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Showing posts with label Burning Houses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Burning Houses. Show all posts
Monday, January 26, 2026

Diary of Major Joseph Stockton, May 11, 1863

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Reveille at four o'clock; started on our march after a "hearty cup of coffee." Struck inland and marched around Lake St. Josep...
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Joseph Stockton, November 1, 1862

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On the afternoon of October 23rd we left Columbus by boat on an expedition, destination unknown until we reached New Madrid, Missouri. The f...
Sunday, October 29, 2023

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: August 19, 1864

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Up to this morning nothing has transpired to disturb the quiet of our camp near Rome; but this afternoon a little excitement is created in c...
Tuesday, October 3, 2023

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 21, 1864

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Raining; rained all night. The following dispatch was received this morning: "WILMINGTON, December 20th, 1864, 10 A.M.—The head of ...
Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Dr. Seth Rogers to his daughter Dolly, March 25, 1863—2:30 p.m.

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March 25, 2.30, P. M. Three quarters of an hour ago I was dreaming pleasantly of a prayer meeting, when a rebel bombshell burst somewhere ...
Monday, March 20, 2023

Dr. Seth Rogers to his daughter Dolly, March 14, 1863—Evening

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March 14, Evening. A curious incident occurred this morning which gave me a full hundred (from both regiments) sick and wounded to examine...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday,October 4, 1864

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My birthday—forty-two. Wrote to mother. Lieutenant Meigs killed last night by guerrillas, three miles south of camp. Houses on the road for ...