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Showing posts with label Bermuda Hundred VA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bermuda Hundred VA. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 1, 1864

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At 7½ A.M. cannon and musketry heard northeast of the city, which either ceased or receded out of hearing at 12 M.; or else the hum of the c...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 21, 1864

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Sun all day, but a little hazy; perhaps a battle. There was quite a battle yesterday on the south side. The accounts in the morning's ...
Monday, February 11, 2019

Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: March 26, 1865

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Had a very good view of McClellan's defensive works. Good. Moved up the river and crossed at Deep Bottom. An occasional shot. Heard of ...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Sunday, June 19, 1864

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It was warm and sultry in the middle of the day. We remained in our works till about 5 o'clock p. m. when on being relieved by General ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: May 18, 1864

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W. B. certainly captured. I thank God for it, as the least of casualties. Generals Lee and Grant still fighting. On the sout...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, March 30, 1865

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March 30, 1865 I take advantage of a rainy morning to draw you a map and start a letter, to explain and recount the deeds of yester...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, August 4, 1864

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August 4, 1864 This was quite a festal day for us. The General, accompanied by the Frenchies, Rosencrantz, Bache, Biddle and myself, pa...