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Showing posts with label Napoleon B. Buford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Napoleon B. Buford. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Tuesday Morning, March 4, 1862

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Left Cairo on the Steamer Illinois. The Gun Boats 5 in number and 4 mortars taking the lead for Columbus, at which place we arrived at about...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, March 5, 1862

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Wednesday morning cloudy & cold nothing of importance to day. Lt. Lytle of Co. B has been selected by Col. Harrington as acting adjt. A[...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, March 16, 1862

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Head Quarters Silver Wave. . . . Sunday morning Still cloudy. A 10 A. M. Capt Mores Co. to which was added Lt. Williams by order Lt. Col. Ha...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, March 20, 1862

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Thursday Lt. Allen aboard the Rob Roy in company with Col. Buford on a reconnoissance but nothing of note occurred this A. M. But at dark Al...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, March 24, 1862

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Monday weather clear Col. Buford left the McGill went down the River in a tug to make a Balloon reconnoissance. A tree fell across one of th...
Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, February 2, 1862

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Troops are embarking all day from 10 O'clock & during the night all has gone on smoothly. the expedition is bound up the Ohio Tennes...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Monday, February 3, 1862

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Camp Cairo, Illinois.   Storm has abated. The troops that were enbarking yesterday will all leave to day. One soldier was drowned yesterday ...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Monday Morning, February 17, 1862

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Camp Cairo Illinois.   Glorious news this morning, Ft. Donelson is taken, Fifteen Thousand prisoners and an immense quantity of arms and amm...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Official Reports of the Engagement at Belmont, Missouri., and Demonstration from Paducah upon Columbus, Kentucky. November 7, 1861. No. 1. — Reports of Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding District of Southeast Missouri, and including operations against Thompson's forces, with orders, &c.

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No. 1. Reports of Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding District of Southeast Missouri, and including operations against Thompson...

Official Reports of the Engagement at Belmont, Missouri, and Demonstration from Paducah upon Columbus, Kentucky. November 7, 1861. No. 5. — Report of Col. Napoleon B. Buford, Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry.

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No. 5. Report of Col. Napoleon B. Buford, Twenty-seventh Illinois Infantry. HDQRS. TWENTY-SEVENTH REG'T ILL. VOLS.,           Cairo, N...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Friday Morning, November 1, 1861

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Comp. Drill from 9, to 11, weather does not seem to moderate much     A Slight drizzling rain commenced falling about Two O'clock preven...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Saturday, November 2, 1861

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Camp Cairo, Illinois. . . . colder than ever morning Drill as usual. Our Co. is on Police Duty to day L. F. Williams Captain of the Guard to...

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Thursday Morning, November 7, 1861

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Camp Cairo Illinois. . . . no Drill this morning. At day light  the  fleet once more get under way and in Co. with the 2 Gun Boats Lexington...
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Thursday Morning, October 31, 1861

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Still cool Regimental muster for Pay. The forces now stationed here are all mustered to day—on the Brigade parade ground—An Order placing Ca...
Sunday, May 12, 2024

Diary of Private Edward W. Crippin, Sunday Morning, September 15, 1861

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Bright and beautiful. Three Comps. arrived this morning making out Regt. complete Each Cap. drew co. letter this morning by lotery out [ sic...
Saturday, December 2, 2017

Edwin M. Stanton to Napoleon B. Buford, September 26, 1863 – 2:10 p.m.

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WAR DEPARTMENT,           Washington City, September 26 , 1863 — 2 . 10 p.m. General BUFORD, Commanding at Cairo: I am informed ...
Sunday, July 2, 2017

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: May 11, 1862

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Corinth and Hamburg Road, Miss., May 11, 1862. You remember that in my last I spoke of a reconnoisance our people made on the 8th inst....
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, Wednesday, April 2, 1862.

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Mrs Browning and Emma went this morning to Mount Vernon, with a party from the Presidents *I was in the Senate all day At night I went u...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

First Session -- 37th Congress

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WASHINGTON, April 4. – HOUSE. – The House went into Committee of the Whole on the States of the Union, Mr. Webster in the Chair. On mot...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Surrender of the Rebels at Island No. 10!

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CHICAGO, April 8, P. M. – Island No. 10 surrendered last night to Com. Foote.   No Particulars yet. CAIRO, April 8. – The Steamer Alp...