Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 1, 1862

The fight comenced a little before the sun rose And we was plast (placed) in a line of Battel And was expecting to go in to it evry minuet but we staid there all day and was not cauld on; General Longstreet divishion don the most of the fighting on Sunday And from that time till the 11th we stade in the Swamp down on Chickahominy River

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 20-1

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 11, 1862

we left Chickahominy And went to Richmond and taken the cars and went to the Junction that night And the next morning we left thar And about a hour befour the sun set we arived at Linchburg

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 21

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 12, 1862

we stade at Linchburg

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 21

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 13, 1862

we got on the cars about dark and the next morning we found our relief at Sharlottsvill (Charlottesville) which was about 75 miles from Linchburg And we chainged cars at that plase

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 21

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 14, 1862

we traveld threw the Mountins And about too hours befour the sun set we got to the little town cauld Staunton And we stade ther tell the 18

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 21

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 18, 1862

And the 18 which was just twelve months from the time I taken the oath we left Staunton And marched about 15 miles wright back the railroad the way we came down And stade all night at a little town cauld Wainsborough (Waynesboro) clost to the Turnel

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 21

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 19, 1862

we croust over the Blew ridg and marched to Mitchiners River And staid thar all night

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 21

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 20, 1862

[On the morning of the 21th] we taken the cars at Mitchiners River and road up to Sharlottsvill And then taken a railroad thar that went to Gordnesvill And we got to Gordnesvill about 2 oclock in the eavning and we taken the Richmond Railroad thar And road about 25 miles toward Richmond at a station cauld Frederickshall And thar we got off

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 21

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 21, 1862

we stade at Frederickshall

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 21

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 22, 1862

And also the 22 we stade thar

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 21

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 23, 1862

we started out again on our march and marched all day long threw the hot sun and dust for it was very hot and dusty the 23 but it raind that night.

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 21

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 24, 1862

we still continued our rout and when we stopt for night we was in 6 miles of Ashland

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 21

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 25, 1862

we travield all day long and at night we campt a mile west of Ashland

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 22

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 26, 1862

we travield sloley down the Chickahominy River driving in the pickets as we went

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 22

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 27, 1862

we still went on and about 3 oclock in the eavning we come up with the main body of the Yankees (at Cold Harbor) and attacked them And from that time untell dark we had a wright warm time of it But we whipt them And in our company A. Burk was kild and A. Tucker and Page was slitley wounded

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 22

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 28, 1862

we marched about a mile the other side of the battle field and stade thar all day

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 22

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 29, 1862

we stade at the same place And about 2 oclock in the eavning we had orders to fall in to march but we did not go And as we was stacking our armes again one of Captain Tates men shot another one threw the thigh but it was don axidentley

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 22

Diary of 4th Corporal Bartlett Yancey Malone: June 30, 1862

we was rousted up about too oclock in the night and about day break we started out again And crost the Chickahominy River and marched untell we came to the York river Railroad 8 miles below Richmond And then we taken down the Railroad and about 2 hours befour sunset we come to a little creak whar the Yankees had burnt the bridg And left sum of thir peases thar to bumb us so we couldent build the bridge untell they could get thir armey futher along, And we never got the bridge built untell next morning about a half of a hour by sun

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 22

Diary of Private Bartlett Yancey Malone: May 16, 1862

we marched

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 20

Diary of Private Bartlett Yancey Malone: May 17, 1862

we got to our camp clost to Richmond

SOURCE: Bartlett Yancey Malone, The Diary of Bartlett Yancey Malone, p. 20