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Showing posts with label Ft Pickering. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ft Pickering. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Pearson, December 24, 1862

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At 6 Oc [A] M we were called out of Court Square & formed in line marched to the boats & took our breakfast then formed in line ...

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Pearson, December 26, 1862

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I am the officer of the Guard & have to be on duty all night. I have charge of the Military prison & prisoners in this Fort Pickerin...

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Pearson, December 27, 1862

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10 Oc I was released I have been on duty for 24 hours without any sleep, there is strong expectation here of an attack & our officers ar...

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Pearson, December 30, 1862

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8 Oc a detail of 10 men from each Co was made for fatigue duty & I was put in command & went & commenced to clear up & set o...
Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Pearson, December 31, 1862

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At 8½ Oc we started from our moorings at the boat landing in ft Pickering Memphis Tenn we left Seargent R Murdock & 6 privates from our ...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Diary of Captain Joseph Stockton, December 29, 1862

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Marched into Memphis, encamped in the southern part of the city near Fort Pickering—one of the meanest places we ever encamped in, no water ...
Saturday, May 17, 2014

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, September 23, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS 54TH REGT. O. V. INF., CAMP ON HERNANDO ROAD, NEAR MEMPHIS, Sept. 23, 1862. MY DEAR MOTHER: This anniversary 1 will...