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Showing posts with label Ft Corcoran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ft Corcoran. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Diary of Dr. Alfred L. Castleman, September 15, 1861

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I am alone to-night, and tired enough to lie and sleep for twenty-four hours, did not the scenes around call up associations which banish re...
Saturday, February 2, 2019

Diary of William Howard Russell: July 8, 1861

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I hired a horse at a livery stable, and rode out to Arlington Heights, at the other side of the Potomac, where the Federal army is encampe...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

Lieutenant William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, August 5, 1861

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Aug. 5th, 1861. My dear Mother: Living now quietly without excitement, the events of two weeks ago have become like a dream. Our camp...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Brigadier General William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, August 19, 1861

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FORT CORCORAN, August 19, 1861. . . . Among my regiments are three who claim to have been enlisted only for three months, but the Secre...
Thursday, September 26, 2013

Colonel William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, July 28, 1861

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FORT CORCORAN, July 28, Sunday. I have already written to you since my return from the unfortunate defeat at Bull Run. I had previousl...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Colonel William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, July 24, 1861

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FORT CORCORAN, July 24, 1861. On my arrival back here, carried by the shameless flight of the armed mob we led into Virginia, I tried t...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

Colonel William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, July 3, 1861

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FORT CORCORAN, Opposite Georgetown, July 3, 1861, Monday. . . . On Friday I received orders to report to General McDowell at Arlingto...