Left Camp College
Hill again and arrived at Goodlettsville on the 5th and took breakfast, making
a march of 12 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 20
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Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 4, 1862
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 5, 1862
Left. Goodlettsville
and arrived at Tire Spring camp, making the third time in this camp and our
third march and counter-march over this ground, and encamped for the night,
making a march of 9½ miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 20
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 6, 1862
Left Camp Tire
Spring and arrived the same day at Franklin and encamped for the night, making
a march of 22 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 20
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 7, 1862
Left Franklin camp,
and arrived the same day at Bowling Green, encamping for the night, making a
march of 21 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 20
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 8, 1862
Left Bowling Green
camp and changed camp near Big Barren river the same day, and encamped for the
night, making a march of 8 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 20
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 12, 1862
Left Big Barren River
camp and changed camp to the centre of Bowling Green the same day, remaining
four days in the above mentioned camp, making a march of 1½ miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 20
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 16, 1862
Left Bowling Green
camp and got to the Great Cave Spring the same day, and encamped for the night,
making a march of 4 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 20-1
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 17, 1862
Left the Great Cave
Spring camp and arrived the same day at Robin Hood, near the Dripping Springs,
making a march of 18 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 21
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 18, 1862
Left Dripping
Springs camp and arrived at Deaumont Knob the same day, and encamped for the
night, making a march of 18 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 21
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 19, 1862
Left Deaumont Knob
camp and arrived at Bell's Knob the same day, and encamped for the night,
making a march of 5 miles. Was rallied and fell into line of battle, and had a
skirmish with the enemy, losing four men on our side, but we succeeded in routing
them the same day.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 21
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 20, 1862
Left Bell's Knob
camp and marched to Glasgow, Union county, Tenn., the same day, and encamped
for the night, making a march of 24 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 21
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 21, 1862
Left Glasgow camp
and arrived at Green river the same day, and fatigued and tired, laid down for
the night in camp, making a march of 25 miles. On arriving in this camp the
Green river bridge, which is thrown across that stream, with four piers, one
hundred and fifty five feet from low-water mark, was on fire and falling,
having been fired by the rebels on their retreat while we were following them
up, and all the pontoon flats of a bridge thrown across said stream burned to
the water's edge, to save their retreat.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 21
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 22, 1862
Left Green river
camp and marched to Nolin the same day, making a march of 22 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 21
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 23, 1862
Left Nolin camp and
marched to Mulgrove Valley the same day, and encamped for the night, making a
march of 25 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 21
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, September 26, 1862
Left Nolin camp and
marched to Louisville, Ky., on the morning of the 27th, and encamped in the
town for three days to rest and recruit and get four months' pay, and draw
clothing, making a march of 31 miles. Being the second time we encamped in
Louisville.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 22
Thursday, December 26, 2024
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, August 10, 1862
Left Manchester camp
and arrived at Tullahoma the same day, and encamped for the night, making a
march of 12 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 18
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, August 11, 1862
Left Tullahoma camp
and arrived at Nashville the same day, and encamped for the night, making a
march of 70 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 18
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, August 12, 1862
Left Nashville camp
and moved four miles out of town to camp, and was rallied the same day and
slept all night on our arms, with sixty rounds of cartridges, in the town of
Nashville, Tenn., making a march of four miles and four back again, making 8
miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 18
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, August 13, 1862
Left camp again and
slept all night on our arms in Nashville, and encamped or changed camp the same
day on College Hill, 1½ miles out of town, making a march of 2½ miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 18
Diary of Private Adam S. Johnston, August 16, 1862
Left Camp College
Hill, or was rallied and sent to Gallatin, Summer county, Tenn, and slept on
our arms all night, and the next morning our company was sent out to ascertain
where company K, of the 79th Pa. Inf was, as they were put on out-post picket
in the night and could not be found in the morning. We found them on the Gallatin
road, one mile from town; in the mean time orders came to right-about and march
to camp again. On arriving there, orders had come to the regiment to
right-about and march to College Hill again, leaving Co. D behind. So we lay
over until the next day, and a train of cars came for us and we returned again
to camp, making a march of 23 miles.
SOURCE: Adam S.
Johnston, The Soldier Boy's Diary Book, p. 18
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