There was no
drilling afternoon we had batallion drill & Dress perade about noon one of
Capt Sawyers men from Appanoose Co Company C died his wife was by him this is
the 2nd in our Reg evening I attended a Speaking meeting in the 30th Reg we had
a good time
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 92
1 William P. Shipley, age 25, residence
Eddyville, nativity Tennessee. Enlisted August 13, 1862, Company D.
Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry. Died of disease October 20, 1862, at Keokuk,—"Roster
Iowa Soldiers," Vol. V, p. 716.
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 92-3
Forenoon I was on
Company drill afternoon Division & Battalion drill & Dress perade,
evening Emma Cozen Maria Kelly & I attended a Medical Lecture at the
Medical Colledge we visited some of the sick soldiers in part of the Colledge
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 93
Forenoon we ware on
Co drill afternoon on Brigade & battallion drill & Dress perade. Our
Capt is poorly in his bed most of the day the 26th Reg passed down on a Packet
landed a short time they are a fine looking set of men. evening Emma & I
attended the African Church & seen some contrabands just from South
Carolina
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 93
I went with our Capt
to the Hospital & gave him his medison & staid with him most of the day
afternoon a short time on drill & Dress perade evening Emma & I attended
prayer meeting at exchange St Church after that we went into see some of our
sick Soldiers in the Hospital
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 93
Forenoon I drilled
the Co & was on dress perade. 1st Lieut drilled the Co afternoon. I took my
children & visited the hospitals. the centance of the Courtmartial on 2
deserters from Co C. 36 Reg Iowa & was read on Dress perade they are
brothers each forfeit one months pay & one is put on hard labor for 2 weeks
& have 1⁄2 his head clipped & be kept in the guard house at nights.
Evening Miss Mary & Miss Richey of Ill spent the evening at Kellys with us
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 93
Forenoon we drilled in the manuel of arms evening I took Miss Richey of Ill to the sociable at the M E Church Chatam Square we had a pleasant time
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 93
We drilled forenoon
in manual of arms & afternoon in battallion drill & dress perade Our
Reg took a march through the citty & drilled some on main Street evening I
wrote our Capt a letter visited the hospitals & with our 1st & 2nd
Seargent took a dish of Oisters two of the men of our Reg in Capt Vermilions
Co. ware sent home to be buried
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 93-4
Forenoon I drilled
the Co in the manual of arms afternoon we ware on battallion drill & dress
perade & ware down on main street & had our arms inspected I visited
our boys in the hospital morning & night some of them are verry sick one of
Co [F] Capt Vermilion died he is a brother to one that was sent up yesterday
SOURCE: Edgar R.
Harlan, Currator, Annals of Iowa, 3rd Series, Vol. 15, No. 2,
October 1925, p. 94
We have a splendid camping ground, plenty of wood and water, Made ourselves very comfortable. I feel so much better here where we can have batallion drills and dress parade.
SOURCE: Joseph Stockton, War Diary (1862-5) of Brevet Brigadier General Joseph Stockton, p. 8
It is said the
pickets of the Fourteenth Indiana and the enemy's cavalry came in collision
to-day, and that three of the latter were killed.
It is now 9 P. M.
Sergeants are calling the roll for the last time to-night. In half an hour taps
will be sounded and the lights extinguished in every private's tent. The first
call in the morning, reveille, is at five; breakfast call, six; surgeon's call,
seven; drill, eight; recall, eleven; dinner, twelve; drill again at four;
recall, five; guard-mounting, half-past five; first call for dress-parade, six;
second call, half-past six; tattoo at nine, and taps at half-past. So the day
goes round.
Hardee for a month
or more was a book of impenetrable mysteries. The words conveyed no idea to my
mind, and the movements described were utterly beyond my comprehension; but now
the whole thing comes almost without study.
SOURCE: John Beatty, The Citizen-soldier: Or, Memoirs of a Volunteer, p. 41
Not very well today.
drill the co part of the time this P. M. Recd mail, a letter from Mattie
SOURCE: “Diary of
John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April
1923, p. 570
Feel rather blue but
finish the Pay rolls P. M. Battalian drill was not out.
SOURCE: “Diary of
John S. Morgan, Company G, Thirty-Third Iowa Infantry,” Annals of Iowa, Vol. XIII, No. 8, Third Series, Des Moines, April
1923, p. 570
Cooks were discharged this morning their time having expired The reported capture of Capt. Ritters comp proves to be false comp Drills in the forenoon to day And Battalion Drill as usual. Another report is comon this evening that our troops have been driven from Norfolk and falling back on Birds Point the Enemy advancing Fifteen Thousand strong.
SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 227
morning dark & gloomy Drissling rain Roll call as usual but Drill omitted. no drilling to day whatever An order was issued by the Gen. about 11 O'clock to day for 10 men and one Lieut. with arms and 10 rounds of ammunition each Dress Parade as usual this evening.
SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 227
Battalion Drill as usual this afternoon. Lt. William taken sick with the measles to day nothing of importance transpiring to day.
SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 228
morning clear & nice Health of camp improving only 3 of our Comp. now in the Hospital. Capt. Parke making arrangements for going home—has drawn his pay from the Pay Master. Drilling as usual both forenoon and afternoon
SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 228
morning clear and pleasant. Duties as usual. Battalion Drill as usual Nothing of importance to day.
SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 228
Morning clear and pleasant—Drill in the forenoon Battalion Drill in the afternoon all the Regt. out also the Bloody 18th Col Lawler was up on parade with us tis said his Regt. has joined our Brigade
SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 228
morning clear air and bracing. Drilling from 6 to 7 O'clock. to day is Pay Day Comps. A. & E. are paid first—as they are going off on a scouting expidition—To-morrow we get paid, the boys are over joyed at getting their pay, have been disappointed so often that they had no confidence any more as to the promised pay day. Have no Battalion Drill to day. A stern wheel Boat came up the River this afternoon with a flag of Truce flying The purport of her visit is no known This Brigade was ordered down town on Double Quick this evening and paraded about an hour on the levy
SOURCE: Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year 1909, p. 228
