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Showing posts with label 24th MA INF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 24th MA INF. Show all posts
Saturday, September 28, 2024

Diary of Private John J. Wyeth, December 31, 1862

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The last day of an eventful year to us, but the matters worthy of note are few and far between. We drilled hard from two o'clock till ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Diary of Private John J. Wyeth, November 12, 1862

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The camp at New Berne was aroused by the long-roll, by an attack at the bridge, where the pickets are posted. All our guard were called out....
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Diary of Private John J. Wyeth, September 24, 1862

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Our rifles have been delivered, and to-day we were in line two hours or more on the main street of the camp, ready to receive, with military...

Diary of Private John J. Wyeth, October 26, 1862

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ARRIVAL AT NEW BERNE. About nine this morning we saw our first of Rebeldom, and after taking a pilot, and passing several ugly-looking rip...
Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: July 5, 1862

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CELEBRATING THE FOURTH OF JULY.  The Fourth was celebrated with salutes from the forts, batteries and gunboats, morning, noon and night. T...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 13, 1862

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THE LANDING AND MARCH. The morning of the 13th was dark and rainy, and we made preparations to land. It always rains where we go; first...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: February 8, 1862

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BATTLE OF ROANOKE ISLAND. At daylight, the order to fall in was heard on all sides. Putting on my equipments and taking Spitfire and a ...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: December 2, 1861

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THE TROOPS BRIGADED. The troops encamped around here have been formed into three brigades, and will be commanded by Brigadier Generals...
Saturday, September 17, 2016

Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett to Harriet Plummer, July 23, 1864

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Headquarters First Brigade, First Division, Ninth Army Corps. Before Petersburg, Va ., July 23, 1864. Evening. My Dear Mother , — T...
Sunday, September 4, 2016

John L. Motley to Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., August 31, 1862

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Vienna , August 31, 1862. My Dear Holmes : Bare, bare, bare of news, events, objects of the slightest interest to you or any one else,...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Major Wilder Dwight to 1st Lieutenant Howard Dwight, September 6, 1861

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pleasant Hill, Camp Near Darnestown, September 6, 1861. Dear Howard , — Advice is cheap. When lost it goes to the moon, according to ...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, February 13, 1862

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Cantonment Hicks , February 13, 1862. The splendid news of the fight and victory of Roanoke Island reached us this morning, and has cau...
Monday, January 26, 2015

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, August 6, 1864

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August 6, 1864 I took a limited ride along our flank defences, where I discovered a patriotic sentry, sitting with his back to where th...
Friday, April 12, 2013

The Burnside Expedition Officially Heard From

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Four of the Vessels Lost, Three Run Ashore, and a Number of Lives Lost, and the Fleet Lands in Pamlico Sound. FORTRESS MONROE, January 2...
Saturday, March 2, 2013

The Burnside Expedition --- The Actual Facts

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To the Editor of the New York Times Upon my arrival at Fortress Monroe, I gave without any compensation, the facts relating to the Burn...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Details Of The Late Battle In North Carolina

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NEW YORK, March 19. – The following are the details of the battle of Newberne: Com. Case was in command of the fleet of Gunboats, and ...
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