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Showing posts with label Battle of Arkansas Post. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Arkansas Post. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

John W. Mclaughlin

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JOHN W. McLAUGHLIN , farmer and stock-raiser, living on section 30, Decatur Township, was born in Marion County, Ohio, April 24, 1840, he b...
Thursday, June 15, 2017

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 11, 1863

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Lieut.-Gen. J. T. Jackson died at 3 P.M. yesterday. His remains will arrive in the city at 5 P.M. this afternoon. The flags are at half-mas...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 10, 1863

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Detachments of Federal troops are now marching into the city every few hours, guarded by (mostly) South Carolinians, dressed in home-spun, ...
Monday, June 5, 2017

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 1, 1863

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Gov. Vance writes that Gen. Hill desires him to call out the militia, believing the enemy, balked in the attempt on Charleston, will concen...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 27, 1863

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It is too true that several thousand of our men were captured at Arkansas Post, and that Little Rock is now in danger. There seems to b...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, January 19, 1863

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Sent a letter to the two naval committees on the subject of filling vacancies in the Naval School. Members of Congress are disposed to evad...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Colonel George A. Stone to Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood, March 14, 1863

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Young's Point, La ., March 14, 1863. My Dear Sir: — Your favor of the 25th ult., is received. I had heard of the Adjutant's dea...
Friday, July 18, 2014

Brigadier-General Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, August 26, 1863

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Headquarters Dept. Of The Tennessee, Vicksburg, Aug. 26, 1863. My Dear Mother: I attempted some description of these people in the...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Barnett Smith, April 9, 1863

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Headquarters Second Brigade, Second Div., Fifteenth Army Corps, “Young's Point,” La. , April 9, 1863. My Dear Bessie: How is ...
Saturday, June 14, 2014

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, April 3, 1863

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Headquarters Second Brigade, Second Div., Fifteenth Army Corps, Camp Before Vicksburg , April 3, 1863. My Dear Mother: We are ful...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, February 22, 1863

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Headquarters Second Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth A. C, Young's Point, La., Opposite Vicksburg , Feb. 22, 1863. My Dear Mot...
Friday, June 6, 2014

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith and Eliza Walter Smith, January 30, 1863

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Headquarters Second Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, “Young's Point,” Before Vicksburg, Jan. 30, 1863. My Dear ...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, January 14, 1863

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Headquarters Second Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, January 14, 1863. My Dear Wife: You have heard of our last ...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Major General William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, February 22, 1863

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CAMP NEAR VlCKSBURG, February 22, 1863. . . . As to my exposing myself unnecessarily, you need not be concerned. I know better than w...
Saturday, December 8, 2012

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, February 12, 1863

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CAMP BEFORE VICKSBURG, Feb. 12, 1863. Dear Brother: I have hitherto sent you original papers or copies to satisfy any one of the fa...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, January 25, 1863

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CAMP NEAR VICKSBURG, Jan. 25, 1863. Dear Brother: I received yours of Jan. 2 , to-day, and being in camp with some leisure hasten t...
Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, January 17, 1863

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NAPOLEON, ARK., STEAMER FOREST QUEEN, Jan. 17, 1863. Dear Brother: . . . The gun boats were handled beautifully, and without th...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Ninth Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry

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The ten companies of the Ninth Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry were ordered by the Governor to rendezvous at Dubuque, as part of the quo...