Pages

▼
Showing posts with label Battle of Hampton Roads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Hampton Roads. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, Tuesday, April 8, 1862

›
This has been a most dismal day, rain or Sleet has been falling all the time. I am all the time thinking of the Thousands of Soldiers who ar...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, Sunday, March 23, 1862

›
No War news public today. It has been rather pleasant and no rain. Our next door neighbor Comodore Smith had his house robed last night. The...

Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, Monday, March 24, 1862

›
A Review today at Meridian Hill, Gen l  Caseys Division about 20,000 men (none of his Division have yet left). Troops are leaving on board S...
Monday, August 25, 2025

Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, Monday, March 10, 1862

›
This has been an exciting day. The troops commenced moving last night about midnight and have been going over the River nearly all the time ...

Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, Tuesday, March 11, 1862

›
The “Stars & Stripes” are floating over Centreville & Mannasses, the Rebels having ran away. M c Clellan is there with over two hund...
Monday, January 13, 2025

Diary of Private William S. White, March 9, 1862

›
Left Petersburg this morning for Suffolk. Was quite ill on the train, and when I reached Suffolk, had to take my bed. Heard to-day of the ac...
Friday, November 1, 2024

Diary of Corporal Lawrence Van Alstyne: November 15, 1862

›
WE are nearly out of sight of land. Wild ducks and geese cover the water. The sun is just coming up, and seems to me I never saw such a love...