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Showing posts with label Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan. Show all posts
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, Wednesday, February 12, 1862

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Great excitement in the City today at the news of the Battle of Roanoke Island. No great particulars yet, but it must have been a desperate ...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, Wednesday, February 26, 1862

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Cloudy morning and rain before noon again. The roads were getting quite passable yesterday. There was a stir among the Military. Genl Banks ...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, October 13, 1862

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We have the mortifying intelligence that the Rebel cavalry rode entirely around our great and victorious Army of the Potomac, crossing the ...
Friday, February 20, 2015

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: January 20, 1862

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Westwood, Hanover County . — I pass over the sad leave-taking of our kind friends in Clarke and Winchester. It was very sad, because we kne...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, May 5, 1862

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CAMP OPPOSITE FREDERICKSBURG, May 5, 1862. I am very glad you saw Mrs. McClellan and were pleased with her. Although I don't think ...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, February 6, 1862

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CAMP PIERPONT, VA., February 6, 1862. Day before yesterday, the weather being promising, and tired of the mud and ennui of camp, I moun...