grq, llewton .wartin an~ l\. Hioheraon BBlllEl to our 0amp
u.at nlght. Ua1Jt. iirown oame from 1~10.hmond l~st n4:,ht. lio ntiws.
JJon.,
lfo news of 1mportunoe •
Oat. 14
·11~a a Tery plei:.aant clay.
fues.,
~D/iJY ·••openocl" on
o11
Oot. 16
lart_::e stt)wiuir at lviuaport.
Wed.,
llo other nuwa.
Oot. 16
l sent a lett·er bome toclb.y by a. c. Gilbreath
Our bo~es ot o lo thing arrived.also.
Thur a.,
(or
GUaoath.?)
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Oot. 1'1
Our boys return.ad. from lvineport last ni@:llt.
1
n111-~ .. Oot. 11
(oontinuedl
J. A. SlXl,inhour died. &.t 12 o'olook today. His bod, will be takEll
tomorrow. 4.rkln ls going along with Ui too • .
home
t>at., ·oot.
.Larkin ti.lld. 1,. -~. Upainhour,
11
w1 tb ·the ciuaci body o~ 11•
.a..
l.11& inhcnr,
.sturt.e u tor homo today.
lilon., · Oot. 2Cl ·
Jro newa
ot
1mpcrtanOB • . ~ went tbr <lome ~apeu ln tho evtA:iing. ·
Tusa. , oa,.
lio. nen.
-Vs-:, oool cia7.
21
Heavy ' tlrlng tiom do\Cl the PotomM-o Ii.her .
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Tu.ea ••
Vory wet day.
Oot. 22
Uo ne-.va or 1mportanoe.
The UtY.ge {Y) went troDl Game l >oint to lvenaport.
l was o.etcd led.
to at~d on guard.
~hurs ••
,Je reoeln"
&
Oot. 24
au1t ot olothee eaob 't0d111,
lri.,
ooat and a pair ot ~nts.
Oot. 25
It 1a re:i:x>rtecl that all the Nt,1.Denta about here are ord.eroo away.
No d.eta1la.
l waa d.et& lef1 ,o atallil on gwu-d.,
two hours OD. aooount ot ohilla.
thm. •
J.fav Gord.cm oame \o see
'U8
bu.t did. not • ~
IDCI' e
thall
Oot. 2"/
to ciq.
I had. a aevere chill toe.lay.
Cheeks,
who 'belon8'8cl to our oompal\Y,
iled.,
d1e4 thia moml~.
Oot. 30
l have been unwell t oo.a1.
No news of imper ta:noe •
.
:uathing lmparwnt.
Thun.,
(Was a very cool uay.
Oot. 31
l.aa~ d.~ of ti.. month.
It. rained in the wenhlg. Fri.1 ,
Waa a very oool day.
h ra.lnul ln the •~lJ:Jt;•
. . sun.,
Hos. 3
lb'. Gray :ireaohs4 1D ~ at 4 o'olook l>. lie
- Mon.,
1· walked..
See 'be lON)
Nov. l
lt rained hard all day. fhe riwr la wr:, hlsh•
at a passing llmlcee nsael •
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No..-. 4
ou, tl'om aamp about · a quarter ot a mile.
\le tired. "iae
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1Jov. b
Tues. •
iie bad a. short musket d.rl 11.
Wea.,
1 stood on &-uard.
Kov. 6
lt was a very cold wq.
•,
1'hura.,
Uov. 7
The soldiers reoelvecl thirty-three d ollara.
11'rl.,
Hov.
8
Ve p.ld. our oook hla w~ea up to the lat ot November.
sat., now.
lt was a very wet flq.
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on €U&rd. ciuty.
:Jun., Nov. 10
.Mon., llov. 11
l went to tba Oonmlsaaey to
~t. ratlom.
1 was alok todq with a attaOk ot .oolio .•
· 1 was cieta.1led. to •~tm4 ou guard.
cu.mp las~ ulgbtl •
I~. A• l:lpalnhcur returanci to
We nade prepe.rationa to build oablna.
lt rained 1n the evening.
J'rl., llov. 16 -
Uat. •
l.arkin arr1ve<.l with
our
?iov. 16
boxes.
sun., :Uov. 11
We walked about ~•!l8otlng
the
fortlfloatlons,
aD4
Tlalte~ the
1'-,glDBnt.
MOilee
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1 a pend. the "-8¥ wl th the re& lmaut.
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· Fatber at.t.rte'1 b~k home. 1 went to Freu.eriokaburL with him,
&Dd. r e tUl'll ed. to otr.mp the • ijll18 o.. q.
Thurs.,
We worketi on our houae1.
worked on our oablna ~&Y•
lt
wa■
a verp 001c1.
l out house-loge Wd.&¥•
l did gu,i:U"d duty today.
a JJ&rge o..cinon toa.ay.
(Uat. and ~un. should' . be reversed.. ~i'PO) ,
Had
Nov. 26
a u.eep 1no"
•.rues.,
ve:r1 oolcl WA.J•
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Nov• 24
Mon.,
&
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to ,he Ol!.pltMl.
No news of 1mportf.llae.
~\Uh I
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liov. 21
Ju<laon went
\la
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l&at n4,ht.
·•:e reoeiv-ed
l,ov. 26
1...4-kin went to :F:rea.erlokaburt!; to aee Judson.
'Wec.i.., _ilOY• 27
· lt raineu. 1n the eYeDiD.6•
•
Bria, l,ov,. ~9
1 stood. on su,arci toua3.
I•
Xhe rest worked
OJl
the houses.
•
'.,'le W'Otkea. on our house ■ t~~darlm at night 1 eva- aaw •
Waa on SU&J'd cl.ut1 laat n1~t -- the
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·Lett
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OQnlp
tou.&¥ to hunt tor some wapea.
We :worked. ·~
01r bouae ■•
l~e11elve<1 ~ . latter 1·rom home.
Oo:amenoed anowl11g 1n the e"f'mine, •
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�'l!ues.,
.l)oo. 2 or 3
Ora.orly U1lbert a.ied. at l!"r4Klerlo~sbur~, at 6 o'alook, trom the
ei"feots ot a· tall, He JumptXl trom the train at the Freueriokaburg
brill89.
·,ie work81i on our houses t®"1 •
Dao. 7
..iat ••
I wo.s on guard duty thla morn!~.
morning Vii th h la bro tb8 ra.
.
L. Gilbreth atarte<i home this
sun., Deo. e
.\le worked ·on the guna~p:1rt ot the uay, . Uo news ot lmportulloe,
l4on, 1
No news.
We worlte'1
OD
De,, 9
our houses.
iues. ,
Deo, 10
,,;~ worked on our houaea.
.:eu..,
Dea.· 11
Workeo. on our house ■, Lb.at nit.ht it was reported. tru...t
were li.lllu1ng, -.no. we were • 11 rousted out wUh OID"
tm
BUD••.·
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Yankees
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Dao, 12
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'.le tillilllad. our · .bow ea t<Kw.y,
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Fr1 ■
We workeu. at our ~ .
1
Dea. 13
trylJJt to mount U.
Sat,, Dea. 14
.
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'tie mounted
our
gUJl•
l waa OJ1 @w.ru duty tocliiJ'•
Heavy tlrlng '6.t lvenap0rt tOdq,
I
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1 was
■
iok ·n e&rlJ' all cla7.
l _waa ·on suaJ'd duty t011iq,
•
�.Pago 19
~es.,
•l wa.1J put
011
tho s1ok 11st.
.Ueo. 17
Cu.pt • .Bro·,m eUrtod haoo t~1s mom1ng.
',/eu.,
Doo. 18
l went t.o the Oonmis ear:, with rm• Sp-.inhour to get baot.
, th\&' 1. ,
.Dea. 19
H. ~. Vmoy and. J&arUn Hatb.am starteu. ~ome this e-Yen1Jl6•
Sat.,
~wo or ·
three
JJeo. 2,
ot the boya atarted. home toda7.
Suu.
.ueo. 22
, was detal led to baul aomt "tlELter trom aoroaa the creak
u. ~horea atartau. home tocl&1•
110n.,
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. l was on tuard. ci•t7 tocl'W' •
.Ueo. 23
JJeo. 24
ll. A. Spuinb.Olll' want to the hoap11al.
boys ll.re preparing to~ Uhr1strss.
·
'ibis la
J .,
l. wrote a letter homt.
4-Ue a.,
AOspltal•
toa,av.
l.&rkin went wlth him.
uhrietmas .I.Ja¥•
•• v. IIC4't1n am u•
We dr,Ulec.i aorae
OD
.ii.
um tham
iha
went to the
Christmas Duy •
.1 was <iet"'1le'1 to haul water, and at night atooci on guard duty.
Very nioe day.
l.44-lt1n went to l!~reu.lokaburg.
•
One ot our bo;va want hoq •
'l)flaa three went t.o the boap1t&.l.
�Pase .20
tor
l w(jnt up to 1,enor&.l '17alker'e het.l.dquarters to get a furloueh signed
veOl;i'8 ','JUkcrson.
ne lett here tor home this t:iven11€ •
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(.riO'.C.lh ihe following pooma, oxtraata, eta. are U-61Jlsor1bou
trom ·the •·1rst .oook of the JJiary ot .. 1nley l'aUeraon uubt1s. - ,:Po. J
iO JI! Br,Ol'nEB. FU1Et 1
:thou art going, »rotl1er ~oe.r,
·..:o tit,ht the battles ot our '-0untry-1
.uut we will sta¥, urother JJaar,
And pray that \rOd. TDl:J.Y help you1
?ray in our overy prcyer
iha t ne may ah1eld thee from all oare,
\r\.lard tey every footstep,
aeap thee thru ea.ah hour,
A.nu. senu thee safely back some tu\ure uay,
.!o sreet thry pro'lld mother
And kind sisters, too, who loTe thee
· Uo dearly~ uevotedly 61Jlu true.
thou ~e16Jl to hear
•his folldest pruyer ot M1:mt
AD.d reau your »1ble oloaely,
..:11e will ot uOd to t1:nd1'
.!hen go, »rother JJ&r:
•OW will
dear•
And. go in vcx.i.'1 .ameJ
1ru.a t 1n llim, thy ·only ~hield.,
Whilo thou art on the battlat1e14,
~ut u, . torget' not ~by ai1ter,
·\.'hen ·tbou Ql't tar awaql
·
~hlnk ot her on fJ'lery eve ,
.,uid do tbou tor her pr~.
Good.bye!
lour. d.8"oteu. slater
"Julla"
. iO Kl DKan lU~OTillilt }'lm.EY
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James W. McKee Collection: Two Confederate Army Soldier Diaries, 1861-1865
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The James W. McKee Collection: Two Confederate Army Soldier Diaries, held by the Archives of Appalachia [link to www.etsu.edu/archives] at East Tennessee State University, consists of photocopies of typescripts of the diaries of two Confederate soldiers, Finley Patterson Curtis and Rufus A. Spainhour. Both men served in the Confederate Army with the First and Second North Carolina Regiments in the Virginia theater. Curtis' commanders were General Stephen Dodson Ramseur and Brigadier General (?) Warren. Spainhour's commanders included Generals Jubal A. Early, James B. Gordon, Robert E. Lee, G.H. Stewart and (?) Thurston and Brigadier Generals Theophilus Hunter Holmes and Stephen Dodson Ramseur. Spainhour's diary is the more colorful; he covers several notable events (e.g., Gettysburg, the siege of Washington, and Appomattox) and includes sober reflections on the realities of war.<br /><br />Curtis' diary is a detailed account of his service from 1861-1864 and is divided into four books. His diary ends with an account of a furlough at home. Spainhour's diary is a condensed version of the original by Curtis' son, F.P. Curtis, Jr. A question mark (?) used in the typescript indicates doubt concerning whether the word was copied correctly from the handwritten diary.<br /><br />The current digital collection contains PDF file surrogates created in 2022 of the complete content of the collection.
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McKee, James W. (Person)
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<a href="https://archives.etsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/318" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James W. McKee Collection: Two Confederate Army Soldier Diaries</a>, Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University
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1861-1865
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<p>The Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University provides access to the materials on this website for the purposes of research and education, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. [identification of item], [identification of collection], Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University). Any commercial uses of the materials or any uses that exceed the limits of fair use and other relevant statutory exceptions require the permission of the Archives of Appalachia and the copyright holder(s). It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials.</p>
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ETSU Archives of Appalachia: AppMs-0148
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0148_B01_F01
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Finley P. Curtis Diary: Book One, 1861
Date
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1861
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The Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University provides access to the materials on this website for the purposes of research and education, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. [identification of item], [identification of collection], Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University). Any commercial uses of the materials or any uses that exceed the limits of fair use and other relevant statutory exceptions require the permission of the Archives of Appalachia and the copyright holder(s). It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials.<br /><br />Compressed (low resolution) files are available on this website. Requests for accessing uncompressed (high resolution) versions of this material can be sent to the Archives of Appalachia.<br /><br /><b>Items in this collection are presented for their historic and research value. They may contain content that some viewers will find objectionable.</b>
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<a href="https://archives.etsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/318" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">James W. McKee Collection: Two Confederate Army Soldier Diaries</a>