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Showing posts with label 27th IL INF. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Saturday Morning, February 1, 1862

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Our Regt. on Guard to day. Rec'd our Pay yesterday. Sixteenth Ills. arrived here last night. To day they have gone over to Birds Point. ...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, February 2, 1862

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Troops are embarking all day from 10 O'clock & during the night all has gone on smoothly. the expedition is bound up the Ohio Tennes...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Monday, February 3, 1862

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Camp Cairo, Illinois.   Storm has abated. The troops that were enbarking yesterday will all leave to day. One soldier was drowned yesterday ...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Tuesday, February 4, 1862

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Weather moderate.      snow which had fallen to the depth of 2 Inches is fast disappearing mud mud  everlasting  oh how awful mudy it is. Ve...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Wednesday, February 5, 1862

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No news of the expidition yet. Too mudy to do any thing yet but stand Guard. It rains about half the time. Both Rivers are still raising, ...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Thursday, February 6, 1862

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Weather quite pleasant, clouds cleared away to day      The sun shines bright & warm & it looks like spring. Favorable news from the...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Friday, February 7, 1862

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Camp Cairo Illinois. Weather cold. Glorious News, Two of our Gun Boats returned this morning bearing the Rebel Flags captured at Fort Henry....

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Saturday, February 8, 1862

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Weather cool & cloudy much rejoicing over the victory gained at Ft. Henry Our success in that section we think decides the fate of Colum...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Sunday, February 9, 1862

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Clear but cold. Guard mounting at the usual hour Lt Allen Officer of the Guard. Inspection of Battalion by the Staff at the usual hour 10 O...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Monday, February 10, 1862

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Weather cold cloudy and disagreeable. No truth in the reported capture of Ft Donelson SOURCE:  Transactions of the Illinois State Historic...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Tuesday, February 11, 1862

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Weather still cold no news from Fort Donelson to day of any consequence Troops still going by way of this place for that point. SOURCE:  T...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Wednesday, February 12, 1862

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News of the capture of Roanoke Island rec'd with rejoicing weather moderating, Clear & pleasant. SOURCE:  Transactions of the Illi...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862

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Camp Cairo, Illinois.   Lt. Williams Officer of the Guard to day weather clear and pleasant in the morning but changed towards night commenc...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Friday Morning, February 14, 1862

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Weather extremely cold clear with snow about 12 inch deep. Report of Burnsides capture of Roanoke confirmed this morning. The seige of Ft. D...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Saturday, February 15, 1862

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Weather still cold No duty can be performed except to stand guard & perform fatigue duty an uncommon amount of which has fallen to our s...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Sunday, February 16, 1862

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Our Regt. on Guard to day Lt. Williams detailed with 40 men on fatigue duty to Mound City to day, more news from Fort Donelson to day rather...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Monday Morning, February 17, 1862

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Camp Cairo Illinois.   Glorious news this morning, Ft. Donelson is taken, Fifteen Thousand prisoners and an immense quantity of arms and amm...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, February 18, 1862

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Prisoner taken at Donelson are continually arriving Lt. Williams detailed with a squad of 50 men on fatigue duty in town A salute of 10 Guns...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, January 16, 1862

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Our march is resumed again this morning—but not in the direction of Columbus. Our course is now towards Milburn a little town 7 miles distan...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, January 17, 1862

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Saturday morning rained like the mischief last night, Our camp flooded with water. The 10th Ills. have no tents and they are in an awful fix...